TABLE OF CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.

THE FAIRY QUEEN AND HER BAND

CHAPTER II.

FIRST DAY'S STORY. The Twins, Romulus and Remus. - The
New City

CHAPTER III.

SECOND DAY'S STORY. Numa Pompilius.-The Goddess
Egeria.-The Fountain of Egeria

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FIFTH DAY'S STORY. Our Garden Thrushes, and the Black

CHAPTER VII.

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SIXTH DAY'S STORY. Mount Olympus and Jupiter.- Baucis
and Philemon.- Mercury and the Serpents. Juno.- Iris. —
Phaeton.- The Hours.-The Seasons. The Muses. - Nar-
cissus and the Fountain.-The Graces. - Hebe and Ganymede.
-Apollo and his Lyre.-The Python.- Niobe and her Children.
- Diana. - Endymion. - Mirror of Diana.- Echo. - Venus.-
Cupid. Adonis. Vulcan, his Shop and Anvil. — Shield of
Achilles.- Neptune. - The Nereids. Galatea and Polyphe-
mus.- - Pan. Satyrs. - Fauns

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CHAPTER VIII.

SEVENTH DAY'S STORY. Change from the Pagan to the
Christian Religion. - Story of Perpetua and Felicitas.
Catacombs.-Story of the Boy and the Painter

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The

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A SPANISH TOUR. Passes of the Pyrenees.-Spanish Scenes.
-The Flocks of Sheep.-Bull-fight

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STORY OF THE CID. His Exploits.-The Five Moorish Kings.

-Ximena.-The Jews and the Chest of Sand. -
Babieca.- The Sword Tizona. - St. Lazarus

The Horse

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CHAPTER XIV.

DON-QUIXOTE PICTURES. Trying the Helmet.- Watching the
Armor.- Sancho Panza and the Blanket. - The Windmills. -

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The Sheep. The Golden Helmet.-

The Cage in the Cart

CHAPTER XV.

THE GYPSIES AND THE FAIRIES. The Fairy Procession.

JULIUS CESAR AND THE GAULS AND BRITONS.- Land-
ing in Britain. - Pompey and Cæsar.- Crossing the Rubicon.
-France and Charlemagne. The Twelve Peers. The Horse
Bayard. Telemachus and Ulysses

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THE CRUSADES AND KING RICHARD.. -The Holy Land. -
Taken Prisoner. His Friend Blondel

CHAPTER XIX.

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THE FAIRY QUEEN. St. George and the Dragon, and the Lady
Una

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CHAPTER XX.

THE FLOWER-FAIRIES. The Court of the Fairies

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CHAPTER XXI.

SCENES IN PARIS. The Tuileries.- Champs Elysées. —Jardin
des Plantes.- Animals. - The Rabbit

CHAPTER XXII.

COLUMBUS AND THE ATLANTIC. Voyage to America.- Our

Country

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CHAPTER XXIII.

SUMMER RESORT. The Farm-house. - Country Life

OUR GARDEN FAIRIES.

CHAPTER I.

THE QUEEN AND HER FAIRIES.

"OH, write us some stories!-write us some fairy stories!" exclaimed the two little girls, Nannine and Gianina, one day when we had come in from walking, — two little girls whom I love very much to please. What pleasant smiles and sunbright faces shone upon me then, when they were begging and teasing-ay, teasing - for those fairy stories!

But a "fairy story!" Who could think of writing a new one in these days of fairy tales, when almost every other book contains one? Why, to invent any thing new in that line would require a