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Title: The Little Lame Prince
Rewritten for Young Readers by Margaret Waters
Author: Dinah Maria Mulock
Margaret Waters
Illustrator: Hugo von Hofsten
Release Date: December 27, 2007 [EBook #24053]
Language: English
Character set encoding: ASCII
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LITTLE LAME PRINCE.
[Illustration: "I SWEAR TO PERFORM MY DUTIES AS REGENT, AND TO TAKE
CARE OF HIS MAJESTY." [PAGE 11.]]
THE
PLEASANT HOUR SERIES
THE
LITTLE LAME PRINCE
_By_ DINAH MARIA MULOCK
REWRITTEN FOR YOUNG READERS BY
MARGARET WATERS
ILLUSTRATED BY
HUGO VON HOFSTEN
NEW YORK
BARSE & HOPKINS
PUBLISHERS
ILLUSTRATIONS.
Page
I SWEAR TO PERFORM MY DUTIES AS REGENT, AND TO TAKE
CARE OF HIS MAJESTY Frontispiece
"I MUST KISS HIM, I AM HIS GOD MOTHER" 8
AND TWISTING HIMSELF AROUND, WHAT DO YOU THINK HE SAW? 16
PRINCE DOLOR MADE A SNATCH AT THE TOPMOST TWIG OF
THE TALLEST TREE 24
THE PRINCE GAZED EARNESTLY DOWN INTO THE LARGEST
ROOM HE HAD EVER BEHELD 32
HE LIFTED UP HIS THIN, SLENDER HAND, AND THERE CAME
A SILENCE OVER THE VAST CROWD IMMEDIATELY 40
THE LITTLE LAME PRINCE
CHAPTER I.
He was the most beautiful prince that ever was born.
Being a prince, people said this; and it was true. When he looked at the
candle, his eyes had an earnest expression quite startling in a new-born
baby. His nose was aquiline; his complexion was healthy; he was round,
fat, and straight-limbed--a splendid baby.
His father and mother, King and Queen of Nomansland, and their subjects
were proud and happy, h
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