AND THREE LITTLE GIRLS,

MARJORY, SUSAN, and GWYNETH.


CONTENTS

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The Golden Heart[1]
The Sorcerer’s Sons and the Two Princesses of Japan[45]
Grimaçon[67]
The Dovecote[102]
The Peacock’s Tail[122]
The Pelican[127]
The Cherry Trees[146]
Jack Frost—A Story for Very Little Children[164]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Great blue Lotos-Flowers were covering the brink to the water’s edge[Frontispiece]
“Oh!” cried the Little Boy, “I see a dark thing far away in front”[10]
A Thing which looked like a Human Figure was lying by a Fire[20]
Then she turned half-startled and saw the Prince[42]
The Sorcerer and the Princesses[48]
The Procession was several miles long[56]
She found her sitting at the window watering her flowers[70]
A Deadly Combat then ensued[96]
The Dovecote[102]
Maddy Norey shows the Queen the room behind the fiery Roses[108]
“Now I am simply perfect,” said she[122]
That is the most charming girl I have ever seen[128]
He ran forward and held her in his arms[142]
The Daffodil Princess[146]
Inside the hut the witch was sitting by the fire[152]
In the very middle of the feast the Prince stood up in his place, calling on all to listen[158]
He came down on a weathercock, which was fixed on top of a larch-tree[164]

THE GOLDEN HEART