Produced by Richard Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) _A Dreamer’s Tales_ [Illustration: WE WOULD GALLOP THROUGH AFRICA] _A Dreamer’s Tales_ BY _Lord Dunsany_ _With Illustrations by_ S. H. SIME BOSTON JOHN W. LUCE & COMPANY ------------------------------------------------------------------------ _Preface_ I hope for this book that it may come into the hands of those that were kind to my others and that it may not disappoint them. To the Editor of the _Saturday Review_ my thanks are due for permission to republish here those of the following tales which have appeared in his columns, and, more than that, for the opportunity afforded me by his review of reaching a wider public than my books have attained to yet. _Contents_ PAGE POLTARNEES, BEHOLDER OF OCEAN 1 BLAGDAROSS 23 THE MADNESS OF ANDELSPRUTZ 32 WHERE THE TIDES EBB AND FLOW 40 BETHMOORA 50 IDLE DAYS ON THE YANN 59 THE SWORD AND THE IDOL 93 THE IDLE CITY 105 THE HASHISH MAN 116 POOR OLD BILL 127 THE BEGGARS 138 CARCASSONNE 144 IN ZACCARATH 168 THE FIELD 175 THE DAY OF THE POLL 182 THE UNHAPPY BODY 188 _List of Illustrations_ WE WOULD GALLOP THROUGH AFRICA _Frontispiece_ ROMANCE COMES DOWN OUT OF HILLY WOODLANDS _To face page_ 4 THE SOUL OF ANDELSPRUTZ “ “ 34 THE TERRIBLE MUD “ “ 42 BIRD OF THE RIVER “ “ 60 THE GATE OF YANN “ “ 90