TO
MARY and AUBREY
NOTE
One of these stories, "The Glass Mender," appeared first in The English Review, and six of the shorter stories in The Morning Post. I wish to thank the editors and proprietors concerned for their kindness in letting me republish them. The rest of the stories are new.
M. B.
CONTENTS
| PAGE | |
| THE GLASS MENDER | [1] |
| THE BLUE ROSE | [31] |
| THE STORY OF VOX ANGELICA AND LIEBLICH GEDACHT | [45] |
| THE VAGABOND | [97] |
| THE MINSTREL | [137] |
| THE HUNCHBACK, THE POOL, AND THE MAGIC RING | [151] |
| THE SILVER MOUNTAIN | [165] |
| THE RING | [179] |
| THE MERCHANT'S DAUGHTER | [193] |
| THE CUNNING APPRENTICE | [219] |
| ORESTES AND THE DRAGON | [233] |
| THE WISE PRINCESS | [247] |
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
| And as he galloped through the wood, the hoofs of his steed left behind them a trail of twinkling anemones | [Frontispiece] | |
| One evening he was playing his one-stringed instrument outside a dark wall | To face p. | [41] |
| As he said this he climbed on to the manuals and disappeared into the heart of the organ | " | [95] |
| And there stood before the throng a wonderful shining figure with wings | " | [133] |
| And turning round she saw an old woman, bent and worn, who was muttering a supplication | " | [139] |
| The sun was shining on the sea and a fresh breeze was blowing | " | [160] |
| And towards the evening he emerged from the forest and saw the hill before him shining in the sunset | " | [176] |
| Her mother, when she was walking in the garden of the palace, found a silver horseshoe lying on one of the paths | " | [181] |
| A garment on which the month of May, and all its flowers, was painted | " | [210] |
| He changed himself into a hawk | " | [223] |
| The dragon appeared, and seizing the little Princess with its tail, flew away | " | [235] |
| She went out on to the step and called out in a loud voice, "Oh, you boisterous winds, bring hither that same carpet on which I used to sit in the house of my father" | " | [252] |