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Identifier: olivefairybook00lang (find matches)
Title: The olive fairy book
Year: 1907 (1900s)
Authors: Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912 Ford, H. J. (Henry Justice), 1860-1941, ill
Subjects: Fairy tales Folklore
Publisher: London New York : Longmans, Green
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to keep his headon his shoulders. Perhaps, after all, it was love whichhad driven him mad, and, if so, by-and-by he mightcome right again. Whatever excuses his old servants might invent fortheir master, by the time the procession reached theSwan fairys capital there were no more horses left, andthey were forced to walk up to the palace on foot.Hiding their surprise as best they could, they begged theking to follow them, dismounting from their own horses,as he, they supposed, preferred to walk. They soonperceived the Swan fairy and her daughter awaiting themon a low balcony, under which the king stopped. Madam, he said, you may be surprised that Ihave come to ask your daughters hand in so uncere-monious a fashion; but the journey is long, and I washungry and ate my horse, which is the best meat in theworld; and I forced my courtiers to eat theirs also. Butfor all that I am a great king, and wish to be your son-in-law. And now that is settled, where is Hermosa ? brings UNO to T^QVETTEL
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THE BLUE PAEEOT 15 Sire/ answered the queen, not a little displeased aswell as amazed at the kings manner, which was sodifferent from anything she had been led to expect. You possess my daughters portrait, and it can havemade but little impression on you if you dont recogniseher at once. I dont remember any portrait, replied Eabot; butperhaps it may be in my pocket after all. And hesearched everywhere, while the ladies-in-waiting lookedon with astonishment, but of course found nothing.When he had finished he turned to the princess, whostood there blushing and angry, and said : If it is you whom I have come to marry, I thinkyou are very beautiful, and I am sure if I had even seenyour portrait I should have remembered it. Let us havethe wedding as soon as possible ; and, meantime, I shouldlike to go to sleep, for your country is very differentfrom mine, and I can assure you that after walking overstones and sand for days and days one needs a little rest. And without waiting for a reply
Henry Justice Ford (1860–1941) was a prolific and successful artist and illustrator, active from 1886 through to the late 1920s. Sometimes known as H. J. Ford or Henry J. Ford, he came to public attention when he provided the numerous beautiful illustrations for Andrew Lang's Fairy Books, which captured the imagination of a generation of British children and were sold worldwide in the 1880s and 1890s. In 1892, Ford began exhibiting paintings of historical subjects and landscapes at the Royal Academy of Art exhibitions.