ILLUSTRATIONS

1. “Then I will begin,” said Solario the Tailor, “the story of——”[ Frontispiece]
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2. Solario was sitting on his worktable busily plying the needle[4]
3. The Unicorn stamped and gave a piercing neigh[20]
4. “There is something here,” said the old beggar, “which I wish to buy”[36]
5. Mortimer the Executioner was being measured by Solario for a suit[74]
6. “You are welcome, master peddler,” said Babadag[98]
7. “Beauty in tatters!” said Babadag the Tailor[110]
8. The shadow of a Ragpicker oozed in through the door[134]
9. The one-armed sorcerer plucked a feather from the stork[156]
10. The genie flew away with Tush and his sister[178]
11. The genie swung him back and forth and tossed him out to sea[204]
12. “I held my trusty blade on high and took from him his money”[212]