ILLUSTRATIONS
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| His grandmother had told him . . . that every flower in the Garden of Paradise was a delicious cake | 117 |
| The Eastwind flew more swiftly still | 131 |
| The Fairy of the Garden now advanced to meet them | 139 |
| The Fairy dropped her shimmering garment, drew back the branches, and a moment after was hidden within their depths | 147 |
| The Merman King had been for many years a widower | 155 |
| He must have died if the little mermaid had not come to the rescue | 169 |
| At the mere sight of the bright liquid | 183 |
| The prince asked who she was and how she came there | 189 |
| Dashed overboard and fell, her body dissolving into foam | 199 |
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