CONTENTS

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[Ilya and Cloudfall]11
[Ilya meets Svyatogor and parts withHim]19
[Ilya and Nightingale theRobber]33
[Ilya and Falcon the Hunter]51
[The Adventure of the Burning WhiteStone]73
[How Quiet Dunai had brought the PrincessApraxia to Kiev]83
[The Story of Nikitich andMarina]103
[How the Court of Vladimir received aVisitor from India the Glorious]119
[The Story of Kasyan and the DreamMaiden]149
[How Stavr the Noble was saved by aWoman’s Wiles]161
[The Golden Horde]175
[Whirlwind the Whistler, or the Kingdoms ofCopper, Silver, and Gold]195
[Vasily the Turbulent]231
[Nikita the Footless and the TerribleTsar]267
[Peerless Beauty theCake-Baker]289

ILLUSTRATIONS

IN COLOUR

[Falcon theHunter (p. 64)]Frontispiece
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[“Comedown,” cried the hero’s wife]24
[Nightingale theRobber fell from his nest in the old oaks]42
[It was clear thather fascination still worked upon the hearts of the prisoners]81
[Then the Princessran with her feet all bare out into the open corridor]87
[Marina lay upon acouch ... and fondled a fiery dragon with her right hand]108
[Diuk stooped andcaught Churilo by his yellow curls]142
[There passed overthe boundless plain an aged saint with flowing beard, and eyes whichshone with laughter]159
[She put her goodsteed to the walls and leapt lightly over them]167
[A mountain cavewhich no man has ever seen]192
[Whirlwind theWhistler carries away Golden Tress]198
[“Oh,”said the man, “I am able to do everything”]222
[The black-browedmaid stood upon the bank as the red ship ... sailed away fromNovgorod]249
[The Water Tsardances]263
[Timothy began todance, the cabin also began to dance, the table danced]285
[“Bless me,Little Father, for I am going to my wedding”]292

At the fountain which burst forth beneath the hoofs of Cloudfall, fierce Bears still come to quaff the waters and gain heroic strength.