The Project Gutenberg eBook ofAustralian fairy talesThis ebook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United States and most other parts of the world at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this ebook or online atwww.gutenberg.org. If you are not located in the United States, you will have to check the laws of the country where you are located before using this eBook.Title: Australian fairy talesAuthor: Atha WestburyIllustrator: A. J. JohnsonRelease date: June 4, 2022 [eBook #68225]Most recently updated: October 18, 2024Language: EnglishOriginal publication: United Kingdom: Ward, Lock, & Co., Limited, 1897Credits: Jeroen Hellingman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net/ for Project Gutenberg (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK AUSTRALIAN FAIRY TALES ***
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Title: Australian fairy talesAuthor: Atha WestburyIllustrator: A. J. JohnsonRelease date: June 4, 2022 [eBook #68225]Most recently updated: October 18, 2024Language: EnglishOriginal publication: United Kingdom: Ward, Lock, & Co., Limited, 1897Credits: Jeroen Hellingman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net/ for Project Gutenberg (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
Title: Australian fairy tales
Author: Atha WestburyIllustrator: A. J. Johnson
Author: Atha Westbury
Illustrator: A. J. Johnson
Release date: June 4, 2022 [eBook #68225]Most recently updated: October 18, 2024
Language: English
Original publication: United Kingdom: Ward, Lock, & Co., Limited, 1897
Credits: Jeroen Hellingman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net/ for Project Gutenberg (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK AUSTRALIAN FAIRY TALES ***
[Contents][Contents]AUSTRALIAN FAIRY TALES.[Contents]“The globe slowly split in twain.” (Page 32.)Australian Fairy Tales.][Frontispiece“The globe slowly split in twain.” (Page 32.)[Contents]Original Title Page.AUSTRALIAN FAIRY TALES.BYATHA WESTBURY.ILLUSTRATED BY A. J. JOHNSON.LONDON:WARD, LOCK, & CO., LIMITED,WARWICK HOUSE, SALISBURY SQUARE, E.C.NEW YORK AND MELBOURNE.1897All rights reserved.[5][Contents]CONTENTS.PAGEGOLDEN CLOUD:—CHAP.I.THE LONE ROCK9CHAP.,,II.MOTHER DOT19CHAP.,,III.DUSK’S STRONGHOLD27CHAP.,,IV.THE RING-DOVE34CHAP.,,V.GOLDEN CLOUD42TWILIGHT:—CHAP. I.BARON THIMBLE48CHAP.,,II.PRINCE PICNIC57CHAP.,,III.LADY LOLLYPOP65TIM73THREE SPARROWS82KING DUNCE91“I DON’T KNOW”98THE BANK CAT106GUMTREE HOLLOW115WHISKERKISS:—CHAP. I.THE MYSTERIOUS JOURNEY123CHAP.,,II.PRINCESS GOLDEN HAIR131A CROOKED SIXPENCE139THE BALL IN THE DELL148ELSIE[6]155THE WISHING-CAP162TWO GIANTS176MOTHLAND184MOONLAND197“SAILOR”221NELLIE228IN THE