IRISH FAIRY TALES
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In a forked glen into which he slipped at night-fall he was surrounded by giant toads (page 250).
Frontispiece.
IRISH
FAIRY
TALES
BY
JAMES
STEPHENS
ILLUSTRATED
BY
ARTHUR
RACKHAM
MACMILLAN & Co Ltd.
LONDON1920
COPYRIGHT
TO
SEUMAS AND IRIS
AND TO
HELEN FRASER
CONTENTS
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ILLUSTRATIONS
IN COLOUR
FACE PAGE
In a forked glen into which he slipped at night-fall he was surrounded by giant toads (page 250) |
Frontispiece |
"Wild and shy and monstrous creatures ranged in her plains and forests" |
12 |
"My life became a ceaseless scurry and wound and escape, a burden and anguish of watchfulness" |
28 |
He might think, as he stared on a staring horse, "a boy cannot wag his tail to keep the flies off" |
40 |
How he strained and panted to catch on that pursuing person and pursue her and get his own switch into action |
46 |
A man who did not like dogs. In fact, he hated them. When he saw one he used to go black in the face, and he threw rocks at it until it got out of sight |
94 |
Then they went hand in hand in the country that smells of apple-blossom and honey |
96 |
The door of Fionn's chamber opened gently and a young woman came into the room |
116 |
She looked with angry woe at the straining and snarling horde below |
144 |
The banqueting hall was in tumult |
166 |
The thumping of his big boots grew as continuous as the pattering of hailstones on a roof, and the wind of his passage blew trees down |
190 |
"This one is fat," said Guillen, and she rolled a bulky Fenian along like a wheel |
210 |
They stood outside, filled with savagery and terror |
214 |
The waves of all the worlds seemed to whirl past them in one huge green cataract |
254 |
They offered a cow for each leg of her cow, but she would not accept that offer unless Fiachna went bail for the payment |
270 |
The Hag of the Mill was a bony, thin pole of a hag with odd feet |
310 |
This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1927.
The author died in 1950, so this work is also in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 70 years or less. This work may also be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.