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ILLUSTRATIONS

FROM DRAWINGS IN COLORS
BY MAXFIELD PARRISH

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The Talking Bird 32
It will be sufficient to break off a branch and carry it to plant in your garden
The Fisherman and the Genie 54
The smoke ascended to the clouds, and extending itself along the sea and upon the shore formed a great mist
The Young King of the Black Isles 74
When he came to this part of his narrative the young king could not restrain his tears
Gulnare of the Sea 86
And she proceeded to burn perfume and repeat spells until the sea foamed and was agitated
Aladdin 106
At the same time the earth, trembling, opened just before the magician, and uncovered a stone, laid horizontally, with a brass ring fixed into the middle
Prince Agib 194
And when the boat came to me I found in it a man of brass, with a tablet of lead upon his breast, engraven with names and talismans

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