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THE FAERIE QUEEN
I should like the crystal ball to shew me what my husband will be like (page 33)
STORIES FROM
The Faerie Queen
TOLD TO THE CHILDREN BY
JEANIE LANG
WITH PICTURES BY
ROSE LE QUESNE
LONDON: T. C. & E. C. JACK, LTD.
NEW YORK: E. P. DUTTON & CO.
TO
DIANA
PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN BY
THOMAS NELSON AND SONS, LTD.
ABOUT THE FAERIE QUEEN
More than three hundred years ago there lived in England a poet named Edmund Spenser. He was brave and true and gentle, and he loved all that was beautiful and good.
Edmund Spenser wrote many poems, and the most beautiful of all is the one called ‘The Faerie Queen.’ He loved so dearly all things that are beautiful and all things that are good, that his eyes could see Fairyland more clearly than the eyes of other men ever could.
There are many, many stories in ‘The Faerie Queen,’ and out of them all I have told you only eight. Some day you will read the others for yourself.
In this little book Miss Rose Le Quesne has made one pretty picture for each story. But when you are old enough to read for yourself ‘The Faerie Queen’ that Edmund Spenser wrote, you will find that there is a picture on every page.
JEANIE LANG.
LIST OF STORIES
| Page | |
| Una and the Lion, | 1 |
| St. George and the Dragon, | 15 |
| Britomart and the Magic Mirror, | 32 |
| The Quest of Sir Guyon, | 45 |
| Pastorella, | 60 |
| Cambell and Triamond, | 79 |
| Marinell, the Sea-Nymph’s Son, | 89 |
| Florimell and the Witch, | 101 |
LIST OF PICTURES
| BRITOMART AND THE MAGIC MIRROR. | |
| ‘I should like the crystal ball to show me what my husband will be like, | Frontispiece |
| At page | |
| UNA AND THE LION. | |
| He followed her like a faithful dog, | 6 |
| ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON. | |
| dragon was dead, | 30 |
| THE QUEST OF SIR GUYON. | |
| heaps of gold lay about him on every side, | 48 |
| PASTORELLA. | |
| In the middle of the ring of girls sat Pastorella, | 64 |
| CAMBELL AND TRIAMOND. | |
| She asked the Fates to let her sons have long, long lives, | 80 |
| MARINELL, THE SEA-NYMPH’S SON. | |
| But the knight was Britomart, the fair lady with a man’s armour and a man’s heart, | 92 |
| FLORIMELL AND THE WITCH. | |
| Florimell’s golden hair flew behind her, | 102 |
I
UNA AND THE LION
Once upon a time, in a country not far from Fairyland, there lived a king and queen and their daughter, whose name was Una.
Una was one of the most beautiful princesses that ever were seen, and she was as good as she was beautiful.
She and her father and mother loved each other very dearly, and they were very happy together, until a dreadful thing happened in their kingdom and took all their happiness away.
A hideous dragon came from another country, and killed men and women and little children. With its fiery breath it turned the trees and grass and flowers into black ashes, and it slew everybody that it came across.
It would have killed Una’s father and mother too, but they and some of their servants shut themselves up in a tower made of brass. The dragon tried very hard to get in and eat them up, but it could not break into a tower so strong.
For seven years the king and queen hid in their tower, while the dragon lay outside.
Many brave knights came and fought with the horrible monster and tried to save the king and queen. But the dragon was stronger than all the knights, and killed every one of them.
At last Una made up her mind