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Title The Olive Fairy Book
Editor Andrew Lang
Illustrator H. J. Ford
Year 1907
Publisher Longmans, Green and Co.
Location London; New York
Source djvu
Progress To be proofread
Transclusion Index not transcluded or unreviewed
OCLC 1049972843
Volumes Blue (1889) • Red (1890) • Green (1892) • Yellow (1894) • Pink (1897) • Grey (1900) • Violet (1901) • Crimson (1903) • Brown (1904) • Orange (1906) • Olive (1907) • Lilac (1910)

CONTENTS


  PAGE
Madschun 1
The Blue Parrot 9
Geirlaug the King's Daughter 27
The Story of Little King Loc 43
'A Long-bow Story' 64
Jackal or Tiger? 71
The Comb and the Collar 87
The Thanksgiving of the Wazir 103
Samba the Coward 108
Kupti and Imani 119
The Strange Adventures of Little Maia 131
Diamond cut Diamond 144
The Green Knight 152
The Five Wise Words of the Guru 167
The Golden-headed Fish 178
Dorani 188
The Satin Surgeon 198
The Billy Goat and the King 211
The Story of Zoulvisia 216
Grasp all, Lose all 234
The Fate of the Turtle 242
The Snake Prince 247
The Prince and Princess in the Forest 256
The Clever Weaver 276
The Boy who found Fear at last 279
He Wins who Waits 289
The Steel Cane 301
The Punishment of the Fairy Gangana 305
The Silent Princess 318


LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS


COLOURED PLATES

(Engraved and printed by Messrs. André & Sleigh, Ltd., Bushey)

The Blue Parrot (p. 9) Frontispiece

'Stay here, and you shall be king ' . . to face p. 60

The Princess and the Wolves in the Forest . 90

The Boy in the Valley , 206

The Ascent of the Crystal Tower . . . ,, 222

'Queen of Snakes, give me back my husband !' 254

The Sea-maiden with a wicked Face . . ,, 284

The Princess chooses 290


FULL-PAGE PLATES

Ismenor brings Lino to Riquette . . . to face p. 12

The Magician's Wife whistles to the Parrot . ,, 22

The Dragon Discomfited ,,28

'Will you lend me your ox, fair maiden ? ' ,, 38

Abeille finds herself among the Little Men . 46

King Loc carries Abeille away from her Mother ........ 56

The Bunniahs Story ..... ,, 66

'Quick! prince ! quick ! the time is flying, comb me at once ' . . . . . . ,, 94

Samba found skulking by his Wife . ,,110

xiv LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

The Princess changes clothes with the Goose- girl . . . . . . . . to face p. 162

'What think you, O mortal, of my fair and lovely wife ?' 170

The Prince has pity on the Gold-headed Fish 178

'He never could persuade her to say a single word ' . 188

The Princess gets her Letter .... ,, 200

'I accept your challenge. Mount, and follow me. I am Zoulvisia.' . . . . ,, 218

The Witch and her Snakes .... ,, 226

The Princess of Arabia released from the Iron Pillar . . . 262

The Boy secures the Bracelet .... 280

Blind rage filled the heart of the watcher . . ,, 296

'The seven veils fell from her' . . 332


ILLUSTRATIONS IN TEXT

PACK

Love at first sight . . . ... 2

How the Birds were brought to the Sultan ... 5

The Sivalloiv brings the Note to Lino . ... 18

Pull as he might, he could not get free .... 37

'Is this the man that you wish to marry ? ' . . . . 62

The Farmer finds the Queen weeping by the Palanquin . 73

The Unlucky Shot . 75

Ameer Ali wins the Anklet . . . . . 78

The Princess saves the White Fox ... . 100

Imani attends to the Crippled Fakir . . ... 121

Imani listens to what the Monkeys say .... 127

Maia carried off by the Cockchafer . ... 135

Maia and the Spiders in the Evening .... 141

He helped her to jump from the Swallow's back . . . 142

The Poisoned Nail . ... 159
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