[Illustration: A THRONE OF GREAT WHITE LILIES, UPON WHICH SAT THE KING AND QUEEN OF FAERYLAND—_PAGE 104_] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [Illustration] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CHRONICLES OF FAIRY LAND BY FERGUS HUME _WITH ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLOR BY_ MARIA L. KIRK _AND IN THE TEXT BY_ M. DUNLOP [Illustration] PHILADELPHIA & LONDON J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY 1911 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ COPYRIGHT, 1911, BY J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY PUBLISHED SEPTEMBER, 1911 PRINTED BY J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY AT THE WASHINGTON SQUARE PRESS PHILADELPHIA, U.S.A. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ TO THOSE EARNEST STUDENTS OF FAERY LORE JOAN AND JACK BURNETT THESE STORIES ARE DEDICATED BY THEIR FRIEND FERGUS HUME ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CONTENTS PAGE KING OBERON’S LIBRARY 11 THE RED ELF 25 SHADOWLAND 47 THE WATER-WITCH 63 MOON FANCIES 95 THE ROSE-PRINCESS 109 SORROW-SINGING 139 THE GOLDEN GOBLIN 157 THE ENCHANTED FOREST 183 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE A Throne of Great White Lilies, upon which Sat the King and Queen of Faeryland _Frontispiece_ “Yes, It Is Faeryland,” Piped a Shrill Voice 14 The Rude Giant Laughed Heartily at the Poor Elf’s Plight 32 As Tom Picked It Up He Felt that It was Filled with Money 49 He Saw the Form of the Water-faery Glimmering Ghostly Under the Thin White Veil 71 On Seeing Ardram She Bounded Toward Him and Put Her Arms Round His Neck 134