Prince Ricardo of Pantouflia
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DEDICATION AND INTRODUCTION
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DEDICATION AND INTRODUCTION
PUBLISHED AT BRISTOL BY J. W. ARROWSMITH, QUAY STREET, AND AT LONDON BY SIMPKIN, MARSHALL, HAMILTON, KENT & COMPANY LIMITED
DEDICATION. To Guy Campbell.
My dear Guy ,
You wanted to know more about Prince Prigio , who won the Lady Rosalind , and killed the Firedrake and the Remora by aid of his Fairy gifts . Here you have some of his later adventures , and you will learn from this story the advantages of minding your book .
Yours always , A. Lang .
Introductory. Explaining Matters.
There may be children whose education has been so neglected that they have not read Prince Prigio . As this new story is about Prince Prigio‘s son, Ricardo, you are to learn that Prigio was the child and heir of Grognio, King of Pantouflia. The fairies gave the little Prince cleverness, beauty, courage; but one wicked fairy added, "You shall be too clever." His mother, the queen, hid away in a cupboard all the fairy presen
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