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The marvellous land of Snergs

By E. A. Wyke-Smith

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Cover: Fairies by the Serpentine, illustration for Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens (1906) by Arthur Rackham (1867-1939) · Wikimedia Commons · Public domain (published 1906; artist died 1939)

The Marvellous Land of Snergs is a children's fantasy, written by Edward Wyke-Smith and illustrated by the Punch cartoonist George Morrow. It was originally published in Britain by Ernest Benn in September 1927, and later published in the U.S. in 1928 by Harper & Brothers. It is notable as an inspiration source for J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit.

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Table of contents

  1. 1: A Place Apart
  2. 2: Miss Watkyns
  3. 3: Ways and Means
  4. 4: The Snergs
  5. 5: Sylvia
  6. 6: JOE
  7. 7: Vanderdecken and His Men
  8. 8: How the Adventure Started
  9. 9: How It Really Began
  10. 10: The Turret Chamber
  11. 11: How Joe Bore Captivity
  12. 12: The Forest Land
  13. 13: The Dawn
  14. 14: Gorbo the Snerg
  15. 15: The Town
  16. 16: The Royal House
  17. 17: The King of the Snergs
  18. 18: The Feast
  19. 19: A Morning Walk
  20. 20: The Twisted Trees
  21. 21: Trouble at Watkyns Bay
  22. 22: Beyond the Door
  23. 23: The Mushroom Cavern
  24. 24: The Other Side of the River
  25. 25: Golithos the Ogre
  26. 26: Dinner with Golithos
  27. 27: Golithos Explains
  28. 28: The Upstairs Room
  29. 29: Gorbo’s Doubts
  30. 30: Golithos Is Tempted
  31. 31: Beyond the Tower
  32. 32: The Knight-Errant
  33. 33: Sir Percival’s Job
  34. 34: The Mysterious Castle
  35. 35: Sir Percival’s Annoyance
  36. 36: The Castle Kitchen
  37. 37: Breakfast
  38. 38: A Terrible Moment
  39. 39: More Trouble
  40. 40: The Sorrows of Baldry
  41. 41: The Dark Woods
  42. 42: Mother Meldrum’s House
  43. 43: More Sorrow for Baldry
  44. 44: A Change of Tone
  45. 45: Dinner with a Witch
  46. 46: The Spare Bedroom
  47. 47: What Happened in the Night
  48. 48: The Green Ride
  49. 49: Captives
  50. 50: The Doings at Home
  51. 51: The Ingenuity of Vanderdecken
  52. 52: How They Passed Over the River
  53. 53: Boot and Saddle
  54. 54: The First Day’s March
  55. 55: The Mysterious Castle Again
  56. 56: How Gorbo Gathered Mandrakes
  57. 57: The Cozening of Gorbo
  58. 58: A Fearful Bargain
  59. 59: Captives on the Road
  60. 60: King Kul I
  61. 61: A Change of Clothes at Last
  62. 62: Another Meal with Royalty
  63. 63: A Stinger
  64. 64: The Morning After
  65. 65: The Invasion
  66. 66: An Historic Meeting
  67. 67: Necessary Explanations
  68. 68: Baldry’s Sentence
  69. 69: Royal Clemency
  70. 70: The Next Day
  71. 71: And the Day After That
  72. 72: Captives Again
  73. 73: The Barren Rocks
  74. 74: How Gorbo Found the Way
  75. 75: The Reform of Golithos
  76. 76: Mother Meldrum Goes
  77. 77: All Troubles Over
  78. 78: Back Across the River
  79. 79: Back to the Town
  80. 80: Back to Watkyns Bay
  81. 81: To Finish Up
  82. 82: Transcriber’s Notes