CLOUDS243WONDERLAND251BABY’S VISITORS259RUBYWINGS:—CHAP. I.THE JOURNEY264CHAP.,,II.SHADOWS271LIFE AND DEATH277GIANTS283THE KANGAROO HUNTER:—CHAP. I.THE LOST DRESS291CHAP.,,II.QUIZ298CHAP.,,III.A SLEEPING BEAUTY304THE LAUGHING JACKASS:—CHAP. I.LOST IN THE BUSH312CHAP.,,II.EMU ROYAL319HOP-O’-MY-THUMB325A MAGIC WHISTLE334“COCKY”:—CHAP. I.THE MAGIC HUT342CHAP.,,II.BROWN EYES350[7][Contents]LIST OF FULL-PAGE AND OTHER ILLUSTRATIONS.“THE GLOBE SLOWLY SPLIT IN TWAIN”FrontispiecePAGE“OUR HERO WENT SPRAWLING HEADLONG OVER HIM”20“AT THE SIGHT OF HER THE ASS BEGAN TO BRAY LOUDLY”37“ ‘SHAVE, OR HAIR CUT, SIR?’ ASKED THE BARBER”51“A TALL, HANDSOME YOUNG MAN, ROBED IN A SUPERB HUNTING COSTUME”71“GET UP, TOBY THE GROWLER, AND FOLLOW ME”83“SPEEDING AWAY ACROSS THE COUNTRY AS SWIFT AS THE WIND”93“A JACK-IN-THE-BOX … CAME AND REVILED HIM”102“ ‘HURRAH!’ HE CRIED, TOSSING UP HIS HAT”119“SEATED BENEATH A CANOPY OF ROSES”134“ ‘PRAY TAKE OUT THOSE HORRID LONG SPIKES’ ”157“THE FAIRIES FLED IN GREAT HASTE”165“BOTH HE AND THE DOG WERE ENVELOPED IN A DEEP MIST”[8]180“HE WAS BORNE ALONG SO SWIFTLY THAT HE NEARLY LOST HIS SENSES”199“HE WAS NOT CERTAIN WHETHER THE MONSTER WAS LEAPING OR FLYING”209“ ‘WHY, SURELY,YOU’RENOT THE MAN IN THE MOON?’ ”219“THE LOVELY BEING TOOK NELLIE BY THE HAND”233“IT WAS A GRAND BALLOON”245“THE MONSTER … ADVANCED WITH A LARGE STONE”255“THE OLD MAN BENT LOW BEFORE THE ICE MONARCH”266“ ‘I AM QUEEN OF THE BUTTERFLIES,’ SHE REPLIED”268“ ‘WHAT KIND OF BIRD ARE YOU?’ ”295“ ‘YOU CAN’T BE OUR JACK?’ ”315“ ‘THOU ART VERY STRONG FOR SO SMALL A MAN’ ”329“ITS EYES WERE DREADFUL TOP BEHOLD, AS IT CAME SLOWLY OUT OF THE WATER.”352[9]
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[Contents]AUSTRALIAN FAIRY TALES.
AUSTRALIAN FAIRY TALES.
AUSTRALIAN FAIRY TALES.
[Contents]“The globe slowly split in twain.” (Page 32.)Australian Fairy Tales.][Frontispiece“The globe slowly split in twain.” (Page 32.)
“The globe slowly split in twain.” (Page 32.)Australian Fairy Tales.][Frontispiece“The globe slowly split in twain.” (Page 32.)
“The globe slowly split in twain.” (Page 32.)Australian Fairy Tales.][Frontispiece“The globe slowly split in twain.” (Page 32.)
Australian Fairy Tales.][Frontispiece
“The globe slowly split in twain.” (Page 32.)
[Contents]Original Title Page.
Original Title Page.
Original Title Page.
AUSTRALIAN FAIRY TALES.BYATHA WESTBURY.ILLUSTRATED BY A. J. JOHNSON.LONDON:WARD, LOCK, & CO., LIMITED,WARWICK HOUSE, SALISBURY SQUARE, E.C.NEW YORK AND MELBOURNE.1897All rights reserved.
AUSTRALIAN FAIRY TALES.
AUSTRALIAN FAIRY TALES.
BYATHA WESTBURY.ILLUSTRATED BY A. J. JOHNSON.
LONDON:WARD, LOCK, & CO., LIMITED,WARWICK HOUSE, SALISBURY SQUARE, E.C.NEW YORK AND MELBOURNE.1897All rights reserved.
