PREFACE.

In compiling the following History from the
Archives of Pantouflia, the Editor has in-
curred several obligations to the Learned. ©
The Return of Benson (chapter x11.) is the
fruit of the research of the late Mr. ALLEN
QuaTERMAIN, while the final wish of Prince
Prigio was suggested by the invention or

erudition of a Lady.

A study of the Fivedrake in South Africa—
where he is called the Nanaboulélé, a diffi-
cult word—has been published in French
(translated from the Basuto language) by :
M. Pau S&BILLOT, in the Revue des Tradi-
tione Populaires. For the Remora, the Editor
is indebted to the Voyage a& la Lune of

M. Cyrano DE BERGERAC.