Kisington Town

By Abbie Farwell Brown
By Abbie Farwell Brown Kisington Town. Illustrated. Songs of Sixpence. Illustrated. Their City Christmas. Illustrated. John of the Woods. Illustrated. Fresh Posies. Illustrated. Friends and Cousins. Illustrated. The Star Jewels and Other Wonders. Illustrated. The Flower Princess. Illustrated. The Curious Book of Birds. Illustrated. A Pocketful of Posies. Illustrated. In the Days of Giants. Illustrated. The Book of Saints and Friendly Beasts. Illustrated. The Lonesomest Doll. Illustrated.
Houghton Mifflin Company Boston and New York

Blessed are the peacemakers.
With Illustrations
To the Best of Readers Whose Pleasant Voices taught me the Love of Books Dear Father : Dear Mother
O for a book and a shadie nook Eyther in-a-door or out, With the greene leaves whisp'ring overhede, Or the street-cryes all about, Where I may Reade at my ease, Both of the Newe and Olde For a jollie goode Booke, whereon to looke, Is better to me than Golde! -- Old Song
Note: The tales of The Wonder-Garden and The King's Pie are here reprinted by courteous permission of the publishers of St. Nicholas , in which magazine they originally appeared. The tales of The Dragon of Hushby, The Lion Passant, and Little Bear, are reprinted by kind permission of the publishers of The Churchman . The Icelandic legend of The Bear's Daughter is sketched from notes of a talk by Vilhjalmir Stefánsson, the explorer, who is lamented as lost on the late unfortunate voyage of the Karluk to Arctic waters.
From drawings by Ruby Winckler

Once upon a time there was a peaceful Kingdom which you will hardly find upon the map. In one corner of the Kingdom by the sea was the pretty little Town of Kisington, where a great many strange things had happened in the past, the chronicles of which filled the town library.