Produced by David Edwards, Matthew Wheaton and the Online Distributed Proofreading Canada Team at http://www.pgdpcanada.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) [Illustration: WITH THE SPRING COMES WENDY]. THE STORY OF PETER PAN RETOLD FROM THE FAIRY PLAY BY SIR J.M. BARRIE BY DANIEL O'CONNOR ILLUSTRATED BY ALICE B. WOODWARD TORONTO THE MUSSON BOOK COMPANY LIMITED PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN BY PURNELL AND SONS PAULTON, SOMERSET, ENGLAND PREFACE Sir J. M. Barrie's delightful creation, "Peter Pan," has by this time taken a secure place in the hearts of children of all ages, and there are few nurseries in the land in which Peter, Wendy, Tinker Bell, Captain Hook and his Pirates, the Mermaids and Redskins, and the exciting world in which they lived, are not as familiar as the most time-honoured lore of fairyland. The popularity of Mr. Daniel O'Connor's version of the story, issued with Sir J. M. Barrie's kind consent, and illustrated so charmingly by Miss Alice B. Woodward, has induced the publishers to bring out the present re-issue at a lower price. The selections of music which will be found in it are included with the permission of Mr. John Crook, the composer, and Messrs. Price and Reynolds. CONTENTS PART I EARLY DAYS PART II THE NEVER-NEVER-NEVER LAND PART III THE MERMAIDS' LAGOON PART IV THE UNDERGROUND HOME PART V THE PIRATE SHIP PART VI HOME, SWEET HOME LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS WITH THE SPRING COMES WENDY _colour-plate_ WITH MICHAEL SITTING ON HER BACK _colour-plate_ THE SHADOW HELD ON BEAUTIFULLY WENDY GENTLY KISSED HIS CHEEK _colour-plate_ AWAY THEY FLOATED SLIGHTLY WAS DANCING MERRILY WITH AN OSTRICH _colour-plate_ "THE CROCODILE! THE CROCODILE!" THE INDIANS CREPT SILENTLY UP THE LOST BOYS KNELT BEFORE HER _colour-plate_ SHE WAS COMBING HER LONG TRESSES SHE SLIPPED OUT OF HIS GRASP A FIERCE FIGHT ENSUED SPREADING HIS COAT TO THE WIND, HE SAILED MERRILY _colour-plate_ SEIZED BY ONE OF THE SWARTHY RUFFIANS HE PERCEIVED TINKER BELL IN HIS GLASS _colour-plate_ THE PIRATE SHIP "THAT MAN IS MINE!" _colour-plate_ RIGHT INTO THE JAWS OF THE CROCODILE! NURSE TO THE PAPOOSES! HE WOULD LIVE IN THE KENNEL TILL HIS CHILDREN'S RETURN PART I EARLY DAYS [Illustration: music score] LULLABY Gold-en slum-bers kiss your eyes, Smiles a-wake you when you rise, Sleep, pret-ty dar-ling, do not cry, And I will sing a lul-la-by.