_King Oberon_ Coloured frontispiece
_Queen Titania_ 1
_A small Indian prince had been stolen_ 2
_And a fairy baby left in its place_ 3
“_I do but beg a little changeling boy_” 4
“_The Fairyland buys not the child of men_” 5
_At once all the little people were hurrying to obey the monarch’s
behest_ 8-9
_The Scandinavian dwarf_ 11
_His long red beard waved in the sky as he drove in his goat-drawn
chariot_ 12
_Loki descending into the cave of the dwarfs_ 17
_Loki’s punishment_ 20
_The fairy prince_ 21
_Right in the middle of the flower sat a little tiny girl_ 22
_The old toad made a deep curtsey in the water before her_ 24
_Every snowflake which fell upon her was like a shovelful on one
of us_ 27
_It was not dead but lay in a swoon_ 30
_Fiddle-de-dee said the field mouse_ 32
_What was her astonishment to find a little man in the middle of
the flower_ 35
_The Irish fairy_ 36
_A big laughing potato in their hands_ 37
_Sitting cross-legged on the top of a wave_ 44
_Jumped clean off the cart over the bridge down into the water_ 45
_The gnome_ 47
_The miller’s daughter_ 48
_The king came in the morning_ 51
_Dashed his right foot so deep into the floor that he was forced
to lay hold of it with both hands to pull it out_ 53
_The gnome_ 54
_On he went scrambling_ 55
_Twelve strange old figures amusing themselves very sedately with
a game of nine-pins_ 59
_The strange-looking man with the long grey beard_ 63
_Fairy Peaseblossom_ 64
_He laid his head against her bosom_ 65
_The Saviour looked down and little angels’ heads peeped out above
His head and under His arms_ 69
_Even on her way to her death she could not abandon her unfinished
work_ 81
_Moth_ 83
_He found it was a pair of very small shoes_ 84
_The young herdsman advanced boldly_ 93
_Tailpiece_ 97
_Puck_ 98
_Three poor soldiers set out on their road home_ 99
_Still it grew and grew_ 103
“_We will follow it and find its owner_” 105
_As for the doctor, he put on the cloak, and was soon with his two
brothers_ 108
_Robin Goodfellow_ 108
_The pranks of Robin Goodfellow_ 109
“_What revel rout_” 110
“_There’s not a hag or ghost shall wag_” 111
“_And call them on with me to roam thro’ lakes, thro’ bogs_” 112
“_The maids I kiss_” 113
“_I them affright with pinchings, dreams, and ho, ho, ho!_” 114
“_And elf in bed, we leave instead_” 115
“_So vale, vale, ho, ho, ho!_” 116
_The Swedish Troll_ 116
_There appeared a strong light as of fire_ 117
_Pinkel seized her by the feet and cast her headlong into the
water_ 121
_They went again before the king_ 125
_His brothers continued to be helpers in the stable as long as
they lived_ 128
_The German Fairy_ 128
_On one of the branches sat a little child_ 129
_Lingering behind to drop one pebble after another along the
road_ 131
_I will eat off the roof for my share_ 135
_Fastened him up in a coop_ 137
_Tailpiece_ 142
_Robin Starveling_ 143
_Mick found that he hadn’t enough half to pay the rent_ 144
“_Here take the bottle_” 148
_Mick went home muttering prayers and holding fast the bottle_ 149
_In a moment the landlord was tumbled on the floor, and all were
roaring and sprawling and shrieking_ 153
_In jumped the men into the new bottle_ 156
_The French Fay_ 156
“_Welcome! what would you ask of me?_” 157
_Fretillon started barking at them_ 168
_Fretillon_ 177
_The Norwegian Dwarf_ 178
_Away they went_ 179
_He lets them loose_ 182
_The bear would throw him in the air_ 187
_The elf was one moment on the bear’s back_ 191
_The second German Fairy_ 192
_She set off on her journey_ 193
_Falada, Falada, there thou hangest_ 197
_Tailpiece_ 201
_The fairy sat down again_ 202
_He was found to abide spellbound_ 203
_He came to a room where a beautiful lady sat upon a couch_ 208-9
_The friendly dwarf with the sugarloaf hat_ 214
_The dwarf from Sweden_ 214
_Niels wandered forth_ 215
_See here is a hammer_ 217
_The blade struck him in the face_ 222
_The Norwegian Fairy_ 222
_The three little crones_ 223
_Mother Bigfoot_ 228
_The Queen was so enraged that her eyes flashed fury_ 229
_Nymphidia_ 231
_Round about, round about, in a fine ring-a_ 232
_Bottom_ 233
_He took the glass and drained it_ 234
_Billy found himself sitting on horseback the wrong way_ 237
_Billy danced the Rinka_ 241
_The Danish Elf_ 242
_Some lizards were running in and out of the clefts in an old
tree_ 243
_Preserve us how nimble they were on their legs_ 249
_“I like the boys better,” said the earthworm_ 252
_The French Fay_ 253
_It was doubted whether his form were really human_ 254
_There came forth a band of cooks_ 259
_Tailpiece_ 263
_The French Fay_ 264
_The cap of roses_ 265
_Placing the queen on her back she carried her to her cave_ 268
_A little princess had been born to her_ 275
_The audience_ 280-1
_A dragon half a league long coming through the air_ 293
_Tailpiece_ 296
_The Scandinavian Dwarf_ 297
_Thou art pale about the nose_ 298
_Allwise the dwarf and Thor_ 301
_The dwarf was suddenly turned into a figure of stone_ 304
_Quick_ 304
_She held it up to the woman_ 305
_How is this my daughter_ 307
_Tailpiece_ 309
_Pink_ 310
_They put the cake into the oven_ 312
_St Dolly slept on a flour sack_ 313
_Tailpiece_ 313
_Seated himself firmly on the stool_ 314
_He ran away with it_ 315
_Tailpiece_ 318
_John understood too well the nature of his crop_ 319
_The dwarf from the North_ 321
_What should he see but a big white bear_ 322
_He was so worn out he had to rest many days before he could get
home again_ 331
_Queen Titania_ 335
_But when a bad child goes to bed_ 336
_And from the moon she flutters down_ 337
_Tailpiece_ 338
_Tailpiece_ 339
[Illustration]
[Illustration: THE TRUE ANNALS OF FAIRYLAND