The Best Books of Fairy Tales

ILLUSTRATED EDITION

Persia is rich in folk lore. For hundreds and hundreds of years the stories in this book, and many others as well, have been told to the wondering boys and girls of that country, who, as they hear them, picture their native land as one of roses and tulips, where beautiful fairies build their castles in the rosy morn, and black gnomes fly around in the darkness of midnight.

CONTENT

INTRODUCTION
THE CAT AND THE MOUSE
THE SON OF THE SOAP SELLER
THE KING'S TREASURE
THE KING AND THE FISHERMAN