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EVERY BOY'S LIBRARY

THE PIED PIPER of HAMELIN

and Other Poems

By

ROBERT BROWNING

[Illustration]

ILLUSTRATED

H. M. CALDWELL CO. PUBLISHERS NEW YORK & BOSTON

_Copyright, 1899_ BY DANA ESTES & COMPANY

CONTENTS.

PAGE

THE PIED PIPER OF HAMELIN 11

HERVÉ RIEL 24

CAVALIER TUNES 31

"HOW THEY BROUGHT THE GOOD NEWS FROM GHENT TO AIX" 34

THROUGH THE METIDJA TO ABD-EL-KADR 37

INCIDENT OF THE FRENCH CAMP 39

CLIVE 41

MULÉYKEH 59

TRAY 68

A TALE 70

GOLD HAIR 75

DONALD 82

THE GLOVE 90

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

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THE PIED PIPER OF HAMELIN _Frontispiece_

"'LEAVE TO GO AND SEE MY WIFE, WHOM I CALL THE BELLE AURORE'" 30

"I GALLOPED, DIRCK GALLOPED, WE GALLOPED ALL THREE" 34

"A RIDER BOUND ON BOUND FULL GALLOPING, NOR BRIDLE DREW UNTIL HE REACHED THE MOUND" 39

"HAIR, SUCH A WONDER OF FLIX AND FLOSS" 75

"AND FULL IN THE FACE OF ITS OWNER FLUNG THE GLOVE" 95

THE BOYS' BROWNING.

THE PIED PIPER OF HAMELIN.

A CHILD'S STORY.