Acknowledgments are due the publishers of The Churchman for permission to reprint "The Flower Princess" and "The Little Friend;" also to the Brown Book of Boston for permission to use "The Ten Blowers," which first appeared in that magazine.

CONTENTS

The Flower Princess [1]
The Little Friend[45]
The Mermaid's Child[67]
The Ten Blowers[103]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Let him prove it ([page 31])[Frontispiece]
The Princess Fleurette[10]
Until she clapped her hands for joy[18]
Until help comes[56]
You will bring him back to me?[86]
One more blow for our King[124]