Produced by Ted Garvin, Emmy and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net [Illustration: TWO CHRISTMAS ANGELS.--p. 122.] THE TAPESTRY ROOM A Child's Romance By MRS. MOLESWORTH AUTHOR OF 'CARROTS,' 'CUCKOO CLOCK,' 'GRANDMOTHER DEAR,' 'TELL ME A STORY,' ETC. [Illustration: 'DUDU'] 'What tale did Iseult to the children say, Under the hollies, that bright winter's day?' MATTHEW ARNOLD ILLUSTRATED BY WALTER CRANE London MACMILLAN AND CO., Limited NEW YORK: THE MACMILLAN COMPANY 1899 (By Permission.) TO H.R.H. VITTORIO EMANUELE PRINCE OF NAPLES CROWN PRINCE OF ITALY ONE OF THE KINDLIEST OF MY YOUNG READERS MAISON DU CHANOINE, _October_ 1879. CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. PAGE MADEMOISELLE JEAN 1 CHAPTER II. PRINCE CHERI 20 CHAPTER III. ON A MOONLIGHT NIGHT 37 CHAPTER IV. THE FOREST OF THE RAINBOWS 56 CHAPTER V. FROG-LAND 75 CHAPTER VI. THE SONG OF THE SWAN 94 CHAPTER VII. WINGS AND CATS 114 CHAPTER VIII. "THE BROWN BULL OF NORROWA" 135 CHAPTER IX. THE BROWN BULL--(_Continued_) 158 CHAPTER X. THE END OF THE BROWN BULL 177 CHAPTER XI. DUDU'S OLD STORY 197 CHAPTER XII. AU REVOIR 218 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. "DUDU" _Vignette on Title-Page._ "ISN'T IT A FUNNY ROOM, CHERI?" _To face Page_ 25 IT WAS DUDU " 51 ONWARDS QUIETLY STEPPED THE LITTLE PROCESSION " 75 TWO CHRISTMAS ANGELS " 122 STORY SPINNING " 141 THE BROWN BULL OF NORROWA " 162 "IS THIS A NEW PART OF THE HOUSE?" " 201 [Illustration] CHAPTER I. MADEMOISELLE JEANNE. "Maitre Corbeau, sur un arbre perche." LA FONTAINE.