Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original illustrations. See 16259-h.htm or 16259-h.zip: (https://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/1/6/2/5/16259/16259-h/16259-h.htm) or (https://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/1/6/2/5/16259/16259-h.zip) This book has been written for children. I have no shame in acknowledging that I, who wrote it, am also a child; for since I can remember my eyes have always grown big at tales of the marvelous, and my heart is still accustomed to go pit-a-pat when I read of impossible adventures. It is the nature of children to scorn realities, which crowd into their lives all too quickly with advancing years. Child…
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