viii, 312 pp. Blue cloth, silver titles and decorations with orange witch on spine and front board, front board depicts gnome miners on the moon, gnome with large pickaxe on base of spine, all edges silver, decorated endpapers. A collection of stories, folk tales, and fables from numerous authors of different nationalities. Engraved frontispiece, plates, and in-line illustrations. Stories include: A Christmas Story by Sarah Bernhardt; The Iron Casket; The White Mouse by Hegesippe Moreau; The Unicorn by E.P. Larken; The Bird-Cage Maker; The Two Genies by Voltaire; The Land of Youth, from a Scandinavian Popular Tale; The Stone-Breaker by Quatrelles; The Golden Bees of Mythia by Horace Murreigh; The Palace of Vanity by Mme. Emile de Girardin; The Three Golden Hairs of Old Vsevede; Fatma by Wilhelm Hauf; The Golden Spinning-Wheel by Xavier Marmier; The Ship That Could Sail Over Land and Sea; The Vizier and the Fly by Louis de Gramont.
