The Project Gutenberg E-text of Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens

About this eBook

Author

Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew), 1860-1937

Title

Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens

Credits

Produced by Al Haines (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

Fairies -- Fiction

Category

Text

eBook-No.

26999

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/26999

Release Date

October 24, 2008

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.There are several editions of this ebook in the Project Gutenberg collection. Various characteristics of each ebook are listed to aid in selecting the preferred file. Click on any of the filenumbers below to quickly view each ebook. — He was quite angry when these two ran away the moment they saw him. — PETER PAN
2. 2.IN KENSINGTON GARDENS — FROM THE LITTLE WHITE BIRD — BY
3. 3.J. M. BARRIE — A NEW EDITION
4. 4.ILLUSTRATED BY ARTHUR RACKHAM — LONDON HODDER & STOUGHTON 1906 — TO SYLVIA AND ARTHUR LLEWELYN DAVIES AND THEIR BOYS (MY BOYS)
5. 5.CONTENTS — CHAPTER I — THE GRAND TOUR OF THE GARDENS — CHAPTER II — PETER PAN — CHAPTER III — THE THRUSH'S NEST — CHAPTER IV — LOCK-OUT TIME — CHAPTER V — THE LITTLE HOUSE — CHAPTER VI — PETER'S GOAT — Illustration: The Kensington Gardens are in London, where the King lives (missing from book) — DAVID
6. 6.COLOURED ILLUSTRATIONS — 1. He was quite angry when these two ran away the moment they saw him ... Frontispiece — 2. The Kensington Gardens are in London, where the King lives (missing from book) — 3. The lady with the balloons, who sits just outside — 4. In the Broad Walk you meet all the people who are worth knowing — 5. The Hump, which is the part of the Broad Walk where all the big races are run — 6. There is almost nothing that has such a keen sense of fun as a fallen leaf (missing from book) — 7. The Serpentine is a lovely lake, and there is a drowned forest at the bottom of it. If you peer over the edge you can see the trees all growing upside down, and they say that at night there are also drowned stars in it — 8. The island on which all the birds are born that become baby boys and girls (missing from book) — 9. Old Mr. Salford was a crab-apple of an old gentleman who wandered all day in the Gardens — 10. Away he flew, right over the houses to the Gardens — 11. The fairies have their tiffs with the birds — 12. When he heard Peter's voice he popped in alarm behind a tulip — 13. A band of workmen, who were sawing down a toadstool, rushed away, leaving their tools behind them — 14. Put his strange case before old Solomon Caw (missing from book) — 15. Peter screamed out, 'Do it again!' and with great good-nature they did it several times — 16. A hundred flew off with the string, and Peter clung to the tail — 17. After this the birds said that they would help him no more in his mad enterprise — 18. 'Preposterous!' cried Solomon in a rage — 19. For years he had been quietly filling his stocking — 20. When you meet grown-up people in the Gardens who puff and blow as if they thought themselves bigger than they are — 21. He passed under the bridge and came within full sight of the delectable Gardens — 22. There now arose a mighty storm, and he was tossed this way and that (missing from book) — 23. Fairies are all more or less in hiding until dusk — 24. When they think you are not looking they skip along pretty lively (missing from book) — 25. But if you look, and they fear there is no time to hide, they stand quite still pretending to be flowers (missing from book) — 26. The fairies are exquisite dancers — 27. These tricky fairies sometimes slyly change the board on a ball night — 28. Linkmen running in front carrying winter cherries — 29. When her Majesty wants to know the time — 30. The fairies sit round on mushrooms, and at first they are well behaved — 31. Butter is got from the roots of old trees (missing from book) — 32. Wallflower juice is good for reviving dancers who fall to the ground in a fit — 33. Peter Pan is the fairies' orchestra — 34. They all tickled him on the shoulder (missing from book) — 35. One day they were overheard by a fairy — 36. The little people weave their summer curtains from skeleton leaves — 37. An afternoon when the Gardens were white with snow — 38. She ran to St. Govor's Well and hid — 39. An elderberry hobbled across the walk, and stood chatting with some young quinces — 40. A chrysanthemum heard her, and said pointedly, 'Hoity-toity, what is this?' — 41. They warned her — 42. Queen Mab, who rules in the Gardens — 43. Shook his bald head and murmured, 'Cold, quite cold' — 44. Fairies never say, 'We feel happy': what they say is, 'We feel dancey ' — 45. Looking very undancey indeed — The lady with the balloons, who sits just outside — 46. 'My Lord Duke,' said the physician elatedly, 'I have the honour to inform your excellency that your grace is in love' — 47. Building the house for Maimie — 48. If the bad ones among the fairies happen to be out (missing from book) — 49. They will certainly mischief you (missing from book) — 50. I think that quite the most touching sight in the Gardens is the two tombstones of Walter Stephen Matthews and Phoebe Phelps
