Front matter
Reading edition
BY
WIRT SIKES, UNITED STATES CONSUL FOR WALES.
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY T. H. THOMAS.
In olde dayes of the Kyng Arthour ... Al was this lond fulfilled of fayrie.
Chaucer.
LONDON: SAMPSON LOW, MARSTON, SEARLE, & RIVINGTON, CROWN BUILDINGS, 188 FLEET STREET. 1880.
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LONDON: PRINTED BY WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS, STAMFORD STREET AND CHARING CROSS.
THE OLD WOMAN OF THE MOUNTAIN.
TO HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS, ALBERT EDWARD, PRINCE OF WALES, THIS ACCOUNT OF THE FAIRY MYTHOLOGY AND FOLK-LORE OF HIS PRINCIPALITY IS BY PERMISSION DEDICATED.