George MacDonald
At the Back of the North Wind (Musaicum Christmas Specials)
Christmas Specials Series
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2020 OK Publishing
EAN 4064066385149
Table of Contents
CHAPTER IX. HOW DIAMOND GOT TO THE BACK OF THE NORTH WIND
CHAPTER X. AT THE BACK OF THE NORTH WIND
CHAPTER XI. HOW DIAMOND GOT HOME AGAIN
CHAPTER XII. WHO MET DIAMOND AT SANDWICH
CHAPTER XVI. DIAMOND MAKES A BEGINNING
CHAPTER XVIII. THE DRUNKEN CABMAN
CHAPTER XIX. DIAMOND'S FRIENDS
CHAPTER XX. DIAMOND LEARNS TO READ
CHAPTER XXII. MR. RAYMOND'S RIDDLE
CHAPTER XXIV. ANOTHER EARLY BIRD
CHAPTER XXVI. DIAMOND TAKES A FARE THE WRONG WAY RIGHT
CHAPTER XXVII. THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL
CHAPTER XXVIII. LITTLE DAYLIGHT
CHAPTER XXXI. THE NORTH WIND DOTH BLOW
CHAPTER XXXII. DIAMOND AND RUBY
CHAPTER XXXIII. THE PROSPECT BRIGHTENS
CHAPTER XXXV. I MAKE DIAMOND'S ACQUAINTANCE
CHAPTER XXXVI. DIAMOND QUESTIONS NORTH WIND
CHAPTER XXXVIII. AT THE BACK OF THE NORTH WIND
CHAPTER I.
THE HAY-LOFT
I HAVE been asked to tell you about the back of the north wind. An old Greek writer mentions a people who lived there, and were so comfortable that they could not bear it any longer, and drowned themselves. My story is not the same as his. I do not think Herodotus had got the right account of the place. I am going to tell you how it fared with a boy who went there.
He lived in a low room over a coach-house; and
