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The wonder clock; or, Four & twenty marvelous tales, being one for each hour of the day; written & illustrated by Howard Pyle, embellished with verses by Katharine Pyle.

  
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PREFACE.
  
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List of Illustrations.

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One O'clock.
  
Bearskin. I.
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Two O'clock.
  
The Water of Life. II.
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Three O'clock.
  
How One turned his Trouble to some account. III.
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Four O'clock.
  
How three went out into the Wide World. IV.
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Five O'clock.
  
The Clever Student and the Master of Black Arts. V.
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Six O'clock.
  
The Princess Golden-Hair and the Great Black Raven. VI.
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Seven O'clock.
  
Cousin Greylegs, the Great Red Fox and Grandfather Mole. VII.
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VIII
  
Eight O'clock.
  
One Good Turn Deserves Another. VIII.
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Nine O'clock.
  
The White Bird. IX.
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Ten O'clock.
  
How the Good Gifts were used by Two. X.
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Eleven O'clock.
  
How Boots befooled the King. XI.
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Twelve O'clock
  
The Step-mother. XII.
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XIII
  
One O'clock.
  
Master Jacob. XIII.
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Two O'clock.
  
Peterkin and the Little Grey Hare. XIV.
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Three O'clock.
  
Mother Hildegarde. XV.
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XVI
  
Four O'clock.
  
Which is Best? XVI.
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Five O'clock.
  
The Simpleton and his Little Black Hen. XVII.
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Six O'clock.
  
The Swan Maiden. XVIII.
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XIX
  
Seven O'clock.
  
The Three Little Pigs and the OGRE. XIX.
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Eight O'clock.
  
The Staff and The Fiddle. XX.
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Nine O'clock.
  
How the Princess's Pride was broken. XXI.
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Ten O'clock.
  
How Two went into Partnership. XXII.
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Eleven O'clock.
  
King Stork. XXIII.
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Twelve O'clock.
  
The Best that Life has to give. XXIV.

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The WONDER CLOCK
OR four and twenty marvellous Tales, being one for each hour of the day;

written & illustrated
By

Howard Pyle.


Embellished with Verses by

Katharine Pyle.

Harper & Row Publishers
New York, Evanston, and London

Copyright, 1887, by HARPER & BROTHERS
Copyright, 1915, by ANNE POOLE PYLE
Printed in the United States of America
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