The Marvellous Land of Snergs

About this eBook

Author

Wyke-Smith, E. A. (Edward Augustine), 1871-1935

Title

The marvellous land of Snergs

Original Publication

London: Ernest Benn Limited, 1927.

Credits

Hendrik Kaiber and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres

Subject

Imaginary places -- Juvenile fiction

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 78120

Release Date

March 5, 2026

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.The Marvellous Land of Snergs
2. 2.A List of the Chapters
3. 3.The Marvellous Land of Snergs — Part I — A Place Apart — Miss Watkyns — Ways and Means — The Snergs — Sylvia — Joe — Vanderdecken and His Men — How the Adventure Started — How it Really Began — The Turret Chamber — How Joe Bore Captivity — The Forest Land — The Dawn — Gorbo the Snerg — The Town — The Royal House — The King of the Snergs — The Feast — A Morning Walk — The Twisted Trees — Part II — Trouble at Watkyns Bay — Beyond the Door — The Mushroom Cavern — The Other Side of the River — Golithos the Ogre — Dinner with Golithos — Golithos Explains — The Upstairs Room — Gorbo’s Doubts — Golithos is Tempted — Beyond the Tower — The Knight-Errant — Sir Percival’s Job — The Mysterious Castle — Sir Percival’s Annoyance — The Castle Kitchen — Breakfast — A Terrible Moment — More Trouble — The Sorrows of Baldry — The Dark Woods — Mother Meldrum’s House — More Sorrow for Baldry — A Change of Tone — Dinner With a Witch — The Spare Bedroom — What Happened in the Night — The Green Ride — Captives — Part III — The Doings at Home — The Ingenuity of Vanderdecken — How they Passed Over the River — Boot and Saddle — The First Day’s March — The Mysterious Castle Again — How Gorbo Gathered Mandrakes — The Cozening of Gorbo — A Fearful Bargain — Captives on the Road — King Kul I — A Change of Clothes at last — Another Meal with Royalty — A Stinger — The Morning after — The Invasion — An Historic Meeting — Necessary Explanations — Baldry’s Sentence — Royal Clemency — The Next Day — And the Day after that — Captives again — The Barren Rocks — How Gorbo found the Way — The Reform of Golithos — Mother Meldrum goes — All Troubles Over — Back across the River — Back to the Town — Back to Watkyns Bay — To finish up

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