Vergezha.

CONTENTS

[The Hut in the Forest] [11]
[The Tale of the Silver Saucer and the Transparent Apple] [18]
[Sadko] [40]
[Frost] [54]
[The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship] [70]
[Baba Yaga] [88]
[The Cat who became Head-Forester] [106]
[Spring in the Forest] [120]
[The Little Daughter of the Snow] [122]
[Prince Ivan, the Witch Baby, and the Little Sister of the Sun] [136]
[The Stolen Turnips, the Magic Tablecloth, the Sneezing Goat, and the Wooden Whistle] [155]
[Little Master Misery] [184]
[A Chapter of Fish] [206]
[The Golden Fish] [212]
[Who Lived in the Skull?] [228]
[Alenoushka and her Brother] [231]
[The Fire-Bird, the Horse of Power, and the Princess Vasilissa] [242]
[The Hunter and his Wife] [260]
[The Three Men of Power—Evening, Midnight, and Sunrise] [269]
[Salt] [294]
[The Christening in the Village] [316]

LIST OF COLOUR PLATES

They sailed away once more over the blue sea[Frontispiece]
There she was, a good fur cloak about her shoulders and costly blankets round her feet[64]
There she was, beating with the pestle and sweeping with the besom[96]
Misery seated himself firmly on his shoulders and pulled out handfuls of his hair[192]
"Head in air and tail in sea,
Fish, fish, listen to me"
[208]
He stepped on one of its fiery wings and pressed it to the ground[240]
It caught up the three lovely princesses and carried them up into the air[272]

OLD PETER'S RUSSIAN TALES.