THE ADVENTURES OF MAYA THE BEE
THE ADVENTURES OF MAYA THE BEE
by
WALDEMAR BONSELS
Illustrated by Homer Boss
[Publisher's Device]
New York Thomas Seltzer 1922
Copyright, 1922, by Thomas Seltzer, Inc. All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America
The Translation of this book was made by ADELE SZOLD SELTZER
The Poems were done into English by ARTHUR GUITERMAN
CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE
I. First Flight 1 II. The House of the Rose 14 III. The Lake 25 IV. Effie and Bobbie 43 V. The Acrobat 60 VI. Puck 72 VII. In the Toils 87 VIII. The Bug and the Butterfly 104 IX. The Lost Leg 113 X. The Wonders of the Night 133 XI. With the Sprite 153 XII. Alois, Ladybird and Poet 163 XIII. The Fortress 172 XIV. The Sentinel 182 XV. The Warning 194 XVI. The Battle 204 XVII. The Queen's Friend 218
LIST OF COLORED ILLUSTRATIONS
"Won't you come in?" FRONTISPIECE
Facing Page Maya lifted her wings, buzzed farewell to the lake, and flew inland 42
A human being in miniature was coming up out of the iris 146
The Queen came without her court, attended only by her aide and two ladies-in-waiting 200