Round-about Rambles in Lands of Fact and FancyROUND-ABOUT RAMBLESReading editionChapter navigation75 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterROUND-ABOUT RAMBLESFACT AND FANCYFRANK R STOCKTONPREFACEWINTER IN THE WOODSTRICKS OF LIGHT.SAVING THE TOLL.THE REAL KING OF BEASTS.THE FRENCH SOLDIER-BOYA LIVELY WAY TO RING A BELL.DOWN IN THE EARTH.THE LION.BOB'S HIDING-PLACE.THE CONTINENTAL SOLDIER.A JUDGE OF MUSIC.THE SENSITIVE PLANT.SIR MARMADUKE.THE GIRAFFE.UP IN THE AIR.THE HORSE OF ARABIA.INDIAN PUDDINGS: PUMPKIN PIES.LIVING IN SMOKE.THE CANNON OF THE PALAIS ROYAL.WATERS, DEEP AND SHALLOW.HANS, THE HERB-GATHERER.SOME CUNNING INSECTS.A FIRST SIGHT OF THE SEA.THE LARGEST CHURCH IN THE WORLD.THE SOFT PLACE.A FEW FEATHERED FRIENDS.IN A WELL.A VEGETABLE GAS MANUFACTORY.A FEW WORDS ABOUT BEARS.AN OLD COUNTRY-HOUSE.FAR-AWAY FORESTS.BUILDING SHIPS.THE ORANG-OUTANG.LITTLE BRIDGET'S BATH.SOME NOVEL FISHING.EAGLES AND LITTLE GIRLS.CLIMBING MOUNTAINS.ANDREW'S PLAN.THE WILD ASS.ANCIENT RIDING.BEAUTIFUL BUGS.A BATTLE ON STILTS.DRAWING THE LONG BOW.AN ANCIENT THEATRE.BIRD CHAT.MUMMIES.TAME SNAKES.GYMNASTICS.BUYING "THE MIRROR."BIG GAME.THE BOOTBLACK'S DOG.GOING AFTER THE COWS.THE REFLECTIVE STAG.WHEN WE MUST NOT BELIEVE OUR EYES.A CITY UNDER THE GROUND.THE COACHMAN.GEYSERS, AND HOW THEY WORK.A GIANT PUFF-BALL.TICKLED BY A STRAW.THE LIGHT IN THE CASTLE.THE OAK TREE.THE SEA-SIDE.THE SICK PIKE.TWO KINDS OF BLOSSOMS.ABOUT GLASS.CARL.SCHOOL'S OUT!NEST-BUILDERS.THE BOOMERANG.Charles Scribner's Sons Books for Young Readers.Previous chapter ←Front matterNext chapter →FACT AND FANCYAll chapters and sections (75)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsROUND-ABOUT RAMBLESFACT AND FANCYFRANK R STOCKTONPREFACEWINTER IN THE WOODSTRICKS OF LIGHT.SAVING THE TOLL.THE REAL KING OF BEASTS.THE FRENCH SOLDIER-BOYA LIVELY WAY TO RING A BELL.DOWN IN THE EARTH.THE LION.BOB'S HIDING-PLACE.THE CONTINENTAL SOLDIER.A JUDGE OF MUSIC.THE SENSITIVE PLANT.SIR MARMADUKE.THE GIRAFFE.UP IN THE AIR.THE HORSE OF ARABIA.INDIAN PUDDINGS: PUMPKIN PIES.LIVING IN SMOKE.THE CANNON OF THE PALAIS ROYAL.WATERS, DEEP AND SHALLOW.HANS, THE HERB-GATHERER.SOME CUNNING INSECTS.A FIRST SIGHT OF THE SEA.THE LARGEST CHURCH IN THE WORLD.THE SOFT PLACE.A FEW FEATHERED FRIENDS.IN A WELL.A VEGETABLE GAS MANUFACTORY.A FEW WORDS ABOUT BEARS.AN OLD COUNTRY-HOUSE.FAR-AWAY FORESTS.BUILDING SHIPS.THE ORANG-OUTANG.LITTLE BRIDGET'S BATH.SOME NOVEL FISHING.EAGLES AND LITTLE GIRLS.CLIMBING MOUNTAINS.ANDREW'S PLAN.THE WILD ASS.ANCIENT RIDING.BEAUTIFUL BUGS.A BATTLE ON STILTS.DRAWING THE LONG BOW.AN ANCIENT THEATRE.BIRD CHAT.MUMMIES.TAME SNAKES.GYMNASTICS.BUYING "THE MIRROR."BIG GAME.THE BOOTBLACK'S DOG.GOING AFTER THE COWS.THE REFLECTIVE STAG.WHEN WE MUST NOT BELIEVE OUR EYES.A CITY UNDER THE GROUND.THE COACHMAN.GEYSERS, AND HOW THEY WORK.A GIANT PUFF-BALL.TICKLED BY A STRAW.THE LIGHT IN THE CASTLE.THE OAK TREE.THE SEA-SIDE.THE SICK PIKE.TWO KINDS OF BLOSSOMS.ABOUT GLASS.CARL.SCHOOL'S OUT!NEST-BUILDERS.THE BOOMERANG.Charles Scribner's Sons Books for Young Readers.In Lands of← Front matterFACT AND FANCY →