Chapter I: Front Matter

AUSTRALIAN FAIRY TALES.

BY
ATHA WESTBURY.

ILLUSTRATED BY A. J. JOHNSON.

LONDON:
WARD, LOCK, & CO., LIMITED,
WARWICK HOUSE, SALISBURY SQUARE, E.C.
NEW YORK AND MELBOURNE.
1897

CONTENTS.

PAGE
GOLDEN CLOUD:—
CHAP. I. THE LONE ROCK 9
,, II. MOTHER DOT 19
,, III. DUSK’S STRONGHOLD 27
,, IV. THE RING-DOVE 34
,, V. GOLDEN CLOUD 42
TWILIGHT:—
CHAP. I. BARON THIMBLE 48
,, II. PRINCE PICNIC 57
,, III. LADY LOLLYPOP 65
TIM 73
THREE SPARROWS 82
KING DUNCE 91
“I DON’T KNOW” 98
THE BANK CAT 106
GUMTREE HOLLOW 115
WHISKERKISS:—
CHAP. I. THE MYSTERIOUS JOURNEY 123
,, II. PRINCESS GOLDEN HAIR 131
A CROOKED SIXPENCE 139
THE BALL IN THE DELL 148
ELSIE 155
THE WISHING-CAP 162
TWO GIANTS 176
MOTHLAND 184
MOONLAND 197
“SAILOR” 221
NELLIE 228
IN THE CLOUDS 243
WONDERLAND 251
BABY’S VISITORS 259
RUBYWINGS:—
CHAP. I. THE JOURNEY 264
,, II. SHADOWS 271
LIFE AND DEATH 277
GIANTS 283
THE KANGAROO HUNTER:—
CHAP. I. THE LOST DRESS 291
,, II. QUIZ 298
,, III. A SLEEPING BEAUTY 304
THE LAUGHING JACKASS:—
CHAP. I. LOST IN THE BUSH 312
,, II. EMU ROYAL 319
HOP-O’-MY-THUMB 325
A MAGIC WHISTLE 334
“COCKY”:—
CHAP. I. THE MAGIC HUT 342
,, II. BROWN EYES 350

LIST OF FULL-PAGE AND OTHER ILLUSTRATIONS.

“THE GLOBE SLOWLY SPLIT IN TWAIN” Frontispiece
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“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” 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’RE NOT 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

AUSTRALIAN FAIRY TALES.

GOLDEN CLOUD.

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