Produced by David Edwards and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) YELLOW-CAP AND OTHER FAIRY TALES BY JULIAN HAWTHORNE YELLOW-CAP &c. LONDON: PRINTED BY SPOTTISWOODE AND CO., NEW-STREET SQUARE AND PARLIAMENT STREET YELLOW-CAP _AND OTHER FAIRY-STORIES FOR CHILDREN_ BY JULIAN HAWTHORNE LONDON LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO. 1880 _All rights reserved_ CONTENTS. _YELLOW-CAP._ CHAPTER PAGE I. AN APPANAGE OF ROYALTY 3 II. THE GOLDEN PLEDGE 11 III. THE GOLDEN DWARF 23 IV. THE TALISMAN 35 V. THE KING'S FAVOUR 43 VI. DONKEY-BACK 51 VII. THE DARK PASSAGE 57 VIII. THE MAGIC EYE 65 IX. ON THE STAGE 83 X. AN ABSOLUTE MONARCH 102 XI. THE GRAND TRANSFORMATION SCENE 113 _RUMPTY-DUDGET._ I. THE PALACE AND THE TOWER 129 II. THE AUNT, THE CAT, AND THE DWARF 134 III. THE WAYS OF THE WIND 145 IV. NO TIME TO BE LOST 154 V. THE QUEEN OF THE AIR 161 VI. THE KING OF THE GNOMES 170 VII. THE ENCHANTED FIRE 179 VIII. THE GOLDEN IVY 186 _CALLADON._ I. ABRACADABRA 197 II. THE LAW OF THE LAMP 204 III. CALLIA AND THE MIRROR 209 IV. THE OUTER ROOMS 214 V. REGENERATION 224 _THEEDA._ I. THE BOOK AND THE VASE 237 II. OSCAR INSIDE OUT 243 III. THE PEARL-SHELL'S GIFT 250 IV. THE CRAB 260 V. A STRANGER 267 VI. THE SECRET OF THE WAVES 279 YELLOW-CAP. CHAPTER I. AN APPANAGE OF ROYALTY.