Great blue lotos-flowers were covering the brink of the water’s edge.
THE GOLDEN HEART
&
Other Fairy Stories
BY
VIOLET JACOB
AUTHOR OF “THE SHEEPSTEALERS,” “THE INTERLOPER”
With Illustrations by May Sandheim
LONDON
WILLIAM HEINEMANN
1904
DEDICATED
TO
THREE LITTLE BOYS,
HARRY, EVAN, and RAYMOND,
AND THREE LITTLE GIRLS,
MARJORY, SUSAN, and GWYNETH.
CONTENTS
| PAGE | |
| The Golden Heart | [1] |
| The Sorcerer’s Sons and the Two Princesses of Japan | [45] |
| Grimaçon | [67] |
| The Dovecote | [102] |
| The Peacock’s Tail | [122] |
| The Pelican | [127] |
| The Cherry Trees | [146] |
| Jack Frost—A Story for Very Little Children | [164] |
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
| Great blue Lotos-Flowers were covering the brink to the water’s edge | [Frontispiece] |
| “Oh!” cried the Little Boy, “I see a dark thing far away in front” | [10] |
| A Thing which looked like a Human Figure was lying by a Fire | [20] |
| Then she turned half-startled and saw the Prince | [42] |
| The Sorcerer and the Princesses | [48] |
| The Procession was several miles long | [56] |
| She found her sitting at the window watering her flowers | [70] |
| A Deadly Combat then ensued | [96] |
| The Dovecote | [102] |
| Maddy Norey shows the Queen the room behind the fiery Roses | [108] |
| “Now I am simply perfect,” said she | [122] |
| That is the most charming girl I have ever seen | [128] |
| He ran forward and held her in his arms | [142] |
| The Daffodil Princess | [146] |
| Inside the hut the witch was sitting by the fire | [152] |
| In the very middle of the feast the Prince stood up in his place, calling on all to listen | [158] |
| He came down on a weathercock, which was fixed on top of a larch-tree | [164] |
THE GOLDEN HEART
&
Other Fairy Stories