Belgian Fairy Tales
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Chapters (33)(click to expand)
- BOOKS BY WILLIAM ELLIOT GRIFFIS
- Belgian Fairy Tales I A STORY FOR A PREFACE (Which Tells of the People, Scenery and Animals in Belgium)
- II THE WAR STORM AND BALDY THE HORSE
- III THE SWAN MAIDENS AND THE SILVER KNIGHT
- IV A CONGRESS OF BELGIAN FAIRIES
- V THE OGRE IN THE FOREST OF HAZEL NUTS
- VI THE FAIRY OF THE POPPIES
- VII THE STORY OF THE FLEUR-DE-LYS
- VIII THE IRISH PRINCESS AND HER SHIP OF SOD
- IX WINE-CRUST, THE BLUE-BEARD OF FLANDERS
- X LYDERIC, THE ORPHAN
- XI THE LONG WAPPERS, AND THEIR TRICKS
- XII THE PILGRIM PIGEONS
- XIII THE FAIRY QUEEN AND THE CARRIER DOVES
- XIV THE FAR FAMED ORIENTAL
- XV PUSS GEIKO AND HER TRAVELS
- XVI THE MARRIAGE OF THE FAIRIES
- XVII THE ENCHANTED WINDMILL
- XVIII TURK, TURBAN, TULIP AND DRAGON
- XIX UP AND DOWN AND UP AGAIN
- XX THE GOLDEN DRAGON OF THE BORINGUE
- XXI THE RED CAPS AND THE HUNTERS
- XXII THE SPLIT TAILED LION
- XXIII RINALDO AND HIS WONDERFUL HORSE BAYARD
- XXIV THE BELGIAN BUNNY
- XXV THE FAIRIES OF THE KITCHEN
- XXVI A SOCIETY TO MAKE FAIRY TALES COME TRUE
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