Produced by Sankar Viswanathan, David Edwards, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) [Illustration: HE FLUNG HUGE MASSES OF ROCK AFTER THE VESSEL] _Laboulaye's_ FAIRY BOOK _Illustrated by_ Edward G. McCandlish _Translated by_ Mary L. Booth _Introduction by_ Kate Douglas Wiggin HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS, NEW YORK _and_ LONDON LABOULAYE'S FAIRY BOOK Copyright, 1866, 1920, by Harper & Brothers * * * * * CONTENTS PAGE INTRODUCTION ix YVON AND FINETTE 3 THE CASTLE OF LIFE 46 DESTINY 79 THE TWELVE MONTHS 86 SWANDA, THE PIPER 96 THE GOLD BREAD 102 THE STORY OF THE NOSES 109 THE THREE CITRONS 115 THE STORY OF COQUERICO 137 KING BIZARRE AND PRINCE CHARMING 145 * * * * * ILLUSTRATIONS HE FLUNG HUGE MASSES OF ROCK AFTER THE VESSEL _Frontispiece_ HE WAS SOON SNORING SO LOUDLY THAT IT SEEMED LIKE THUNDER SHAKING THE MOUNTAINS _Facing p._ 16 SHE FOUND HERSELF IN FRONT OF A WRETCHED HUT AT THE DOOR OF WHICH STOOD AN OLD WOMAN, OF WHOM SHE BEGGED SHELTER FOR THE NIGHT " 26 AT NIGHT THE GRANDMOTHER ALWAYS GAVE HIM GOOD COUNSELS FOR HIM TO FOLLOW WHEN SHE WAS GONE " 48 PRETTY DOBRUNKA WAS OBLIGED TO DO ALL THE WORK OF THE HOUSE " 88 TURNED OUT BY HER MOTHER, DOBRUNKA WENT UNHAPPILY INTO THE FOREST " 92 HE BEGAN TO PLAY, AND NEVER HAD HIS MUSIC PRODUCED SUCH AN EFFECT " 100 AS THE MOTHER GAZED LOVINGLY AT HER BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTER, MARIENKA LAUGHED IN HER SLEEP " 106 HE RAN TO THE TREE AND SHOOK IT WITH ALL HIS MIGHT, WHEN, BEHOLD! A YOUNG GIRL FELL FROM THE BRANCHES " 112 HE INSTANTLY GAVE HER THE WATER, WHEN, LO! A BEAUTIFUL, SLENDER YOUNG GIRL STOOD BEFORE HIM " 126 PAZZA, THOUGH SHE LOVED THE PRINCE, WAS A VERY STERN " 154 SCHOOLMISTRESS THE MOST RENOWNED PHYSICIANS OF THE FACULTY MET ONE EVENING IN CONSULTATION AT THE PALACE " 178