BABY JANE'S MISSION
R. PARNELL
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The Larger Dumpy Books for Children.
V. BABY JANE'S MISSION.
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The Larger Dumpy Books for Children
_Large Pott 8vo, Cloth gilt, 2/6 each_
I. THE SIX INCH ADMIRAL By GEORGE A. BEST _With Fifty Illustrations_
II. HOLIDAYS AND HAPPY DAYS By E. FLORENCE MASON and HAMISH HENDRY _Illustrated in Colours_
III. PILLOW STORIES By S. L. HEWARD and GERTRUDE M. BRADLEY _Illustrated_
IV. ABOUT FAIRIES AND OTHER FACTS By MAUD STAWELL _Illustrated_
V. BABY JANE'S MISSION By REGINALD PARNELL _Illustrated by the Author_
VI. THE ROSE AND THE RING By W. M. THACKERAY _Illustrated_
VII. MERRY MR. PUNCH By GERTRUDE M. BRADLEY and HAMISH HENDRY _Illustrated in Colours_
LONDON: GRANT RICHARDS
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[Illustration: Up she went in hot pursuit of Baby Jane (p. 40).]
BABY JANE'S MISSION
by
REGINALD PARNELL
Illustrated by the Author
London Grant Richards 1902
Printed by R. & R. Clark, Limited, Edinburgh.
CONTENTS
CHAP. PAGE
INTRODUCTION--ADDRESSED SOLELY TO GROWN-UPS 1
1. THE DANCING CLASS 4
2. NUTS IN MAY 20
3. SANTA CLAUS 34
4. OLD JANIES _v._ JUNIOR OAKDENE ATHLETIC 49
5. TWO NEW FRIENDS 63
6. THE GREAT CIRCUS 79
7. BABY JANE'S ARMY 95
8. IN THE ENEMY'S CAMP 111
9. THE RESCUE 121
10. THE FINISH 138
Table of contents (by pages)
- 1: Baby Jane's Mission by Reginald Parnell
- 2: At his enemy 11 'Get off my head
- 3: Perhaps she is I have always honoured a prig
- 4: Dancing was the amusement that Baby Jane thought pleasantest
- 5: Up popped a little fluffy head
- 6: Although the lady Crocodile looked amiable
- 7: ' cried Baby Jane when they had stopped
- 8: With all my animals and the Piccaninny round me
- 9: And Baby Jane and the Piccaninny
- 10: The Crocodile was bouncing bravely along
- 11: And make them look on and clap
- 12: ''You shouldn't try to cheat Santa Claus
- 13: But unfortunately it was the Flanagans
- 14: Bearing in her arms the rescued Patsey
- 15: But everybody likes a Punch and Judy show
- 16: ' Illustration Puffed out his cheeks
- 17: So you shall be the Junior Oakdene Athletic
- 18: The Hippopotamus put on a pained
- 19: ' squeaked the indignant Rabbit
- 20: Before Baby Jane went to sleep
- 21: Expecting the little coster to jeer
- 22: 'And so Sammy and Edouardo joined the family
- 23: Illustration Three draggled little creatures crawled out
- 24: Mary Carmichael set up a shrill wail
- 25: ' interrupted Mary Carmichael angrily
- 26: Could have run as fast as the Piccaninny
- 27: The Lion fell flat on his back
- 28: Jerking half round to glare at the three spinsters
- 29: Romeo runs away chased by the ghost
- 30: Sammy must have been up very early to marshal the army
- 31: After a long consultation with Sammy
- 32: But as the sword reached Patsey
- 33: Who had a sword and rode pick a back on Patsey
- 34: Carrying over his shoulder a little glossy black bearskin
- 35: Waving his paw over Baby Jane's shoulder
- 36: 'That horse think of grilled bones
- 37: The Leopard was in a foaming rage
- 38: Didums want a rabbit skin To wrap his baby tootsies in
- 39: Caught the huge Leopard behind the neck
- 40: A hundred crocodile heads rose above the bank
- 41: Illustration Mary and the Stork
- 42: 'The giraffe started violently
- 43: But the Rabbit and Patsey were second
- 44: With Baby Jane and Sammy in the barrow