[Gutenberg 60162] • Solario the Tailor: His Tales of the Magic Doublet by Bowen, William -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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SOLARIO THE TAILOR CONTENTS ILLUSTRATIONS TO BE READ FIRST The Teller of Tales SOLARIO THE TAILOR 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

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

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 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

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

THE SIXTH NIGHT 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