[Cover Illustration] [Illustration: Frontispiece] TALES _from_ SILVER LANDS _by_ CHARLES J. FINGER WOODCUTS BY PAUL HONORÉ GARDEN CITY NEW YORK DOUBLEDAY & COMPANY, INC. 1957 CL COPYRIGHT, 1924, BY DOUBLEDAY & COMPANY ALL RIGHTS RESERVED PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE GOLDEN HEARTED CARL SANDBURG AND HIS FRIENDS, MY CHILDREN HELEN AND HERBERT CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I A TALE OF THREE TAILS..................... 1 II THE MAGIC DOG............................. 14 III THE CALABASH MAN.......................... 23 IV NA-HA THE FIGHTER......................... 35 V THE HUMMING-BIRD AND THE FLOWER........... 43 VI THE MAGIC BALL............................ 48 VII EL ENANO.................................. 59 VIII THE HERO TWINS............................ 69 IX THE FOUR HUNDRED.......................... 79 X THE KILLING OF CABRAKAN................... 92 XI THE TALE OF THE GENTLE FOLK............... 99 XII THE TALE THAT COST A DOLLAR............... 107 XIII THE MAGIC KNOT............................ 122 XIV THE BAD WISHERS........................... 134 XV THE HUNGRY OLD WITCH...................... 143 XVI THE WONDERFUL MIRROR...................... 156 XVII THE TALE OF THE LAZY PEOPLE............... 170 XVIII RAIRU AND THE STAR MAIDEN................. 188 XIX THE CAT AND THE DREAM MAN................. 197 WOODCUTS One day there came to their house a man in a torn poncho....................... _Frontispiece_ PAGE When the first snow commenced to fall she was always full of glee, standing on a rock, screaming like a wind-gale...................... 48 He took flat pieces of wood and began cutting out figures like little men......................... 176 Soon, to his astonishment he saw, close at hand, a beautiful city.................................. 194