By Abbie Farwell Brown THE STAR JEWELS AND OTHER WONDERS. Illustrated. Square 12mo, $1.00. THE FLOWER PRINCESS. Illustrated. Sq. 12mo, $1.00. THE CURIOUS BOOK OF BIRDS. Illustrated. Square 12mo, $1.10, _net_. Postpaid, $1.21. A POCKETFUL OF POSIES. Illustrated. 12mo, $1.00, _net_. Postpaid, $1.09. IN THE DAYS OF GIANTS. Illustrated. 12mo, $1.10, _net_. Postpaid, $1.21. _School edition_, 50 cents, _net_, postpaid. THE BOOK OF SAINTS AND FRIENDLY BEASTS. Illustrated. 12mo, $1.25. THE LONESOMEST DOLL. Illustrated. Sq. 12mo, 85 cents, _net_. Postpaid, 95 cents. HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN & CO. BOSTON AND NEW YORK THE STAR JEWELS AND OTHER WONDERS [Illustration: WAVILOCKS AND THE CRAB (Page 10)] THE STAR JEWELS AND OTHER WONDERS BY ABBIE FARWELL BROWN PICTURES BY ETHEL C. BROWN [Illustration] BOSTON AND NEW YORK HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND COMPANY The Riverside Press, Cambridge 1905 COPYRIGHT 1905 BY ABBIE FARWELL BROWN ALL RIGHTS RESERVED _Published September 1905_ _To the Mermaid of the Pink Grotto_ Thanks are due to the publishers of _The Churchman_ for permission to reprint “The Star Jewels,” “The Balloon Boy,” “Trees,” and “Child or Fairy;” to _The Interior_ for “Karl and the Dryad;” and to _The Congregationalist_ for “The Green Cap.” “Why nature loves the number five, And why the star-form she repeats.” FORE-WORD In the land of Far-away, In the time of Used-to-be, Wonders happened, so folk say, Which we all should like to see. But perhaps, if we knew how, In the pleasant land of Here, In the lovely time of Now, We could witness sights as queer. Oh, for Faith without an end, And the blessed eyes to see! Let us beg the Fairies send Such a gift to You and Me. CONTENTS _Stories_ PAGE THE STAR JEWELS 1 THE BALLOON BOY 23 THE GREEN CAP 41 KARL AND THE DRYAD 65 THE INDIAN FAIRY 95 _Rhymes_ FOREWORD ix OCEAN WONDERS 21 BALLOONS 40 CHILD OR FAIRY 64 TREES 93 FAIRIES 134 _Pictures_ WAVILOCKS AND THE CRAB _Frontispiece_ THE LITTLE MAN 31 THE OLD WOMAN IS SURPRISED 55 KARL AND THE DRYAD 73 ROB AND THE INDIAN FAIRY 131 THE STAR JEWELS [Illustration] THE STAR JEWELS