E-text prepared by Al Haines Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original lovely illustrations. See 17521-h.htm or 17521-h.zip: (https://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/1/7/5/2/17521/17521-h/17521-h.htm) or (https://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/1/7/5/2/17521/17521-h.zip) EVERYCHILD A Story Which The Old May Interpret to the Young and Which the Young May Interpret to the Old by LOUIS DODGE Illustrated by Blanche Fisher Laite [Frontispiece: "Poor Cinderella."] New York Charles Scribner's Sons 1921 Copyright, 1921, by Charles Scribner's Sons TO FREDERICA BRITTON CONTENTS PART I ARGUMENT:--_Everychild encounters the giant Fear and sets forth on a strange journey_. CHAPTER I. THE TWO STRANGERS II. EVERYCHILD'S ENCOUNTER WITH THE GIANT III. EVERYCHILD ENCOUNTERS ALADDIN OF THE WONDERFUL LAMP IV. EVERYCHILD IS JOINED BY HANSEL AND GRETTEL V. A DASHING YOUTH IN THE FOREST VI. A FIGHT WHICH WAS STRANGELY ENDED VII. THE ADVENTURE OF WILL O'DREAMS PART II ARGUMENT:--_Everychild pities the sorrow of Cinderella and rejoices in her release from bondage; he encounters a dog that looks upon him with favor_. VIII. A PURSUIT IN THE DARK IX. CINDERELLA AT HOME X. CINDERELLA'S DECISION XI. SOME ONE PASSES WITH A SONG ON THE ROAD OF TROUBLED CHILDREN XII. EVERYCHILD BECOMES ACQUAINTED WITH A POOR DOG XIII. A TERRIBLE LADY AT HOME XIV. MR. LITERAL'S WARNING PART III ARGUMENT:--_Every child views with amazement a famous dwelling-place, and is grieved by the plight of an unfortunate prince_. XV. A STRANGE HOUSE IN THE FOREST XVI. AN ELABORATION OF ONE OF HISTORY'S MOST SUCCINCT CHAPTERS XVII. EVERYCHILD, WITH ADDITIONAL COMPANIONS, FINDS REFUGE IN AN OLD HOUSE XVIII. HOW THE HAND OF A CHAMBERLAIN TREMBLED XIX. HOW AN UNFORTUNATE PRINCE ESCAPED PART IV ARGUMENT:--_Everychild's feet are drawn to the spot where the sleeping beauty in the wood lies. Time passes_. XX. A SONG IN A GARDEN XXI. AN ENCOUNTER IN THE ATTIC XXII. THE END OF A HUNDRED YEARS XXIII. THE AWAKENING XXIV. TIME PASSES PART V ARGUMENT:--_On his wanderings Everychild bethinks him of his parents, and discovers that though he has seemed to lose them, he has not really done so_. XXV. WILL O'DREAMS REPORTS A DISCOVERY XXVI. THE HIDDEN TEMPLE XXVII. HOW EVIL DAYS CAME UPON THE CASTLE XXVIII. THE MOUNTAIN OF REALITY XXIX. THE MASKED LADY'S SECRET XXX. WILL O'DREAMS MAKES A DISCOVERY XXXI. HOW ALADDIN MADE A WISH XXXII. THE HALL OF PARENTS ILLUSTRATIONS "Poor Cinderella" . . . . . . _Frontispiece_ "You are Hansel and Grettel" "Masterpieces indeed!--in a forest! _There_ are masterpieces" She sniffed as if there were a fire somewhere "As for living in a shoe--there's plenty of females that live in two"