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THE
HAPPY
PRINCE
AND
OTHER
TALES

 
   

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THE KING OF THE MOUNTAINS OF THE MOON

THE HAPPY PRINCE

And Other Tales

By OSCAR WILDE

Illustrated by CHARLES ROBINSON

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NEW YORK: BRENTANO’S

 

First published by David Nutt, May, 1888

Reprinted January, 1889; February, 1902; September, 1905; February, 1907; March, 1908; March, 1910

Reset and published by arrangement with David Nutt by Duckworth & Co., 1920

Special Edition, reset. With illustrations by Charles Robinson, published by arrangement with David Nutt by Duckworth & Co., 1913. Reprinted 1920

 

PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN
BY HAZELL, WATSON AND VINEY, LD.,
LONDON AND AYLESBURY.

To Carlos Blacker

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CONTENTS

Page

The Happy Prince

15

The Nightingale and the Rose

41

The Selfish Giant

59

The Devoted Friend

73

The Remarkable Rocket

105
     
     

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LIST OF COLOUR PLATES

 

The King of the Mountains of the Moon

Frontis.
Facing Page

The Palace of Sans-Souci

20

The Loveliest of the Queen’s Maids of Honour

26

The Rich Making Merry in Their Beautiful Houses while the Beggars were Sitting at the Gates

32

She will Pass me by

42

His Lips are Sweet as Honey

48

In every Tree he could see there was a Little Child

64

The Little Boy he had Loved

68

The Green Linnet

76

Hans in his Garden

  92

The Russian Princess

106

“Let the Fireworks Begin,” said the King

122