[Illustration: Old French Fairy Tales Comtesse De Segur] [Illustration: _Rosalie saw before her eyes a tree of marvellous beauty_] OLD FRENCH FAIRY TALES by Comtesse De Segur Illustrated by Virginia Frances Sterrett The Penn Publishing Company Philadelphia [Illustration: Copyright 1920 by The Penn Publishing Co.] THE STORIES BLONDINE, BONNE-BICHE, AND BEAU-MINON BLONDINE 9 BLONDINE LOST 15 THE FOREST OF LILACS 23 BLONDINE'S AWAKENING--BEAU-MINON 25 BONNE-BICHE 28 BLONDINE'S SECOND AWAKENING 33 THE PARROT 40 REPENTANCE 49 THE TORTOISE 56 THE JOURNEY AND ARRIVAL 59 GOOD LITTLE HENRY THE POOR SICK MOTHER 69 THE CROW, THE COCK, AND THE FROG 73 THE HARVEST 78 THE VINTAGE 81 THE CHASE 84 THE FISHING 89 THE PLANT OF LIFE 94 PRINCESS ROSETTE THE FARM 103 ROSETTE AT THE COURT OF THE KING HER FATHER 109 FAMILY COUNCIL 116 SECOND DAY OF THE FESTIVAL 119 THIRD AND LAST DAY OF THE FESTIVAL 129 THE LITTLE GREY MOUSE THE LITTLE HOUSE 143 THE FAIRY DETESTABLE 150 THE PRINCE GRACIOUS 162 THE TREE IN THE ROTUNDA 168 THE CASKET 174 OURSON THE LARK AND THE TOAD 182 BIRTH AND INFANCY OF OURSON 189 VIOLETTE 192 THE DREAM 204 THE TOAD AGAIN 210 VIOLETTE'S SACRIFICE 218 THE WILD BOAR 223 THE CONFLAGRATION 232 THE WELL 243 THE FARM--THE CASTLE--THE FORGE 252 THE SACRIFICE 258 THE COMBAT 263 THE RECOMPENSE 272 ILLUSTRATIONS Rosalie saw before her eyes a tree of marvellous beauty _Frontispiece_ PAGE Leger meets the wicked princess, Fourbette 11 She threw her arms around the neck of Bonne-Biche 35 Blondine sees the castle of Bonne-Biche and Beau-Minon 50 They were three months passing through the forest 60