LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
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| The Fairy Copetta and the Prince | [Frontispiece] |
| Initial: Chapter I | [15] |
| Initial: Chapter II | [20] |
| "'Come,' he said to the Prince, in rather an injured tone" | [21] |
| "He picked up the poor tutor, and putting him on the window-sill laughed at him" | [24] |
| Tailpiece: "'It is in here,' the Blue Wizard said, holding out a pretty gold bonbon box" | [25] |
| Initial: Chapter III | [26] |
| The Royal Table, with the Court Shrinking | [27] |
| "'Oh, as to that,' the Blue Wizard answered carelessly, giving the King in turn a bath in the finger-bowl" | [31] |
| Tailpiece: "He seated his royal mother on the top of the sugar-bowl" | [33] |
| Initial: Chapter IV | [34] |
| Tailpiece: The Hissing Swans | [40] |
| Initial: Chapter V | [41] |
| "The Lord Chancellor, who seemed to be always in trouble, picked some sort of quarrel with a large green grasshopper" | [44] |
| "He moved from a bunch of thistles which he had carefully stripped to the next" | [46] |
| Initial: Chapter VI | [50] |
| "'How do you know?' demanded the raven, fixing his glittering eye on the Prince" | [51] |
| "But presently a little window opened in the side of the tree trunk, from which a wrinkled old face looked out" | [56] |
| Initial: Chapter VII | [59] |
| "'But I want it in my mouth,' sighed the man on the ground" | [61] |
| "A second man stood on an overturned bucket and blew into the mouth of the first with a pair of bellows" | [63] |
| "'What's all this?' the Prince asked of one who seemed of some authority" | [66] |
| Initial: Chapter VIII | [68] |
| The Court on the Fisherman's Table | [71] |
| Initial: Chapter IX | [76] |
| "He stopped in amazement, and no wonder" | [77] |
| Tailpiece: The Giant's Castle | [81] |
| Initial: Chapter X | [82] |
| Prince Vance on the Giant's Hand | [83] |
| "'I should not wonder, now,' she said, 'if my husband would give these things to me; they are too small to be of any use except as seasoning'" | [90] |
| Initial: Chapter XI | [93] |
| Initial: Chapter XII | [97] |
| "'There!' she exclaimed, as she held it toward him, 'there it is; and good enough eating for a royal prince'" | [99] |
| "'But,' asked the Prince, 'does nobody know anything? Has nobody any sense?'" | [101] |
| Tailpiece: "'Why don't you catch me?'" | [104] |
| Initial: Chapter XIII | [105] |
| "Now that at last he was standing still, the Prince perceived his nose was of a most peculiar and curious fashion" | [107] |
| "'Simply a sort of slow-match; grows in the daytime as much as it burns away at night'" | [110] |
| Initial: Chapter XIV | [112] |
| At the Funny Man's Table | [113] |
| Initial: Chapter XV | [118] |
| "The monkey, looking up, wiped its eyes upon a small lace handkerchief, which was already quite damp enough" | [121] |
| Tailpiece: "At this the monkey wept so violently" | [125] |
| Initial: Chapter XVI | [126] |
| "He was a good-natured-looking old man; but his head, body, arms, and legs, even his features, were twisted" | [127] |
| Initial: Chapter XVII | [130] |
| "The Prince took the spade and began to dig, though not very hopefully" | [134] |
| The Wizard making a Cat's-Cradle | [137] |
| Initial: Chapter XVIII | [140] |
| "'Don't quibble!' retorted the cat, sharply" | [143] |
| Initial: Chapter XIX | [146] |
| "As the last stroke of twelve ceased, out stepped the Fairy Copetta" | [148] |
PRINCE VANCE.
I.
It was certainly not strange that Prince Vance was so stupefied with astonishment that he sat for a full half-hour foolishly staring before him, without an effort to move a muscle or to stir from his seat. Indeed, it is probable that any other prince in the same circumstances would have been equally struck dumb with amazement,—as any one may see who will attend while I go back to the beginning, and relate what had happened.