  By Margaret Sherwood THE PRINCESS POURQUOI. Illustrated. $1.50. THE COMING OF THE TIDE. With frontispiece. 12mo, $1.50. DAPHNE: An Autumn Pastoral. 12mo, $1.00. HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN & CO. Boston and New York THE PRINCESS POURQUOI THE PRINCESS POURQUOI BY MARGARET SHERWOOD ILLUSTRATED [Illustration] BOSTON AND NEW YORK HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN & COMPANY MDCCCCVII COPYRIGHT 1902 AND 1903 BY CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS COPYRIGHT 1907 BY THE S. S. McCLURE CO. COPYRIGHT 1906 AND 1907 BY HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN & CO. COPYRIGHT 1907 BY MARGARET SHERWOOD ALL RIGHTS RESERVED Published October 1907 CONTENTS THE PRINCESS POURQUOI 1 THE CLEVER NECROMANCER 43 THE PRINCESS AND THE MICROBE 81 THE SEVEN STUDIOUS SISTERS 131 THE GENTLE ROBBER 175 ⁂ The Princess Pourquoi, The Princess and the Microbe, and The Seven Studious Sisters appeared first in Scribner's Magazine, The Clever Necromancer in the Atlantic Monthly, and The Gentle Robber in McClure's Magazine. They are here reprinted by the courteous permission of the publishers of those magazines. ILLUSTRATIONS EVERY DAY HER BIG EYES GREW WISER SIDE BY SIDE THEY WALKED TOGETHER 22 "IT'S GOT TO BE KILLED," SAID THE PRINCESS STURDILY 101 "WHAT!" THUNDERED HIS MAJESTY 142 CAME RIDING FROM ALL PARTS OF THE KINGDOM 148 HE BEGAN TO WEAR THE LOOK OF THOSE WHO SEE MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE 185 FOR SOME HALF SMILED AND HID THEIR SMILES AS BEST THEY COULD 203 A GLIMPSE OF AN HERETIC BEING BURNED TO DEATH 210 |
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