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EDMUND DULAC'S PICTURE-BOOK FOR THE FRENCH RED CROSS
PUBLISHED FOR THE DAILY TELEGRAPH BY HODDER AND STOUGHTON LONDON · NEW YORK · TORONTO
THE STORY OF THE BIRD FENG A FAIRY TALE FROM CHINA 1
YOUNG ROUSSELLE: A FRENCH SONG OF THE OLDEN TIME 5
THE NIGHTINGALE: AFTER A FAIRY TALE BY HANS ANDERSEN 29
SINDBAD THE SAILOR: A TALE FROM THE THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTS 43
THE LITTLE SEAMSTRESS: A FRENCH SONG OF THE OLDEN TIME 55
THE REAL PRINCESS: AFTER A FAIRY TALE BY HANS ANDERSEN 57
CINDERELLA: A FAIRY TALE FROM THE FRENCH 65
THE CHILLY LOVER: A SONG FROM THE FRENCH 79
THE STORY OF AUCASSIN AND NICOLETTE: AN OLD WORLD IDYLL 81
BLUE BEARD: AN OLD TALE FROM THE FRENCH 85
THE LADY BADOURA: A TALE FROM THE THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTS 102
THE SLEEPER AWAKENED: A TALE FROM THE THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTS 110
JUSEF AND ASENATH: A LOVE STORY OF EGYPT 124
The wonderful bird, like a fire of many colours come down from heaven, alighted before the princess, dropping at her feet the portrait 1
YOUNG ROUSSELLE What do you think of Young Rousselle? 8
LAYLÁ AND MAJNÚN In a high chamber of the palace--it was as wondrous as that of a Sultan 16
If the desert were my home--then would I let the world go by 18
She would sit for hours, with the bird perched on the back of her hand, listening to its soft intonation of that one word 'Majnún' 22
THE NIGHTINGALE Even the poor fisherman would pause in his work to listen 32
THREE KINGS OF ORIENT O Star of Wonder, Star of Night 41
SINDBAD THE SAILOR Knowest thou that my name is also Sindbad? 50
THE LITTLE SEAMSTRESS I never at all Saw sewing so small! 55
THE REAL PRINCESS Not a wink the whole night long 58
MY LISETTE 'Tis Lisette whom I adore, And with reason, more and more! 62
'There,' said her godmother, pointing with her wand, ... 'pick it and bring it along' 72
THE CHILLY LOVER O Ursula, for thee My heart is burning,-- But I'm so cold! 80
THE STORY OF AUCASSIN AND NICOLETTE But Nicolette one night escaped 82