1 Readings in Children’s Literature Compiled from Copyright-Cleared Materials Available on Project Gutenberg or the Web 11/3/19 Edited by Joshua Dickinson
[email protected] Figure 1 The Swing (Illustration from A Child’s Garden of Verses) 2 Contents LORD MAYOR OF LONDON. ........................................................................................... 11 CAT,...................................................................................................................................... 11 STORY OF SIR WILLIAM THOMPSON. ......................................................................... 12 Dream Days, by Kenneth Grahame .......................................................................................... 30 The Reluctant Dragon ........................................................................................................... 30 THE LIGHT PRINCESS .............................................................................................................. 49 by........................................................................................................................................... 49 GEORGE MACDONALD ....................................................................................................... 49 Contents .................................................................................................................................... 49 1. What! No Children? .......................................................................................................... 49 2.