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The reign of King Oberon

Chapter 4: List of Illustrations
By Walter Jerrold
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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.

List of Illustrations

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King Oberon Coloured frontispiece
Queen Titania 1
A small Indian prince had been stolen 2
And a fairy baby left in its place 3
“I do but beg a little changeling boy” 4
“The Fairyland buys not the child of men” 5
At once all the little people were hurrying to obey the monarch’s behest 8-9
The Scandinavian dwarf 11
His long red beard waved in the sky as he drove in his goat-drawn chariot 12
Loki descending into the cave of the dwarfs 17
Loki’s punishment 20
The fairy prince 21
Right in the middle of the flower sat a little tiny girl 22
The old toad made a deep curtsey in the water before her 24
Every snowflake which fell upon her was like a shovelful on one of us 27
It was not dead but lay in a swoon 30
Fiddle-de-dee said the field mouse 32
What was her astonishment to find a little man in the middle of the flower 35
The Irish fairy 36
A big laughing potato in their hands 37
Sitting cross-legged on the top of a wave 44
Jumped clean off the cart over the bridge down into the water 45
The gnome 47
The miller’s daughter 48
The king came in the morning 51
Dashed his right foot so deep into the floor that he was forced to lay hold of it with both hands to pull it out 53
The gnome 54
On he went scrambling 55
Twelve strange old figures amusing themselves very sedately with a game of nine-pins 59
The strange-looking man with the long grey beard 63
Fairy Peaseblossom 64
He laid his head against her bosom 65
The Saviour looked down and little angels’ heads peeped out above His head and under His arms 69
Even on her way to her death she could not abandon her unfinished work 81
Moth 83
He found it was a pair of very small shoes 84
The young herdsman advanced boldly 93
Tailpiece 97
Puck 98
Three poor soldiers set out on their road home 99
Still it grew and grew 103
“We will follow it and find its owner” 105
As for the doctor, he put on the cloak, and was soon with his two brothers 108
Robin Goodfellow 108
The pranks of Robin Goodfellow 109
“What revel rout” 110
“There’s not a hag or ghost shall wag” 111
“And call them on with me to roam thro’ lakes, thro’ bogs” 112
“The maids I kiss” 113
“I them affright with pinchings, dreams, and ho, ho, ho!” 114
“And elf in bed, we leave instead” 115
“So vale, vale, ho, ho, ho!” 116
The Swedish Troll 116
There appeared a strong light as of fire 117
Pinkel seized her by the feet and cast her headlong into the water 121
They went again before the king 125
His brothers continued to be helpers in the stable as long as they lived 128
The German Fairy 128
On one of the branches sat a little child 129
Lingering behind to drop one pebble after another along the road 131
I will eat off the roof for my share 135
Fastened him up in a coop 137
Tailpiece 142
Robin Starveling 143
Mick found that he hadn’t enough half to pay the rent 144
“Here take the bottle” 148
Mick went home muttering prayers and holding fast the bottle 149
In a moment the landlord was tumbled on the floor, and all were roaring and sprawling and shrieking 153
In jumped the men into the new bottle 156
The French Fay 156
“Welcome! what would you ask of me?” 157
Fretillon started barking at them 168
Fretillon 177
The Norwegian Dwarf 178
Away they went 179
He lets them loose 182
The bear would throw him in the air 187
The elf was one moment on the bear’s back 191
The second German Fairy 192
She set off on her journey 193
Falada, Falada, there thou hangest 197
Tailpiece 201
The fairy sat down again 202
He was found to abide spellbound 203
He came to a room where a beautiful lady sat upon a couch 208-9
The friendly dwarf with the sugarloaf hat 214
The dwarf from Sweden 214
Niels wandered forth 215
See here is a hammer 217
The blade struck him in the face 222
The Norwegian Fairy 222
The three little crones 223
Mother Bigfoot 228
The Queen was so enraged that her eyes flashed fury 229
Nymphidia 231
Round about, round about, in a fine ring-a 232
Bottom 233
He took the glass and drained it 234
Billy found himself sitting on horseback the wrong way 237
Billy danced the Rinka 241
The Danish Elf 242
Some lizards were running in and out of the clefts in an old tree 243
Preserve us how nimble they were on their legs 249
“I like the boys better,” said the earthworm 252
The French Fay 253
It was doubted whether his form were really human 254
There came forth a band of cooks 259
Tailpiece 263
The French Fay 264
The cap of roses 265
Placing the queen on her back she carried her to her cave 268
A little princess had been born to her 275
The audience 280-1
A dragon half a league long coming through the air 293
Tailpiece 296
The Scandinavian Dwarf 297
Thou art pale about the nose 298
Allwise the dwarf and Thor 301
The dwarf was suddenly turned into a figure of stone 304
Quick 304
She held it up to the woman 305
How is this my daughter 307
Tailpiece 309
Pink 310
They put the cake into the oven 312
St Dolly slept on a flour sack 313
Tailpiece 313
Seated himself firmly on the stool 314
He ran away with it 315
Tailpiece 318
John understood too well the nature of his crop 319
The dwarf from the North 321
What should he see but a big white bear 322
He was so worn out he had to rest many days before he could get home again 331
Queen Titania 335
But when a bad child goes to bed 336
And from the moon she flutters down 337
Tailpiece 338
Tailpiece 339