Author of “The Firefly’s Lovers,” “The Unmannerly Tiger,”
“Dutch Fairy Tales,” “Belgian Fairy Tales,” etc.
NEW YORK
THOMAS Y. CROWELL COMPANY
PUBLISHERS
DEDICATED
IN RADIANT MEMORIES
OF MY SWISS MATERNAL ANCESTRY
NEAR VALLEY FORGE
FROM WHOSE LIPS I FIRST HEARD STORIES OF
WASHINGTON, LAFAYETTE, STEUBEN
AND OF SWITZERLAND
THE LAND OF THE EDELWEISS