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PERSIAN FAIRY TALES
The Cat and the Mouse
A Book of Persian
FairyTales
EDITED with an INTRODUCTION
By HARTWELL JAMES
WITH FORTY ILLUSTRATIONS
By JOHN R. NEILL
PHILADELPHIA
HENRY ALTEMUS COMPANY
Altemus'Illustrated Fairy Tales SeriesThe Magic Bed The Cat and the Mouse The Jeweled Sea The Magic Jaw Bone The Man Elephant The Enchanted Castle Fifty Cents Each Copyright, 1906 |
Persia is rich in folk lore. For hundreds and hundreds of years thestories in this book, and many others as well, have been told to thewondering boys and girls of that country, who, as they hear them,picture their native land as one of roses and tulips, where beautifulfairies build their castles in the rosy morn, and black gnomes flyaround in the darkness of midnight.
A land, too, where the sun gleams like a fire above the bluemountains, and the water lilies are mirrored in the deep lakes. A landwhere the eyes of the tigers gleam through the reeds by the riverside,and dark-eyed, sunburned people are quick to love and quick