For the Honble. Mrs. Henry McLaren.

Dear Christabel,

From the first, your interest in Carl Ewald has been kindly, gracious and insistent; as Michael Finsbury might have said, "you were his friend through thick and thin;" and it is very much due to you (not to mention Betty and Charles) that this volume has seen the light of day. Most of the stories are new to this country; and I dedicate my translation to you in all gratitude.

A. T. de M.
Chelsea, 23 September, 1921.

List of Stories

CHAPTER IPage
THE OLD WILLOW-TREE[13]
CHAPTER II
THE MISTLETOE[47]
CHAPTER III
THE LILAC-BUSH[59]
CHAPTER IV
THE BEECH AND THE OAK[69]
CHAPTER V
THE WEEDS[81]
CHAPTER VI
THE ANEMONES[89]
CHAPTER VII
THE WOOD AND THE HEATH[101]
CHAPTER VIII
SOMEWHERE IN THE WOOD[111]
CHAPTER IX
THE COUSINS[123]