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Title: The Tapestry Room
A Child's Romance

Author: Mrs. Molesworth

Illustrator: Walter Crane

Release Date: November 28, 2005 [EBook #17175]

Language: English

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[Illustration: TWO CHRISTMAS ANGELS.--p. 122.]

THE TAPESTRY ROOM

A Child's Romance

By MRS. MOLESWORTH

AUTHOR OF 'CARROTS,' 'CUCKOO CLOCK,' 'GRANDMOTHER DEAR,' 'TELL ME A
STORY,' ETC.

[Illustration: 'DUDU']

'What tale did Iseult to the children say,
Under the hollies, that bright winter's day?'
MATTHEW ARNOLD

ILLUSTRATED BY WALTER CRANE

London
MACMILLAN AND CO., Limited
NEW YORK: THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
1899

(By Permission.)

TO
H.R.H. VITTORIO EMANUELE
PRINCE OF NAPLES
CROWN PRINCE OF ITALY
ONE OF THE KINDLIEST OF MY YOUNG READERS

MAISON DU CHANOINE,
_October_ 1879.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.
PAGE
MADEMOISELLE JEAN 1

CHAPTER II.
PRINCE CHERI 20

CHAPTER III.
ON A MOONLIGHT NIGHT 37

CHAPTER IV.
THE FOREST OF THE RAINBOWS 56

CHAPTER V.
FROG-LAND 75

CHAPTER VI.
THE SONG OF THE SWAN 94

CHAPTER VII.
WINGS AND CATS 114

CHAPTER VIII.
"THE BROWN BULL OF NORROWA" 135

CHAPTER IX.
THE BROWN BULL--(_Continued_) 158

CHAPTER X.
THE END OF THE BROWN BULL 177

CHAPTER XI.
DUDU'S OLD STORY 197

CHAPTER XII.
AU REVOIR 218

LIST OF ILLUS