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The reign of King Oberon

Chapter 35: Transcriber’s Notes
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About This Book

The collection assembles retellings of traditional fairy and folk tales presented as narratives told at a fairy court, featuring changelings, helpful and trickster sprites, enchanted animals, magical objects, and tests of virtue. Each short tale centers on encounters between ordinary humans and otherworldly beings, with outcomes shaped by bravery, cleverness, or compassion, and often involving transformation or bargaining. Framed by the courtly setting and lyrical introductions, the book emphasizes variety of tone—from playful mischief to solemn wonder—while preserving the concise episodic structure of oral folk narrative.

Transcriber’s Notes

Illustrations have been moved so they do not break up the paragraphs. Titles were taken from the List of Illustrations where none were included.

Obvious typographical errors and punctuation errors have been corrected after careful comparison with other occurrences within the text and consultation of external sources. Except for those changes noted below, all misspellings in the text, and inconsistent or archaic usage, have been retained.

The following corrections have been applied to the text:

PageSourceCorrection
xiii The Fairyland buys not ... “The Fairyland buys not ...
xiv Puck 98
Tailpiece 97
Tailpiece 97
Puck 98
xvi ... with the sugar-loaf hat ... with the sugarloaf hat
33 ... the swallow, and I ... ... the swallow, “and I ...
38 ... near the fireplace that he ... ... near the fire-place that he ...
40 ... bespoke a bran-new set of ... ... bespoke a brand-new set of ...
44 ... as merrily at if nothing ... ... as merrily as if nothing ...
53 ... “It is not?” ... ... “It is not!” ...
53 ... be told in ten. ... be told in ten.”
68 ... in the picture book was alive, ... ... in the picture-book was alive, ...
76 ... bright day-light, and ... ... bright daylight, and ...
76 ... stay here If you are ... ... stay here. If you are ...
108 ... the next storyteller. Who was ... ... the next story-teller. Who was ...
121 ... favour for themselves ... favour for themselves.
124 ... many tricks. She then ... ... many tricks.” She then ...
131 ... about so? move on ... ... about so? Move on ...
161 ... bird like that I tell ... ... bird like that. I tell ...
162 ... of the cock-chafers; and these ... ... of the cockchafers; and these ...
162 ... replied the cock-chafer, “his ... ... replied the cockchafer, “his ...
162 ... answered the cock-chafer, “we know ... ... answered the cockchafer, “we know ...
162 ... brother embraced the cock-chafer, and they ... ... brother embraced the cockchafer, and they ...
176 ... and evening. The king was greatly ... ... and evening. The King was greatly ...
204 ... to abide spell-bound. ... to abide spellbound.
215 ... thou thinkest. When the ... ... thou thinkest.” When the ...
216 ... through the keyhole. The work, ... ... through the key-hole. The work, ...
221 Neils was well satisfied ... Niels was well satisfied ...
221 ... pocket,” replied Neils. ... pocket,” replied Niels.
221 Neils took out of ... Niels took out of ...
224 / 225 ... refreshing slumber But she ... ... refreshing slumber, but she ...
236 ... get a horse-back upon that ... ... get a horseback upon that ...
251 “Now came the seventh ... Now came the seventh ...
267 ... “Take courage.” she said ... ... “Take courage,” she said ...
291 ... size of a windwill, and ... ... size of a windmill, and ...
300 ... the Elfs”; and ... ... the Elfs; and ...