a magistrate
of Edinburgh.--Sir W. Scott, _Heart of Midlothian_ (time, George II.).

FAIRSERVICE (_Mr._), a magistrate's clerk.--Sir W. Scott, _Heart of
Midlothian_ (time, George II.).

_Fairservice (Andrew)_, the humorous Scotch gardener of Sir Hildebrand
Osbaldistone, of Osbaldistone Hall.--Sir W. Scott, _Rob Boy_ (time,
George I.).

Overflowing with a humor as peculiar in its way as the humors of
Andrew Fairservice.--_London Athenaeum_.

FAIRSTAR _(Princess)_, daughter of Queen Blon'dina (who had at one
birth two boys and a girl, all "with stars on their foreheads, and a
chain of gold about their necks"). On the same day, Blondina's sister
Brunetta (wife of the king's brother) had a son, afterwards called
Cherry. The queen-mother, wishing to destroy these four children,
ordered Fein'tisa to strangle them, but Feintisa sent them adrift in
a boat, and told the queen-mother they were gone. It so happened that
the boat was seen by a corsair, who brought the children to his wife
Cor'sina to bring up. The corsair soon grew immensely rich, because
every time the hair of these children was combed, jewels fell from
their heads. When grown up, these castaways went to the land of their
royal father and his brother, but Cherry was for a while employed in
getting for Fairstar (1) _The dancing water_, which had the gift of
imparting beauty; (2) _The singing apple_, which had the gift of
imparting wit; and (3) _The green bird_, which could reveal all
secrets. By this bird the story of their birth was made known, and
Fairstar married her cousin Cherry.--Comtesse D'Aunoy, _Fairy Tales_
("Princess Fair-star," 1682).

[Illustration] This tale is borrowed from the fairy tales of
Straparola, the Milanese (1550).

FAITH _(Brown)_, wife of Goodman Brown. He sees her in his fantasy
of the witches' revel in the forest, and calls to her to "look up to
heaven."--Hawthorne, _Mosses from an Old Manse_ (1854).

_Faith_ (_Derrick_). A beautiful, unsophisticated girl, whose
accomplished tutor instructs her in belles lettres, natural
philosophy, religion and love. He becomes a clergyman and she marries
him.--Susan Warner, _Say and Seal_ (1860).

_Faith Gartney_. A city girl whose parents remove to the country
before she has an opportunity to enter society. She is partially
betrothed to Paul Rushleigh, but under the influence of nature, and
association with an older and nobler man, outgrows her early lover,
and marries Roger Armstrong.--A.