The Project Gutenberg EBook of The King of Root Valley, by R. Reinick This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: The King of Root Valley and his curious daughter Author: R. Reinick Illustrator: T. Von Oer R. Reinick Release Date: May 14, 2008 [EBook #25464] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE KING OF ROOT VALLEY *** Produced by Jason Isbell, Suzan Flanagan, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net THE KING OF ROOT VALLEY AND HIS CURIOUS DAUGHTER. A Fairy Tale. BY R. REINICK. With Eight Illustrations, by T. Von Oer and R. Reinick. LONDON: CHAPMAN AND HALL, 193, PICCADILLY. 1856. PRINTED BY JOHN EDWARD TAYLOR, LITTLE QUEEN STREET, LINCOLN'S INN FIELDS. [v]Contents. CHAPTER THE FIRST. page THE ROOT-VALLEY AND ITS INHABITANTS. —THE STORY-TELLING GUESTS.—THE KING OF ROOT-VALLEY AND HIS C U R I O U S DAUGHTER.—THE AERIAL CHARIOT.—FESTIVITIES IN THE TOWN. —RETURN THROUGH THE AIR FROM THE ROOF OF THE TOWN-HOUSE.— WHIMS OF THE PRINCESS 1 CHAPTER THE SECOND. THE SPRING FESTIVAL IN ROOT-VALLEY.— THE NUT-FIELD.—THE MIGRATING BIRDS.—A STRANGE PEOPLE MAKE T H E I R APPEARANCE.—NUTCRACKER AND HARLEQUIN.—THE PRINCESS FALLS INTO RAPTURES 7 CHAPTER THE THIRD.