THE SEVEN STUDIOUS SISTERS [131]

THE GENTLE ROBBER [175]

⁂ The Princess Pourquoi, The Princess and the Microbe, and The Seven Studious Sisters appeared first in Scribner's Magazine, The Clever Necromancer in the Atlantic Monthly, and The Gentle Robber in McClure's Magazine. They are here reprinted by the courteous permission of the publishers of those magazines.


ILLUSTRATIONS

EVERY DAY HER BIG EYES GREW WISER [Frontispiece]

SIDE BY SIDE THEY WALKED TOGETHER [22]

"IT'S GOT TO BE KILLED," SAID THE PRINCESS STURDILY [101]

"WHAT!" THUNDERED HIS MAJESTY [142]

CAME RIDING FROM ALL PARTS OF THE KINGDOM [148]