WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY
ALICE B PRESTON
LITTLE, BROWN AND COMPANY
BOSTON
Copyright, 1920,
By Little, Brown, and Company.
All rights reserved
TO THE BOYS AND GIRLS
OF LITTLE JIM WARDS
SAN FRANCISCO CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL
IN LOVING REMEMBRANCE OF
OUR TWILIGHT STORY-HOURS
THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| Prologue | [1] | |
| I | Dame Grumble and Her Curious Apple-Tree | [6] |
| II | A Tale of the Northland Kingdom | [61] |
| III | The Little Tree that Never Grew Up | [92] |
| IV | The Tale of Punchinello | [109] |
| V | The Strange Tale of the Brown Bear | [125] |
| VI | The Beggar Princess | [132] |
| VII | Sweep and Little Sweep | [170] |
| VIII | Kings and Queens and Peasant Folk | [216] |
| IX | The Goose Girl and the Blue Gander | [231] |
| X | The Little Brown Man | [239] |
| XI | A Tale for Halloween | [248] |