This edition has been fully restored with modern typesetting, custom cover design. Number Two Joy Street is a sparkling anthology of prose and verse for children, bringing together the wit and imagination of A. A. Milne, G. K. Chesterton, Walter de la Mare, Hilaire Belloc, Rose Fyleman, and other beloved writers. From whimsical opening poems to fairy tales, comic fantasies, and lyrical nature pieces, the collection offers a rich blend of humor, enchantment, and literary charm. Among its highlights is Milne's "Prince Rabbit," a slyly funny royal adventure in which a clever outsider outwits an anxious court, defeats a favored nobleman, and reveals himself as the kingdom's rightful heir. Elsewhere, a comic tale of Gollop the gnome turns music into mischief, while poems such as "Autumn Wind" capture the restless motion and beauty of the seasons. The anthology also includes moving and memorable prose about kindness, exile, and childhood courage, as well as scenes of Tony's moonlit, poetry-haunted wanderings through the Silver Wood. Playful yet thoughtful, Number Two Joy Street celebrates the pleasures of language, the strangeness of imagination, and the magic hidden in everyday life.

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Julian Hawthorne (June 22, 1846 – July 14, 1934) was an American writer and journalist, the son of novelist Nathaniel Hawthorne and Sophia Peabody. He wrote numerous poems, novels, short stories, mystery/detective fiction, essays, travel books, biographies, and histories.