_The misfortunes of Tush the Apothecary--They find themselves on an unknown shore--The startling effect of making a ring of grass--They start upon a journey through the air--The orange tree and the panther--They come upon the King’s brother in rags--A dwarf clad in motley stands up to speak--Buffo the Fool leads them to the palace--They find the King in a terrible state--The Perfection Cream is rubbed into the itching palm--Tush the Apothecary takes the people in hand--Paravaine has made her choice--He finds himself rubbing his palms together--He cannot find the ingredients for making the salve--Tush and his sister are seized by the angry crowd--The genie in the whirlwind--The pulling off of the genie’s ring_ 169 THE SIXTH NIGHT THE ENCHANTED HIGHWAYMAN _A voice from nowhere bids the Prince stop--The Prince listens to a curious discourse--The Prince, alone in the forest, hears the bark of a dog--The prisoner inside the wasp’s nest--The dog leaps upon him to devour him--The Prince, sitting on the ground, looks up at a genie--The One-Armed Sorcerer appears from within the wasp’s nest--The Highwayman and nine of his daughters appear in proper person--He sees the Highwayman’s tenth daughter--The genie breathes fire upon the witch’s hut--The One-Armed Sorcerer performs upon a button--The genie flies away with the witch--The Prince leads his beloved home--The magic doublet is presented at the wedding_ 206 [Illustration] ILLUSTRATIONS 1. “Then I will begin,” said Solario the Tailor, “the story of----” _Frontispiece_ FACING PAGE 2. Solario was sitting on his worktable busily plying the needle 4 3. The Unicorn stamped and gave a piercing neigh 20 4. “There is something here,” said the old beggar, “which I wish to buy” 36 5. Mortimer the Executioner was being measured by Solario for a suit 74 6. “You are welcome, master peddler,” said Babadag 98 7. “Beauty in tatters!” said Babadag the Tailor 110 8. The shadow of a Ragpicker oozed in through the door 134 9. The one-armed sorcerer plucked a feather from the stork 156 10. The genie flew away with Tush and his sister 178 11. The genie swung him back and forth and tossed him out to sea 204 12. “I held my trusty blade on high and took from him his money” 212 [Illustration] TO BE READ FIRST