Wings and the Child; Or, The Building of Magic Cities

CHAPTER VIII

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ILLUSTRATIONS

PORTRAIT OF THE AUTHOR _Frontispiece_

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THE KING'S SUMMER-HOUSE 8

NOT MUCH HIGHER THAN THE TABLE 13

HE HAS CREATED THE ENGINE 18

THE TOMB IN THE DESERT 18

STONEHENGE 22

THE TREE LIKE A MAN 27

POPPY DOLL 29

DOVES AND DRAGON 30

THE ASTROLOGER'S TOWER 32

THE SILVER TOWERS 34

FURNITURE TO LIVE WITH 35

THE TURQUOISE TEMPLE 40

THE HALL OF PEARL AND RED 47

A CHINESE TEMPLE 52

THE SQUARE TOWER 56

SHELL ARCHES 57

HANDKERCHIEF TENTS 65

ONE HALF OF THE CITY 72

THE TAIL OF PUSS 78

THE OTHER HALF OF THE CITY 82

THE HIDEOUS DISFIGUREMENT 96

OF LOVELY HILLS AND DALES 97

THE PALACE OF CATS 120

GUARDED ARCH 123

BOXES 135

ARCHES AND PILLARS 140

PILLARED COURT 141

MATERIALS FOR THE GUARD-ROOM 148

THE GUARD-ROOM 149

THE DOMINO DOOR 150

LARCH PALM 152

THE MAGIC CITY 152

HONESTY PILLARS 159

TREES 166

THICK ARCHES 168

FAN WINDOW 169

THE ELEPHANT TEMPLE 171

HONESTY ROOF 174

CLOTHES PEGS 181

TOWERS AND COCOANUT COTTAGE 185

COTTON REELS 186

LATTICE WINDOWS 187

_PART I_