E. NESBIT
Reading edition · Edition 2
Author of "The Treasure-seekers," "The Would-be-goods," etc.
ILLUSTRATED
NEW YORK DODD, MEAD & COMPANY
1905
Copyright, 1905, by Dodd, Mead and Company
Published October, 1905
The Psammead
TO JOHN BLAND
My Lamb, you are so very small, You have not learned to read at all; Yet never a printed book withstands The urgence of your dimpled hands. So, though this book is for yourself, Let mother keep it on the shelf Till you can read. O days that pass, That day will come too soon, alas!