The Maker of Rainbows, and Other Fairy-tales and Fables

BY RICHARD LE GALLIENNE
AUTHOR OF AN OLD COUNTRY HOUSE
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY ELIZABETH SHIPPEN GREEN
HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS NEW YORK AND LONDON MCMXII
COPYRIGHT, 1912, BY HARPER & BROTHERS
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA PUBLISHED OCTOBER, 1912
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THAT THIS VOLUME SHALL BE ENTIRELY IN KEEPING WITH ITS FAIRY-TALE CONTENTS, I DEDICATE IT TO MY GOOD FRIENDS, ITS PUBLISHERS, MESSRS. HARPER & BROTHERS IN REMEMBRANCE OF KINDLY RELATIONS BETWEEN THEM AND ITS WRITER SELDOM FOUND OUT OF A FAIRY-TALE
THE MAKER OF RAINBOWS

A PROLOGUE
eople in London—not merely literary folk, but even those higher social circles to which a certain publisher, whose name—or race—it is hardly fair to mention, had so obsequiously climbed—often wondered whence had come the wealth that enabled him to maintain such an establishment, give such elaborate parties, have so many automobiles, and generally make all that display which is so convincing to the modern mind.