Zodiac Stories

by Blanche Mary Channing

Frontispiece.

ZODIAC STORIES

BY
BLANCHE MARY CHANNING

NEW YORK

E. P. DUTTON & COMPANY

31 WEST TWENTY-THIRD STREET

1899

Copyright, 1899

By

E.P. DUTTON & CO.

The Knickerbocker Press, New York

To

THE SWEET MEMORY

OF

JULIA MARIA CHANNING

THIS BOOK IS

LOVINGLY DEDICATED

CONTENTS

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1. PAGE

2. INTRODUCTORY ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   1

3. AQUARIUS, THE WATER-CARRIER ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   10

4. PISCES, THE FISHES ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   24

5. ARIES, THE RAM ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   52

6. TAURUS, THE BULL ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   64

7. GEMINI, THE TWINS ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   82

8. CANCER, THE CRAB ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   133

9. LEO, THE LION ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   149

10. VIRGO, THE VIRGIN ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    166

11. LIBRA, THE SCALES ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    209

12. SCORPIO, THE SCORPION ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    222

13. SAGITTARIUS, THE ARCHER ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    269

14. CAPRICORNUS, THE GOAT ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    293

ILLUSTRATIONS
BY
BLANCHE MARY CHANNING

1. PAGE

2. BOY WITH WATER-SKIN ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   17

3. CHERRY-BLOOM IN THE DOLPHIN’S MOUTH ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   39

4. HEAD OF MOUNTAIN-SHEEP ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   62

5. EGYPTIAN BULL IN BRONZE ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   73

6. ROY AND WILLIE ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   114

7. PAUL'S COLLECTION ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   141

8. LION'S HEAD ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   150

9. BERTRAND ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   177

10. THE MONASTERY IN THE WOOD ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    210

11. “WHERE’S MY SERVANT?" ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    236

12. THE RAGGED ARCHER ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    275

13. WOOD-CARVINGS ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    298