Produced by Suzanne Shell, Emmy and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) THE GOLDEN AGE _COMPANION VOLUME TO THIS BOOK_ DREAM DAYS BY KENNETH GRAHAME _PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED BY MAXFIELD PARRISH_ [Illustration: '_Onto the garden wall, which led in its turn to the roof of an out-house_'] '_The Golden Age_' THE GOLDEN AGE BY KENNETH GRAHAME ILLUSTRATED By MAXFIELD PARRISH JOHN LANE. THE BODLEY HEAD LONDON AND NEW YORK 1900 _Copyright, 1899_ BY JOHN LANE _Copyright, 1904_ BY JOHN LANE CONTENTS PAGE PROLOGUE: THE OLYMPIANS 3 A HOLIDAY 13 A WHITE-WASHED UNCLE 29 ALARUMS AND EXCURSIONS 39 THE FINDING OF THE PRINCESS 53 SAWDUST AND SIN 67 'YOUNG ADAM CUPID' 79 THE BURGLARS 93 A HARVESTING 107 SNOWBOUND 121 WHAT THEY TALKED ABOUT 133 THE ARGONAUTS 143 THE ROMAN ROAD 161 THE SECRET DRAWER 179 'EXIT TYRANNUS' 193 THE BLUE ROOM 205 A FALLING OUT 225 'LUSISTI SATIS' 239 PUBLISHER'S NOTE The publication of this new edition of "The Golden Age," the favourite amongst Mr. Kenneth Grahame's favoured books, with the illustrations by Mr. Maxfield Parrish reproduced in photogravure, was accomplished through the kindness of the various owners, who gave access to the originals in their respective collections. The publisher begs gratefully to acknowledge this courtesy, with special thanks also to Mr. Frederick Keppel and Mr. Fitzroy Carrington for their kind co-operation. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE 'Onto the garden wall, which led in its turn to the roof of an out-house' _Frontispiece_ 'The Golden Age' _Title_ 'For them the orchard (a place elf-haunted, wonderful!) simply' _Facing_ 6 'Out into the brimming sun-bathed world I sped' " 14 '"I took the old fellow to the station"' " 34 'Once more were damsels rescued, dragons disembowelled, and giants' " 42