The Allies' Fairy Book

At the dead time of the night in came the Welsh giant.

THE ALLIES’
FAIRY BOOK

WITH AN INTRODUCTION
BY EDMUND GOSSE C.B.
AND ILLUSTRATIONS
BY ARTHUR RACKHAM

LONDON·WILLIAM·HEINEMANN
PHILADELPHIA·J·B·LIPPINCOTT·C^o

CONTENTS
page
INTRODUCTION		ix
ENGLISH: JACK THE GIANT-KILLER		1
SCOTCH: THE BATTLE OF THE BIRDS		15
WELSH: LLUDD AND LLEVELYS		28
IRISH: GULEESH		34
FRENCH: THE SLEEPING BEAUTY		52
ITALIAN: CESARINO AND THE DRAGON		66
PORTUGUESE: WHAT CAME OF PICKING FLOWERS		77
JAPANESE: THE ADVENTURES OF LITTLE PEACHLING		84
THE FOX’S WEDDING		87
THE TONGUE-CUT SPARROW		89
RUSSIAN: FROST		92
SERBIAN: THE GOLDEN APPLE-TREE AND THE NINE PEAHENS		100
BELGIAN: THE LAST ADVENTURE OF THYL ULENSPIEGEL		112

ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLOUR

Facing page
At the dead time of the night in came the Welsh Giant Frontispiece
In a twinkling the giant put each garden, and orchard, and castle in the bundle as they were before		16
“If thou wilt give me this pretty little one” says the king’s son, “I will take thee at thy word”		18
And thereupon King Lludd went after him and spoke unto him thus: “Stop, stop,” said he		32
“Now, Guleesh, what good will she be to you when she'll be dumb? It’s time for us to go—but you'll remember us, Guleesh!”		40
The Sleeping Princess		58
So valiantly did they grapple with him that they bore him to the ground and slew him		68
The birds show the young man the white dove’s nest		82
“Art thou warm, maiden? Art thou warm, pretty one? Art thou warm, my darling?”		94
Nine peahens flew towards the tree, and eight of them settled on its branches, but the ninth alighted near him and turned instantly into a beautiful girl		100
The dragon flew out and caught the queen on the road and carried her away		104
Thyl Ulenspiegel and the Seven		116

“Jack the Giant-killer” is reprinted from “English Fairy Tales,” collected by Joseph Jacobs, published by David Nutt; “The Battle of the Birds” from J. F. Campbell's “Popular Tales of the West Highlands”; “Lludd and Llevelys” from Lady Charlotte Guest's version of the “Mabinogion”; “Guleesh” from Dr. Douglas Hyde's “Beside the Fire.” “The Sleeping Beauty” is translated from the French of Perrault by Mr. S. R. Littlewood; “Cesarino and the Dragon” is from vol. ii of Mr. G. W. Waters' “The Nights of Straparola” published by Sidgwick & Jackson; “What came of picking Flowers” from A. Lang's “Grey Fairy Book” The three Japanese stories are from Lord Redesdale's “Tales of Old Japan” “Frost” is from Ralston's “Russian Folk-Tales.” “The Golden Apple-Tree and the Nine Peahens” is from “Serbian Folk-Lore” selected and translated by Madame Mijatovics. “The Last Adventure of Thyl Ulenspiegel” has been translated for the present volume from the romance of Charles de Coster.