Solario the Tailor

About this eBook

Author

Bowen, William, 1877-1937

Title

Solario the Tailor: His Tales of the Magic Doublet

Credits

Produced by Tim Lindell, David E. Brown, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

Language

English

LoC Class

PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres

Subject

Buttons -- Juvenile fiction

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 60162

Release Date

August 24, 2019

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.SOLARIO THE TAILOR
2. 2.CONTENTS
3. 3.ILLUSTRATIONS
4. 4.TO BE READ FIRST
5. 5.The Teller of Tales SOLARIO THE TAILOR
6. 6.THE FIRST NIGHT STORY OF THE OLD MAN IN THE SPANGLED COAT — The Doublet with the Missing Button — The Dark Mansion in the Walled Park — The Tailor Meets the Tall Black Man and His Fair Daughter — The Black Prince Tells His Story — THE STORY OF THE BLACK PRINCE — THE STORY OF THE COURTEOUS STRANGER — Eight Tailors Who Could not Sew on a Single Button — The Tailor Is Visited by a Hideous Old Woman — The Jolly Mule Driver and His Sing-Song — Adventures in Search of Alb the Unicorn — Solario Encounters Alb the Unicorn — THE STORY OF THE WHITE UNICORN — The Button Is Sewed on with the Unicorn’s Hair — The Prince Receives the Tailor’s Terms — The Magic Doublet Is Suddenly Produced
7. 7.THE SECOND NIGHT ALB THE UNICORN — “THE STORY OF ALB THE UNICORN.” — Alb the Fortunate and the Princess Hyla — A Tattered Old Beggar Comes to the Goldsmith’s Shop — The Old Man Proposes a Strange Bargain — The Three Black Hairs in the Yellow Head — Alb Wins the Promise of the Princess’s Hand — THE RAGPICKER AND THE PRINCESS — A Trifling Incident Disturbs Alb’s Mother — Unreasonable Conduct of the Goldsmith’s Widow — The Merrymakers Are Suddenly Sobered — The Princess Finds Her Husband Bewitched — Alb and the Princess Visit the One-Armed Sorcerer — The Old Man of Ice, the Laughing Nymph, and the Great Horned Owl — The Burning Glass, the Brass Pin, and the Loop of Thread — He Hears Thunder in a Clear Sky — He Goes Down into the Cave in Thunder Mountain — He Pursues the Man of Ice with the Burning Glass — He Commences to Make His Escape from the Cave — He Sails Across the Great Sea — He Finds a Child in a Pool of the Rock — The Laughing Nymph in the Three-Spired Rock — The Second Black Hair Is Gone — The Great Horned Owl Stands Ready for the Loop of Thread — Alb Sees in the River the Reflection of a Unicorn
8. 8.THE THIRD NIGHT THE SON OF THE TAILOR OF OOGH — THE STORY OF THE BLACK PRINCE — THE STORY OF THE MAGIC DOUBLET — The Prince and His Daughter Set Forth for Oogh — A Strange Encounter at a Wayside Well — The Three Blind Ballad Singers — The Blind Ballad Singer Displays the Shears of Sharpness — The Strange Conduct of the People of Oogh — The Mansion in the Ruined Park — The Solitary Figure Behind the Spider’s Web — The Prince Watches the People’s Behavior Toward the Boy — The Man with the Ball in the Underground Alley — The Prince Sets Out for His Encounter with Babadag the Tailor — Babadag the Tailor, Goolk the Spider, and the Eight Tailors — The Prince Dines with Babadag the Tailor — The Three Blind Ballad Singers Once More — THE STORY OF NOBBUD BALD-ER-DASH THE PEDDLER — The Magic Doublet Protects the Prince Against the Knitters of Eyebrows and Against Goolk the Spider — The Prince’s Daughter Has Beguiled the Shears of Sharpness from the Ballad Singers — A Light Flickers in the Dark Shop — The Prince’s Daughter Is Gone, and the Prince Makes a Dash for Liberty — Babadag the Tailor Is Conquered by His Little Son — The Governor, Being Released, Beholds the Prince’s Daughter — The Shearing of the Eyebrow — The Prince before the Seat of Judgment — The Doom of the City of Oogh — The Tailor’s Son Follows Him into the Burning City — The Boy Is Found on the Sill of His Ruined Home, Alive — The Eight Tailors Stand Before Them in a Row — They Meet the Three Blind Ballad Singers for the Last Time
9. 9.THE FOURTH NIGHT THE RAGPICKER AND THE PRINCESS — “THE RAGPICKER AND THE PRINCESS.” — The Princess Hears a Voice from the Waves Beneath Her Window — The Princess Sees the Shadow of an Old Woman — A Midnight Visit from a One-Armed Old Man — Alb, Seeking the Princess, Sits Down by the Seashore — An Interview with a Talking Seal — A Sea Journey on the Back of a Seal — The Village of Storks — The Ragpicker Frightens the Men Away with Her Bag — He Follows the Ragpicker Down Into the Dark — She Stirs a Steaming Mixture with Her Long Hooked Forefinger — The Shadows of the Children — He Loses His Way in the Dark — He Hears the Voice of the Seal Again — He Peeps into the Sorcerer’s Workshop — He Lies in Wait with a Bow and Arrow — The Ragpicker Releases the Shadows in the Street — A Singular Commotion on the Housetops — The Princess Is Herself Again, but— — The King Beholds His Child and Is Grieved — The Seal Introduces His Liniment, Guaranteed to Cure in All Cases — THE STORY OF THE TALKING SEAL AND HIS SISTER
10. 10.THE FIFTH NIGHT THE CITY OF DEAD LEAVES — “THE STORY OF TUSH THE APOTHECARY, AND OF PARAVAINE HIS SISTER.” — The Misfortunes of Tush the Apothecary — They Find Themselves on an Unknown Shore — The Startling Effect of Making a Ring of Grass — They Start Upon a Journey Through the Air — The Orange Tree and the Panther — They Come Upon the King’s Brother in Rags — A Dwarf Clad in Motley Stands up to Speak — Buffo the Fool Leads Them to the Palace — They Find the King in a Terrible State — The Perfection Cream Is Rubbed into the Itching Palm — Tush the Apothecary Takes the People in Hand — Paravaine Has Made Her Choice — He Finds Himself Rubbing His Palms Together — He Cannot Find the Ingredients for Making the Salve — Tush and His Sister are Seized by the Angry Crowd — The Genie in the Whirlwind — The Pulling Off of the Genie’s Ring
11. 11.THE SIXTH NIGHT THE ENCHANTED HIGHWAYMAN — “THE STORY OF THE ENCHANTED HIGHWAYMAN.” — “THE STORY OF THE ENCHANTED HIGHWAYMAN.” — A Voice from Nowhere Bids the Prince Stop — The Prince Listens to a Curious Discourse — The Prince, Alone in the Forest, Hears the Bark of a Dog — The Prisoner Inside the Wasp’s Nest — The Dog Leaps Upon Him to Devour Him — The Prince, Sitting on the Ground, Looks Up at a Genie — The One-Armed Sorcerer Appears from Within the Wasp’s Nest — The Highwayman and Nine of His Daughters Appear in Proper Person — He Sees the Highwayman’s Tenth Daughter — The Genie Breathes Fire Upon the Witch’s Hut — The One-Armed Sorcerer Performs Upon a Button — The Genie Flies Away With the Witch — The Prince Leads His Beloved Home — The Magic Doublet Is Presented at the Wedding

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