TheGoldenAge

Table of Contents The Golden Age Kenneth Grahame PROLOGUE: THE OLYMPIANS A HOLIDAY. A WHITE-WASHED UNCLE. ALARUMS AND EXCURSIONS. THE FINDING OF THE PRINCESS. SAWDUST AND SIN. "YOUNG ADAM CUPID". THE BURGLARS. A HARVESTING. SNOWBOUND. WHAT THEY TALKED ABOUT. THE ARGONAUTS. THE ROMAN ROAD. THE SECRET DRAWER. "EXIT TYRANNUS" THE BLUE ROOM A FALLING OUT "LUSISTI SATIS" The Golden Age Kenneth Grahame Published: 1895 "'t is opportune to look back upon old time, and contemplate our forefathers. Great examples grow thin, and to be fetched from the passed world. Simplicity flies away, and iniquity comes at long strides upon us." —Sir Thomas Browne them. They were unaware of Indians, nor recked they anything of bisons or of pirates (with pistols!), though the whole place swarmed with such portents. They cared not about exploring for robbers' caves, nor digging for hidden treasure. Perhaps, indeed, it was one of their best qualities that they spent the greater part of their time stuffily indoors. To be sure, there was an exception in the curate, who would receive unblenching the information that the meadow beyond the orchard was a prairie st......