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Kay Nielsen Illustrations

from:   East of the Sun and East of the Moon - Old Tales from the North
New York:  George H. Doran Company,  1914.   (The book is out of copyright.)

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List of Illustrations

List of Illustrations (cont.)

List of Illustrations (cont.)

List of Illustrations (cont.)

EAST OF THE SUN AND WEST OF THE MOON<br /><br />"'Well, mind and hold tight by my shaggy coat, and then there's nothing to fear,' said the Bear, so she road a long, long way."<br /><br /> . . . page 9

EAST OF THE SUN AND WEST OF THE MOON<br /><br />"'Tell me the way, then,' she said, 'and I'll search you out.'"<br /><br /> . . . page 16

EAST OF THE SUN AND WEST OF THE MOON<br /><br />"And then she lay on a little green patch in the midst of the gloomy thick wood."<br /><br /> . . . page 24

EAST OF THE SUN AND WEST OF THE MOON<br /><br />"The North Wind goes over the sea."<br /><br /> . . . page 32

EAST OF THE SUN AND WEST OF THE MOON<br /><br />"And flitted away as far as they could from the Castle that lay East of the Sun and West of the Moon."<br /><br /> . . . page 40

THE BLUE BELT<br /><br />"The Lad in the Bear's skin, and the King of Arabia's daughter"<br /><br /> . . . page 48

PRINCE LINDWORM<br /><br />"She saw the Lindworm for the first time, as he came in and stood by her side."<br /><br /> . . . page 56

THE LASSIE AND HER GODMOTHER<br /><br />"She could not help setting the door a little ajar, just to peep in, when -- Pop! out flew the Moon."<br /><br /> . . . page 64

THE LASSIE AND HER GODMOTHER<br /><br />"Then he coaxed her down and took her home."<br /><br /> . . . page 72

THE LASSIE AND HER GODMOTHER<br /><br />"'Here are your children; now you shall have them again. I am the Virgin Mary.'"<br /><br /> . . . page 80

THE LASSIE AND HER GODMOTHER<br /><br />"He too saw the image in the water; but he looked up at once, and became aware of the lovely Lassie who sate there up in the tree."<br /><br /> Frontispiece.

THE THREE PRINCESSES OF WHITELAND<br /><br />"'You'll come to three Princesses, whom you will see standing in the earth up to their necks, with only their heads out.'"<br /><br /> . . . page 88

THE THREE PRINCESSES OF WHITELAND<br /><br />"So the man gave him a pair of snow shoes." <br /><br /> . . . page 96

THE THREE PRINCESSES OF WHITELAND<br /><br />"The King went into the Castle, and at first his Queen didn't know him, he was so wan and thin, through wandering so far and being so woeful."<br /><br /> . . . page 104

THE GIANT WHO HAD NO HEART IN HIS BODY<br /><br />"The six brothers riding out to woo."<br /><br /> . . . page 112

THE GIANT WHO HAD NO HEART IN HIS BODY<br /><br />"'On that island stands a church;   in that church is a well;   in that well swims a duck.'"<br /><br /> . . . page 120

THE GIANT WHO HAD NO HEART IN HIS BODY<br /><br />"He took a long, long farewell of the Princess, and when he got out of the Giant's door, there stood the Wolf waiting for him."<br /><br /> . . . page 128

THE WIDOW'S SON<br /><br /> "When he had walked a day or so, a strange man met him.   'Whither away?' asked the man. "<br /><br /> . . . page 136

THE WIDOW'S SON<br /><br /> "But still the Horse begged him to look behind him."<br /><br /> . . . page 144

THE WIDOW'S SON<br /><br /> "And this time she whisked off the wig;   and there lay the lad, so lovely, and white and red, just as the Princess had seen him in the morning sun."<br /><br /> . . . page 152

THE WIDOW'S SON<br /><br /> "The lad in battle."<br /><br /> . . . page 160

THE THREE PRINCESSES IN THE BLUE MOUNTAIN<br /><br />"Just as they bent down to take the rose a big dense snowdrift came and carried them away."<br /><br /> . . . page 168

THE THREE PRINCESSES IN THE BLUE MOUNTAIN<br /><br />"The Troll was quite willing, and before long he fell asleep and began snoring."<br /><br /> . . . page 176

THE THREE PRINCESSES IN THE BLUE MOUNTAIN<br /><br />"As soon as they tugged at the rope, the Captain and Lieutenant pulled up the Princesses, the one after the other."<br /><br /> . . . page 184

THE THREE PRINCESSES IN THE BLUE MOUNTAIN<br /><br />"No sooner had he whistled than he heard a whizzing and a whirring from all quarters, and such a large flock of birds swept down that they blackened all the field in which they settled."<br /><br /> . . . page 192

         

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