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I. Shows How the Royal Family Sat Down to Breakfast

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es to his Majesty a proposed visit from Prince Bulbo, heir of Padella, reigning King of Crim Tartary. Remark the delight upon the monarch's royal featu

ncess Angelica; "so handsome, so accomplished, so witty - the

him, my dear?"

bird," say

says mamma, pou

tossing up her head, which rust

the King -"I wish

n. "Angelica's little maid, Betsinda, told me so whe

king tea," said the

ng port or brandy-and-wat

ty of new dresses; your milliners' bills are long enough. My dear Queen, you must see and have some parties. I prefer dinners, but of course you will be for balls. Your e

, dear?" sa

MAY GO T

jesty. "Your own nephew!

I mean bless his dear heart. He need want for nothing; give him a couple of guineas for pocket-mon

d this august family were very much attached), embraced her husband, and, twining her arm round her daug

pen of a G. P. R. James, I would describe Valoroso's torments in the choicest language; in which I would also depict his flashing eye, his distended no

board was served for the matin meal, drew out a bottle of right Nantz or Cognac, filled and empti

ntlered deer! Ah! well may England's dramatist remark, 'Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown!' Why did I steal my nephew's, my young Giglio's -? Steal! said I? no, no, no, not steal, not steal. Let me withdraw that odious expression. I took, and on my manly head I set, the royal crown of Paflagonia; I took, and with my royal arm I wield, the sceptral

tain restitution, which shall be nameless, the prospect by a CERTAIN MARRIAGE of uniting two crowns and two nations which had been engaged in bloody and expensive wars, as the Paflagonians and the Crimeans had been,

she should go up and see Giglio, who had been sick, thought, "Not now. Business first; pleasure afterwards. I will go and see dear Giglio this afternoon; and now I will drive to the jeweller's, to look for the necklace and b

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Contents

The Rose and the Ring
Prelude
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I. Shows How the Royal Family Sat Down to Breakfast
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II. How King Valoroso Got the Crown, and Prince Giglio Went Without
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III. Tells Who the Fairy Blackstick Was, and Who Were Ever So MANY GRAND
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IV. How Blackstick Was Not Asked to the Princess Angelica's Christening
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V. How Princess Angelica Took A Little Maid
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VI. How Prince Giglio Behaved Himself
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VII. How Giglio and Angelica Had A Quarrel
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VIII. How Gruffanuff Picked the Fairy Ring Up, and Prince Bulbo CAME TO Court
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IX. How Betsinda Got the Warming Pan
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X. How King Valoroso Was in A Dreadful Passion
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XI. What Gruffanuff Did to Giglio and Betsinda
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XII. How Betsinda Fled, and What Became of Her
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XIII. How Queen Rosalba Came to the Castle of the Bold Count Hogginarmo
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XIV. What Became of Giglio
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XV. We Return to Rosalba
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XVI. How Hedzoff Rode Back Again to King Giglio
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XVII. How A Tremendous Battle Took Place, and Who Won It
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XVIII. How They All Journeyed Back to the Capital
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XIX. And Now We Come to the Last Scene in the Pantomime
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