7. 7.ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE TEXT — David — Kensington Gardens — Headpiece to 'The Grand Tour of the Gardens' — Porthos — One of the Paths that have Made Themselves — Tailpiece to 'The Grand Tour of the Gardens' — Headpiece to 'Peter Pan' — The birds on the island never got used to him. His oddities tickled them every day — Tailpiece to 'Peter Pan' — Headpiece to 'The Thrush's Nest' — Tailpiece to 'The Thrush's Nest' — Headpiece to 'Lock-out Time' — They are so cunning — A fairy ring — Tailpiece to 'Lock-out Time' — Headpiece to 'The Little House' — There was a good deal going on in the Baby Walk — She escorted them up the Baby Walk and back again — Tailpiece to 'The Little House' — Headpiece to 'Peter's Goat' — Tailpiece to 'Peter's Goat' — Kensington Gardens — In the Broad Walk you meet all the people worth knowing — I — THE GRAND TOUR OF THE GARDENS — The Hump, which is the part of the Broad Walk where all the big races are run — Illustration: There is almost nothing that has such a keen sense of fun as a fallen leaf (missing from book) — The Serpentine is a lovely lake, and there is a drowned forest at the bottom of it. If you peer over the edge you can see the trees all growing upside down, and they say that at night there are also drowned stars in it — Illustration: The island on which all the birds are born that become baby boys and girls (missing from book) — One of the Paths that have Made Themselves — Old Mr. Salford was a crab-apple of an old gentleman who wandered all day in the Gardens — Away he flew, right over the houses to the Gardens — II — PETER PAN — The fairies have their tiffs with the birds — When he heard Peter's voice he popped in alarm behind a tulip — A band of workmen, who were sawing down a toadstool, rushed away, leaving their tools behind them — Illustration: Put his strange case before old Solomon Caw (missing from book) — The birds on the island never got used to him. His oddities tickled them every day — Peter screamed out, 'Do it again!' and with great good-nature they did it several times — A hundred flew off with the string, and Peter clung to the tail — After this the birds said that they would help him no more in his mad enterprise — III — THE THRUSH'S NEST — 'Preposterous!' cried Solomon in a rage — For years he had been quietly filling his stocking — When you meet grown-up people in the Gardens who puff and blow as if they thought themselves bigger than they are — He passed under the bridge and came within full sight of the delectable Gardens — Illustration: There now arose a mighty storm, and he was tossed this way and that (missing from book) — Fairies are all more or less in hiding until dusk — IV — LOCK-OUT TIME — They are so cunning — Illustration: When they think you are not looking they skip along pretty lively (missing from book) — Illustration: But if you look, and they fear there is no time to hide, they stand quite still pretending to be flowers (missing from book) — The fairies are exquisite dancers — A fairy ring — These tricky fairies sometimes slyly change the board on a ball night — Linkmen running in front carrying winter cherries — When her Majesty wants to know the time — The fairies sit round on mushrooms, and at first they are well behaved — Illustration: Butter is got from the roots of old trees (missing from book) — Wallflower juice is good for reviving dancers who fall to the ground in a fit — V — THE LITTLE HOUSE — Peter Pan is the fairies' orchestra — Illustration: They all tickled him on the shoulder (missing from book) — One day they were overheard by a fairy — The little people weave their summer curtains from skeleton leaves — There was a good deal going on in the Baby Walk — An afternoon when the Gardens were white with snow — She ran to St. Govor's Well and hid — She escorted them up the Baby Walk and back again — An elderberry hobbled across the walk, and stood chatting with some young quinces — A chrysanthemum heard her, and said pointedly, 'Hoity-toity, what is this?' — They warned her — Queen Mab, who rules in the Gardens — Shook his bald head and murmured, 'Cold, quite cold' — Fairies never say, 'We feel happy': what they say is, 'We feel _dancey_' — VI — PETER'S GOAT — Looking very undancey indeed — 'My Lord Duke,' said the physician elatedly, 'I have the honour to inform your excellency that your grace is in love' — Building the house for Maimie — Illustration: If the bad ones among the fairies happen to be out (missing from book) — Illustration: They will certainly mischief you (missing from book) — I think that quite the most touching sight in the Gardens is the two tombstones of Walter Stephen Matthews and Phoebe Phelps

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