Front matter
Reading edition
Transcriber's Notes
Where changes have been made to the text these are listed at the end of the book.
Illustrations have been repositioned only when they interrupted paragraphs in the original. The list of illustrations has retained the original page references.
Table of Contents.
List of Illustrations.
BILL THE MINDER
Written and illustrated by
W·HEATH ROBINSON
NEW YORK HENRY HOLT & CO· 1912
Edinburgh: T. and A. Constable, Printers to His Majesty
TO THE GOOD CHILDREN OF CHLOE AND CRISPIN THE GATHERER OF MUSHROOMS—CHAD, HANNIBAL, QUENTIN, RANDALL, NOAH, RATCHETT, NERO, BIDDULPH, KNUT, AND THE TRULY VIRTUOUS AND BEAUTIFUL BOADICEA, THIS BOOK IS MOST HUMBLY AND RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED BY THE FAITHFUL NARRATOR OF THEIR EVER-WONDERFUL ADVENTURES.
CONTENTS
PAGE
BILL THE MINDER1
THE KING OF TROY15
THE ANCIENT MARINER33
THE TRIPLETS51
GOOD AUNT GALLADIA65
THE DOCTOR79
THE RESPECTABLE GENTLEMAN97
THE SICILIAN CHAR-WOMAN115
THE INTERVAL133
THE REAL SOLDIER147
THE WILD MAN165
THE MUSICIAN183
THE LOST GROCER199
THE MERCHANT'S WIFE213
THE CAMP-FOLLOWERS227
THE SIEGE OF TROY241
THE END255
