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INTRODUCTION
Revolution, they left their unhappy country in a body
during its stormy years, first assembling in grateful con¬
course around the tomb of Perrault, upon whose memory
they conferred the boon of immortality.
If this story is true—and the last reported act of the
fairies on leaving France makes it appear so—then we may
be sure that a few of the more hardy and adventurous fays
skipped back again across the border and hid themselves
in Laboulaye’s box of jewels, where they give to each gem
an even brighter sheen and a more magical luster.
“QuILLcoTE,” HOLLIS, Marne.
August, 1920.