[Cover Illustration] [Illustration: Great blue lotos-flowers were covering the brink of the water’s edge.] _THE GOLDEN HEART_ _&_ _Other Fairy Stories_ BY VIOLET JACOB AUTHOR OF “THE SHEEPSTEALERS,” “THE INTERLOPER” _With Illustrations by_ MAY SANDHEIM LONDON WILLIAM HEINEMANN 1904 DEDICATED TO THREE LITTLE BOYS, HARRY, EVAN, AND RAYMOND, AND THREE LITTLE GIRLS, MARJORY, SUSAN, AND GWYNETH. CONTENTS PAGE THE GOLDEN HEART 1 THE SORCERER’S SONS AND THE TWO PRINCESSES OF JAPAN 45 GRIMAÇON 67 THE DOVECOTE 102 THE PEACOCK’S TAIL 122 THE PELICAN 127 THE CHERRY TREES 146 JACK FROST—_A Story for Very Little Children_ 164 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS