WRITTEN AND ILLUSTRATED
BY
KATHARINE PYLE

BOSTON
LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY
1922
Copyright, 1922,
By Little, Brown, and Company.
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All rights reserved
Published September, 1922
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

CONTENTS

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[Little Surya Bai.] A Hindoo Story[1]
[The Princes and the Friendly Animals.] A Lithuanian Story[25]
[Graciosa and Percinet.] A French Story[52]
[The Giant’s Cliff.] An Irish Story[97]
[The Story of Conn-Eda.] An Irish Tale[112]
[The Blue Belt.] A Norse Tale[138]
[The Dutiful Daughter.] A Korean Story[175]
[The Oat Cake.] A Scotch Story[202]
[The Dreamer.] An English Story[210]
[The Story of Harka.] An American Indian Tale[221]
[Schippeitaro.] A Japanese Story[235]
[Eros and Psyche.] A Greek Tale[245]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

[Then the two old Eagles flew away][Frontispiece]
[As fast as she touched them each one was turned into a stone figure ][PAGE 43]
[The serpents reared up and opened their fiery jaws][“ 128]
[When she saw the bear she cried aloud with terror][“ 169]
[The king bade her step into the flower. She did so, and at once the leaves closed about her][“ 193]
[As soon as he saw the oat cake he was wide awake again in a moment][“ 209]
[When he reached the farther shore, he turned and looked back][“ 232]
[Soon she came to the river and saw the boat lying there][“ 270]

FAIRY TALES FROM
FAR AND NEAR

LITTLE SURYA BAI
A Hindoo Story