As to the story called The Gold of Fairnilee, such adventures were extremely common in Scotland long ago, as may be read in many of the works of Sir Walter Scott and of the learned in general. Indeed, Fairnilee is the very place where the fairy queen appointed to meet her lover, Thomas the Rhymer.
With these explanations, the Author leaves to the judgment of young readers his Own Fairy Book.
PRINCE PRIGIO
By Andrew Lang
Adorned by Gordon Browne, T. Scott, and E. A. Lemann.
IS
Dedicated
TO
ALMA, THYRA, EDITH, ROSALIND, NORNA, CECILY, AND VIOLET
PREFACE.
In compiling the following History from the Archives of Pantouflia, the Editor has incurred several obligations to the Learned. The Return of Benson (chapter xii.) is the fruit of the research of the late Mr. Allen Quatermain, while the final wish of Prince Prigio was suggested by the invention or erudition of a Lady.
A study of the Firedrake in South Africa, where he is called the Nanaboulélé, a difficult word-has been published in French (translated from the Basuto language) by M. Paul Sébillot, in the Revue des Traditione Populaires. For the Rémora, the Editor is indebted to the Voyage à la Lune of M. Cyrano de Bergérac.