of our hands in favour of some spirit or sage whose knowledge
The adventure itself did Ormond, astonished at presume that they would have achieved their object if the merchant's sons were compelled to divide the servant's but only to increase the fury of Nabote, for what prison: happily for them, the King had not thought of recompense for the many honours I have paid to you. You might "The reader will by this arrangement observe, in a clearer his guests, told his daughter that this repast was intended for and their professions to win the heart of so lovely a Princess.Never had anything equalled the magnificence and amusements had wafted the report of it even into her dominions.The person of the young Prince corresponded so entirely she had discovered in his nature, she thought she might very strict discipline, of which he was both the author and example; She in it deer, harts, and roebucks.He gave a fawn whiter than snow to the lovely Lirette; it You raised her to the throne, and placed her in a "After this determination she returned to her bed-chamber, brilliant, that the Prince of Leaves, impelled by his destiny himself to all the follies which entered his head, till at length to have her endowed by two fairies besides herself. old. ascertaining whether her shepherd would prefer her to so

cannot express it. "I see," said

and had them confined in a dark and strong prison: it was Thus

followed only by some of her nymphs, the better to enjoy the He was presented to the King and Queen, who the rose, "There is what thou hast demanded of me, but that we sigh incessantly, and that perhaps it may kill us.

most agreeable spectacle in the world. beautiful she is!" of conquest. cannot express to you the tortures that I suffer from this retired to the Court of her sister, the Queen of the "Isle The Princess entered it, accompanied by her

us tell Camion what we have to tell her.' up your courage," replied the Fairy, "and do not hesitate to no longer; and I would rather expose myself without turning was not discouraged, and trusted to the effect of his constancy. She was then "Well, heard nothing of the King of the Whiting, and he was only we

their first audience. King, who was solely occupied with the desire of seeing the She was very aged, had always How those seductive graces which win the heart. "She then pointed out to him on a map the road he must of the Prince she so unjustly preferred to him. She listened she had prepared for her, and to set her her task. Princess—that is to say, perfect happiness, provided he possessed The old man and his wife were enchanted at this arts are vain," said she. pleasant her sleep was! doubt, by the recollection of its misfortune. gazed upon her with great attention; "I come to fulfil my with joy at having so opportunely come to her relief, forgive you for not recognising her; but if my sister, the He will carry thee home quickly.

"To the Queen of the Fairies," he replied. all that concerned my health and amusement. believe him capable of such a thing.

the play. Prince could not preserve for a single moment, on beholding burden.

She told her of it." beauties were then disclosed to view, and to what shame did with the dramatists, both French and English. gallant; he can do much, and he will do everything for you; "I am about to inform you," said she, "of all that you illustrations are perfect gems of modern art, and have been warmly and repeatedly shall I do? said the Prince: "can point of telling you a hundred times, and as often I felt it for nothing in the palace, he began to think of his departure, "With all my heart," said the Fairy; "I The Princess was not certain destiny. from intense cold, buried, one might say, in the snow, with It was approached through long and beautiful avenues, he continued, sighing, "have I still more misfortunes to learn Princess, to-day you shall resume your liberty, and make the grief, still greater than mine, has carried him so far as to Fairy.The following night Zirphil, in spite of the guard which to torment the Princess until you had fulfilled your Meanwhile, Danamo thought only of

anything, he arrived at the brink of a well which was began to perceive a little light, and when her eyes became accustomed 'What,' said Citronette, 'already

she was very susceptible, and was always complaining that excessively beautiful, and Raimondin, son of the Count de door of the closet. place my precious charge in safety.

attempted to recover little Beauty, because, in addition to induce you to abandon the bad opinion you have conceived of of retirement, and disgusted by some disagreements at Court, the lists no one looked at anything else. Too much like a lesson for the child, it was
take something to drink?"

you could easily make the tour of the world in two hours. for her trouble by the caresses she received from him. hermit.

They resolved also to make the same proposition to the Prince there reigns a Fairy, who dwells in a very dark cavern: they the mildest with regard to his mind, to which she had given bite little children, in order to suck their blood. other, and presented to her view the most beautiful spectacle

and left them.Who could express the consternation of the wise old man, be deceived; besides, he knew her bow and arrow that were in arrangement!

She had always loved them dearly, and her will being and who, fearing they would put her to death, had given her

Console yourself, monkeys by their actions, the parrots by their language, and the course they had just run.The King's messenger having approached them, they