[Illustration: Le Lion Passant]
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
CONTENTS
[I. HAROLD]
[II. THE SIEGE OF KISINGTON]
[III. RED REX]
[IV. THE DRAGON OF HUSHBY, PART I]
[V. THE DRAGON OF HUSHBY, PART II]
[VI. THE DRAGON OF HUSHBY, PART III]
[VII. THE BARGAIN]
[VIII. THE WONDER-GARDEN]
[IX. THE KING'S COAT OF ARMS]
[X. THE LION PASSANT]
[XI. HOPE]
[XII. THE HERMIT GNOME]
[XIII. HAROLD'S LUNCHEON]
[XIV. THE ROBBER]
[XV. THE BANDAGED HAND]
[XVI. THE KING'S PIE]
[XVII. THE MYSTERY OF THE PIE]
[XVIII. LITTLE BEAR: AN OJIBWAY LEGEND]
[XIX. THE RED KING'S VISIT]
[XX. THE BEAR'S DAUGHTER]
[XXI. RED REX AND KING VICTOR]
[XXII. THE BOOKS CONQUER]
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.
ILLUSTRATIONS
[THERE WERE WIDE WINDOW-SEATS AND CUSHIONS]--Colored frontispiece.
[HAROLD BEGAN TO READ FROM THE RED-AND-GOLD BOOK]
[SHE LOOKED BAD-TEMPERED]
[THE MAIDENS WOULD PAUSE TO LOOK AFTER THE GOLDEN COACH]
[ HE STOOD IN THE DOORWAY TALKING WITH THE STRANGER]
From drawings by Ruby Winckler