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[Contents]CONTENTS.PAGEGOLDEN CLOUD:—CHAP.I.THE LONE ROCK9CHAP.,,II.MOTHER DOT19CHAP.,,III.DUSK’S STRONGHOLD27CHAP.,,IV.THE RING-DOVE34CHAP.,,V.GOLDEN CLOUD42TWILIGHT:—CHAP. I.BARON THIMBLE48CHAP.,,II.PRINCE PICNIC57CHAP.,,III.LADY LOLLYPOP65TIM73THREE SPARROWS82KING DUNCE91“I DON’T KNOW”98THE BANK CAT106GUMTREE HOLLOW115WHISKERKISS:—CHAP. I.THE MYSTERIOUS JOURNEY123CHAP.,,II.PRINCESS GOLDEN HAIR131A CROOKED SIXPENCE139THE BALL IN THE DELL148ELSIE[6]155THE WISHING-CAP162TWO GIANTS176MOTHLAND184MOONLAND197“SAILOR”221NELLIE228IN THE CLOUDS243WONDERLAND251BABY’S VISITORS259RUBYWINGS:—CHAP. I.THE JOURNEY264CHAP.,,II.SHADOWS271LIFE AND DEATH277GIANTS283THE KANGAROO HUNTER:—CHAP. I.THE LOST DRESS291CHAP.,,II.QUIZ298CHAP.,,III.A SLEEPING BEAUTY304THE LAUGHING JACKASS:—CHAP. I.LOST IN THE BUSH312CHAP.,,II.EMU ROYAL319HOP-O’-MY-THUMB325A MAGIC WHISTLE334“COCKY”:—CHAP. I.THE MAGIC HUT342CHAP.,,II.BROWN EYES350[7]
CONTENTS.PAGEGOLDEN CLOUD:—CHAP.I.THE LONE ROCK9CHAP.,,II.MOTHER DOT19CHAP.,,III.DUSK’S STRONGHOLD27CHAP.,,IV.THE RING-DOVE34CHAP.,,V.GOLDEN CLOUD42TWILIGHT:—CHAP. I.BARON THIMBLE48CHAP.,,II.PRINCE PICNIC57CHAP.,,III.LADY LOLLYPOP65TIM73THREE SPARROWS82KING DUNCE91“I DON’T KNOW”98THE BANK CAT106GUMTREE HOLLOW115WHISKERKISS:—CHAP. I.THE MYSTERIOUS JOURNEY123CHAP.,,II.PRINCESS GOLDEN HAIR131A CROOKED SIXPENCE139THE BALL IN THE DELL148ELSIE[6]155THE WISHING-CAP162TWO GIANTS176MOTHLAND184MOONLAND197“SAILOR”221NELLIE228IN THE CLOUDS243WONDERLAND251BABY’S VISITORS259RUBYWINGS:—CHAP. I.THE JOURNEY264CHAP.,,II.SHADOWS271LIFE AND DEATH277GIANTS283THE KANGAROO HUNTER:—CHAP. I.THE LOST DRESS291CHAP.,,II.QUIZ298CHAP.,,III.A SLEEPING BEAUTY304THE LAUGHING JACKASS:—CHAP. I.LOST IN THE BUSH312CHAP.,,II.EMU ROYAL319HOP-O’-MY-THUMB325A MAGIC WHISTLE334“COCKY”:—CHAP. I.THE MAGIC HUT342CHAP.,,II.BROWN EYES350[7]
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[Contents]LIST OF FULL-PAGE AND OTHER ILLUSTRATIONS.“THE GLOBE SLOWLY SPLIT IN TWAIN”FrontispiecePAGE“OUR HERO WENT SPRAWLING HEADLONG OVER HIM”20“AT THE SIGHT OF HER THE ASS BEGAN TO BRAY LOUDLY”37“ ‘SHAVE, OR HAIR CUT, SIR?’ ASKED THE BARBER”51“A TALL, HANDSOME YOUNG MAN, ROBED IN A SUPERB HUNTING COSTUME”71“GET UP, TOBY THE GROWLER, AND FOLLOW ME”83“SPEEDING AWAY ACROSS THE COUNTRY AS SWIFT AS THE WIND”93“A JACK-IN-THE-BOX … CAME AND REVILED HIM”102“ ‘HURRAH!’ HE CRIED, TOSSING UP HIS HAT”119“SEATED BENEATH A CANOPY OF ROSES”134“ ‘PRAY TAKE OUT THOSE HORRID LONG SPIKES’ ”157“THE FAIRIES FLED IN GREAT HASTE”165“BOTH HE AND THE DOG WERE ENVELOPED IN A DEEP MIST”[8]180“HE WAS BORNE ALONG SO SWIFTLY THAT HE NEARLY LOST HIS SENSES”199“HE WAS NOT CERTAIN WHETHER THE MONSTER WAS LEAPING OR FLYING”209“ ‘WHY, SURELY,YOU’RENOT THE MAN IN THE MOON?’ ”219“THE LOVELY BEING TOOK NELLIE BY THE HAND”233“IT WAS A GRAND BALLOON”245“THE MONSTER … ADVANCED WITH A LARGE STONE”255“THE OLD MAN BENT LOW BEFORE THE ICE MONARCH”266“ ‘I AM QUEEN OF THE BUTTERFLIES,’ SHE REPLIED”268“ ‘WHAT KIND OF BIRD ARE YOU?’ ”295“ ‘YOU CAN’T BE OUR JACK?’ ”315“ ‘THOU ART VERY STRONG FOR SO SMALL A MAN’ ”329“ITS EYES WERE DREADFUL TOP BEHOLD, AS IT CAME SLOWLY OUT OF THE WATER.”352[9]
LIST OF FULL-PAGE AND OTHER ILLUSTRATIONS.“THE GLOBE SLOWLY SPLIT IN TWAIN”FrontispiecePAGE“OUR HERO WENT SPRAWLING HEADLONG OVER HIM”20“AT THE SIGHT OF HER THE ASS BEGAN TO BRAY LOUDLY”37“ ‘SHAVE, OR HAIR CUT, SIR?’ ASKED THE BARBER”51“A TALL, HANDSOME YOUNG MAN, ROBED IN A SUPERB HUNTING COSTUME”71“GET UP, TOBY THE GROWLER, AND FOLLOW ME”83“SPEEDING AWAY ACROSS THE COUNTRY AS SWIFT AS THE WIND”93“A JACK-IN-THE-BOX … CAME AND REVILED HIM”102“ ‘HURRAH!’ HE CRIED, TOSSING UP HIS HAT”119“SEATED BENEATH A CANOPY OF ROSES”134“ ‘PRAY TAKE OUT THOSE HORRID LONG SPIKES’ ”157“THE FAIRIES FLED IN GREAT HASTE”165“BOTH HE AND THE DOG WERE ENVELOPED IN A DEEP MIST”[8]180“HE WAS BORNE ALONG SO SWIFTLY THAT HE NEARLY LOST HIS SENSES”199“HE WAS NOT CERTAIN WHETHER THE MONSTER WAS LEAPING OR FLYING”209“ ‘WHY, SURELY,YOU’RENOT THE MAN IN THE MOON?’ ”219“THE LOVELY BEING TOOK NELLIE BY THE HAND”233“IT WAS A GRAND BALLOON”245“THE MONSTER … ADVANCED WITH A LARGE STONE”255“THE OLD MAN BENT LOW BEFORE THE ICE MONARCH”266“ ‘I AM QUEEN OF THE BUTTERFLIES,’ SHE REPLIED”268“ ‘WHAT KIND OF BIRD ARE YOU?’ ”295“ ‘YOU CAN’T BE OUR JACK?’ ”315“ ‘THOU ART VERY STRONG FOR SO SMALL A MAN’ ”329“ITS EYES WERE DREADFUL TOP BEHOLD, AS IT CAME SLOWLY OUT OF THE WATER.”352[9]
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