WHEN WE WERE VERY YOUNG [Illustration: HALFWAY DOWN] when we were very young by a.a.milne e.p.dutton & co. Copyright, 1924 By E. P. DUTTON COMPANY _All rights reserved_ _First Published in 1924_ _First Edition Nov., 1924 Second Edition Dec., 1924 Third Edition 〃 1924 Fourth Edition 〃 1924 Fifth Edition 〃 1924 Sixth Edition 〃 1924 Seventh Edition 〃 1924 Eighth Edition Jan., 1925 Ninth Edition 〃 1925 Tenth Edition 〃 1925 Eleventh Edition 〃 1925 Twelfth Edition 〃 1925 Thirteenth Edition 〃 1925 Fourteenth Edition 〃 1925 Fifteenth Edition 〃 1925 Sixteenth Edition 〃 1925 Seventeenth Edition Mar., 1925 Eighteenth Edition 〃 1925 Nineteenth Edition 〃 1925 Twentieth Edition 〃 1925 Twenty-first Edition 〃 1925 Twenty-second Edition 〃 1925 Twenty-third Edition 〃 1925_ _Printed in the United States of America_ TO CHRISTOPHER ROBIN MILNE OR AS HE PREFERS TO CALL HIMSELF BILLY MOON THIS BOOK WHICH OWES SO MUCH TO HIM IS NOW HUMBLY OFFERED JUST BEFORE WE BEGIN