[Frontispiece]He scrambled out of the cupboard, and the boots and goloshes fell off him like spray off a bather.—P. 24. [ Frontispiece ] [p iii]THEMAGIC WORLD [p iii ] BYE. NESBITAUTHOR OF‘THE TREASURE SEEKERS,’ ‘THE WONDERFUL GARDEN,’ ‘THE MAGIC CITY,’ ETC. E. NESBIT WITH ILLUSTRATIONSbyH. R. MILLAR and SPENCER PRYSE MACMILLAN AND CO., LIMITEDST. MARTIN’S STREET, LONDON1924 [p iv]First published by Macmillan & Co. 1912 [p iv ] [p v]CONTENTS [p v ]