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INTRODUCTION Revolution, they left their unhappy country in a body during its stormy years, first assembling in grateful concourse 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.
