[Illustration: The Psammead]




FIVE CHILDREN
AND IT

BY
E. NESBIT

AUTHOR OF "THE TREASURE-SEEKERS,"
"THE WOULD-BE-GOODS," ETC.


_ILLUSTRATED_


[Illustration]


NEW YORK
DODD, MEAD & COMPANY

1905



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