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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
| She led the Princess into her palace | 24 |
| Storks and pelicans flew in long rows | 26 |
| The Fairy cried, “Come with me! come with me!” | 27 |
| He pushed the boughs aside | 28 |
| The Little Swineherd; or, The Prince in Disguise | |
| “Good morning,” said he | 29 |
| The Prince became swineherd | 30 |
| The swineherd got ten kisses | 30 |
| “What’s the meaning of this?” cried he | 31 |
| “What a miserable creature I am,” sobbed the Princess | 32 |
| A Week with Olé Luk-Oie | |
| On the balcony stood princesses | 35 |
| “We shall cook you to-morrow,” said Hjalmar | 37 |
| Away they went to the mouse’s wedding | 37 |
| The mice were near treading each other to death | 38 |
| The bridal pair were sitting on the floor | 39 |
| Olé Luk-Oie lifted little Hjalmar up to the window | 41 |
| “Look how he gallops along!” | 42 |
| The Emperor’s New Clothes | |
| Staring as hard as he could | 43 |
| “It has our most gracious approval” | 43 |
| People could see them at work | 44 |
| The Emperor went forth in grand procession | 45 |
| “But he has got nothing on!” | 46 |
| The Ice-Maiden; or, The Eagle’s Nest | |
| “Come with me on the roof,” said the cat | 47 |
| Rudy loved the morning air | 48 |
| They still had to cross one great glacier | 49 |
| The Queen of the Glaciers | 49 |
| The cold kisses which the Queen of the Glaciers had given him | 50 |
| They bleated “Med! med! may!” | 51 |
| Began to tell tales and legends of the spirits of the Alps | 52 |
| The mysterious shepherd and his black sheep | 53 |
| His uncle would tell tales of his childhood | 54 |
| Rudy clung to the stem of a tree | 54 |
| “Write a letter for me to the Lord Christ!” | 55 |
| “He gave me a kiss at the dance” | 56 |
| The parlour cat stood on the steps | 57 |
| Offered him an Alpine rose | 58 |
| Singing and playing on all kinds of instruments | 59 |
| “Have you a sweetheart?” said Rudy | 60 |
| The snow came down and the wind shrieked | 61 |
| Rudy submitted to be kissed | 62 |
| They trod on me more than once | 63 |
