THE
BROWN OWL
A Fairy Story
BY
FORD H. MADOX HUEFFER
TWO ILLUSTRATIONS BY
F. MADOX BROWN
NEW YORK
CASSELL PUBLISHING COMPANY
104 & 106 FOURTH AVENUE
1892
THIRD EDITION
THE BROWN OWL
ONCE upon a time, a long while ago—in fact long before Egypt had risen to power and before Rome or Greece had ever been heard of—and that was some time before you were born, you know—there was a king who reigned over a very large and powerful kingdom.