i oe Zt . ar a) Fae. A 2 af KS Rea y Gyo lig OY 7 PRR xi ge eye } PAGE The departure of the giants ....... .. .. . Frontispiece. Illuminated Title . . ae vii Headpiece to Table of Contents ix Tailpiece to Table of Contents . . ix Headpiece to List of Illustrations xi sail piecestopeistiofelilustrationseace 1 =r mse year xiii Headpiece to Chapter I. . Ser ae a mea parece I “They silently gathered about the sleeping giant cook” 6 “ As in their midst stood a little gray man” 10 “Up the steep hill the gnomes toiled ” 16 “A beautiful blue dragon-fly alighted on a stone near by ” 18 Tailpiece to Chapter II Seca oy cea er Gal ate fee Pt 27 “Wer parents had recently built a hut on the shore of Lily Pond”. . Speer ae see roe 33 “ Wassa skilfully extricated the fishes’? . 35 Tailpiece to Chapter IIL. . Coes 41 “Tt was little Mona, the hunter’s child”. . . 45 “Toto the Slim was seen astride the limb of an oak” 50 “ As the song ceased, the gnomes paused in their work” 55 “The two giants who were to carry away the hut cautiously approached. . 6r