Harper & Brothers, Publishers, New York and London

Laboulaye's Fairy Book

Copyright, 1866, 1920, by Harper & Brothers


Contents

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[INTRODUCTION][ix]
[YVON AND FINETTE][3]
[THE CASTLE OF LIFE][46]
[DESTINY][79]
[THE TWELVE MONTHS][86]
[SWANDA, THE PIPER][96]
[THE GOLD BREAD][102]
[THE STORY OF THE NOSES][109]
[THE THREE CITRONS][115]
[THE STORY OF COQUERICO][137]
[KING BIZARRE AND PRINCE CHARMING][145]

ILLUSTRATIONS

[HE FLUNG HUGE MASSES OF ROCK AFTER THE VESSEL][Frontispiece]
[HE WAS SOON SNORING SO LOUDLY THAT IT SEEMED LIKE THUNDER SHAKING THE MOUNTAINS]Facing p.[16]
[SHE FOUND HERSELF IN FRONT OF A WRETCHED HUT AT THE DOOR OF WHICH STOOD AN OLD WOMAN, OF WHOM SHE BEGGED SHELTER FOR THE NIGHT]"[26]
[AT NIGHT THE GRANDMOTHER ALWAYS GAVE HIM GOOD COUNSELS FOR HIM TO FOLLOW WHEN SHE WAS GONE]"[48]
[PRETTY DOBRUNKA WAS OBLIGED TO DO ALL THE WORK OF THE HOUSE]"[88]
[TURNED OUT BY HER MOTHER, DOBRUNKA WENT UNHAPPILY INTO THE FOREST]"[92]
[HE BEGAN TO PLAY, AND NEVER HAD HIS MUSIC PRODUCED SUCH AN EFFECT]"[100]
[AS THE MOTHER GAZED LOVINGLY AT HER BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTER, MARIENKA LAUGHED IN HER SLEEP]"[106]
[HE RAN TO THE TREE AND SHOOK IT WITH ALL HIS MIGHT, WHEN, BEHOLD! A YOUNG GIRL FELL FROM THE BRANCHES]"[112]
[HE INSTANTLY GAVE HER THE WATER, WHEN, LO! A BEAUTIFUL, SLENDER YOUNG GIRL STOOD BEFORE HIM]"[126]
[PAZZA, THOUGH SHE LOVED THE PRINCE, WAS A VERY STERN SCHOOLMISTRESS]"[154]
[THE MOST RENOWNED PHYSICIANS OF THE FACULTY MET ONE EVENING IN CONSULTATION AT THE PALACE]"[178]