The Princess Marries the Page: A Play in One Act

xii, 50 [1] pp. Color frontispiece and black-and-white illustrations by J. Paget-Fredericks. Structured in verse and filled with fairy-tale language, it portrays a Princess in her tower whose reading is interrupted by a Page playing a song on his silver pipe. When he refuses to stop playing on her command, she becomes intrigued and is quickly attracted to him. While beginning to fall in love with her as well, the Page confesses that he is really the son of their enemy monarch and had come to ruin her father. When her father, the King, comes to her, questioning if she has seen the spy posing as a page, she lies and says no, but the Page jumps out of hiding so as to not let her perjure herself. He reveals his true identity, but also reveals he has purposefully failed in his spying mission by one day. The King informs him his father has died the day before. Because of his honesty, The King acknowledges the desire of the “Page” to be with his daughter.