." And after she had
told her story, mothereen said, "I think Nora has been dreaming," but
grandmotherkin said, "No, daughter, I think our little acushla has had
her eyes opened the day." Then Nora in triumph showed the two dimples
where the fairy queen had kissed her. And do you know, my darlings, I
cannot but think that she told the truth after all, for ever after,
if one kissed Nora upon those two dimples or even touched them or even
looked at them, she would break into the sweetest smile, and she never
was gloomerin' or lowerin' any more.

[Footnote 1: First published in _John Martin's Book_. Reprinted by
special permission.]

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LIST OF BEST BOOKS OF FAIRY TALES AND CHILDREN'S POEMS

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ANDERSEN, HANS CHRISTIAN ... _Fairy Tales_
ANDERSEN, HANS CHRISTIAN ... _Wonder Stories_
ASBJOeRNSEN, P. C. ... _Fairy Tales from the Far North_
BALLARD, SUSAN ... _Fairy Tales from Far Japan_
BARING-GOULD, S. .... _The Crock of Gold_
BRENTANO, CLEMENS ... _New Fairy Tales_
BREWER, DAVID H. ... _Adventures in Fairyland_
BROWNE, F. ... _The Wonderful Chair_
BUNGE, JOHN THACKERY ... _Fairy Tales: Their Origin and Meaning_
CARMEN SYLVA ... _A Real Queen's Fairy Tales_
CARROLL, LEWIS ... _Alice in Wonderland_
CARROLL, LEWIS ... _Through the Looking Glass_
CHISHOLM, LOUEY ... _The Golden Staircase_
COATES, H. T. ... _Children's Book of Poetry_
CROKER, T. CROFTON ... _Fairy Legends and Traditions of Ireland_
CURTIN, JEREMIAH ... _Tales of the Fairies and of the Ghost World_
EWING, J. H. ... _The Brownies_
FRERE, M. ... _Old Deccan Days, or Hindoo Fairy Legends_
GRIMM, THE BROTHERS ... _Fairy Tales_
HARRISON, MRS. BURTON ... _The Old Fashioned Fairy Book_
HERFORD, OLIVER ... _Child's Primer of Natural History_
HAUFF, WILLIAM ... _Fairy Tales_
HIGGINSON, THOMAS W. ... _Tales of the Enchanted Islands of the Atlantic_
HORWITZ, CARRIE NORRIS ... _Fairy Lore_
INGELOW, JEAN ... _Fairy Stories_
JACOBS, JOSEPH ... _Celtic Fairy Tales (2 vols.)_
JACOBS, JOSEPH ... _English Fairy Tales (2 vols.)_
JACOBS, JOSEPH ... _Indian Fairy Tales_
JERROLD, W. ... _The Reign of King Oberon_
KEIGHTLEY, T. ... _Fairy Mythology_
KENNEDY, H. A. ... _The New World Fairy Book_
KUPPER, GRACE H. ... _Stories of Long Ago_
LABOULAYE, E. ... _Fairy Tales_
LANG, ANDREW ... _Nursery Rhyme Book_
LANG, ANDREW ... _The Arabian Nights_
LANG, ANDREW ... _The Green Fairy Book_
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