Australian Fairy Tales

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James Hume-Cook

“He leaped into his flying carriage and was off to save the Princess from an awful fate.”—See page 81.

“He leaped into his flying carriage and was off to save the Princess from an awful fate.”—See page 81 .

Original Title Page.

AUSTRALIAN FAIRY TALES

BY HUME COOK
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY
CHRISTIAN YANDELL

PUBLISHED BY J HOWLETT-ROSS
MELBOURNE
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
Registered by the Postmaster-General for transmission through the post as a book.

DEDICATED
TO
Keith, Madge and Kevyn,
whose appreciation
encouraged
the telling of the tales
and
prompted this publication. [5]