Chapter I: Front Matter

STORIES
OF
ENCHANTMENT

BY
JANE PENTZER MYERS

ILLUSTRATED BY
HARRIET ROOSEVELT RICHARDS

CHICAGO
A. C. McCLURG & CO.
1901

Copyright
By A. C. McClurg & Co.
A.D. 1901

TO KATE WINIFRED.

Just between the “Land o’ Dreams” and broad daylight is a beautiful world: where good wishes come true: where the poor and the lonely are rich in castles and friends: and where sorrowful folk are happy.

There you may hear the birds singing and children laughing, all day long. The trees are full of blossoms and fruit. The sky is always blue, the grass green and soft.

Under the trees dwell the fairies, and against the blue sky is sometimes seen the sheen of angels’ wings.

On the borders of this land the real and the unreal are so strangely blended that children are puzzled to know where the boundary lies.

Just across its borders blooms the little white ghost-flower.

It is for you, little girl.

J. P. M.

CONTENTS.

Page
I. The Ghost Flower, or the White Blackbird 11
II. The Little Yellow Moccasins 31
III. The Little Ghost who Laughed 45
IV. Titania’s Maid of Honor 71
V. Bran, the Wolf Dog 89
VI. The Corn Fairy 111
VII. At the Wayside Cross 125
VIII. In Quest of the Dark 133
IX. The King will hunt To-day 149
X. He was a Prince 161
XI. Where the River hides its Pearls 187
XII. The Mist Lady 205

ILLUSTRATIONS.

Page
The pipe changed into a strange flower 21
Little Bravo 35
“Oh, you pretty dear” 55
Mateel sank down on her knees and gazed around 75
In a great carven chair sat a lady 95
The little girl playfully clasped her knees 115
Glimpses of the Wonderful City shall be given to her 129
Soon he was in her arms 137
“I think I am going to like you” 141
“He gave me this keepsake for my mamma” 144
In their palace by the water wait the king and queen 167
She started up in alarm 195
“Open your eyes wide and look at me” 207