IV. THE QUEEN'S MUSEUM

V. CHRISTMAS BEFORE LAST; OR, THE FRUIT OF THE FRAGILE PALM

VI. PRINCE HASSAK'S MARCH

VII. THE BATTLE OF THE THIRD COUSINS

VIII. THE BANISHED KING

IX. THE PHILOPENA





THE BEE-MAN OF ORN.

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In the ancient country of Orn, there lived an old man who was called
the Bee-man, because his whole time was spent in the company of bees.
He lived in a small hut, which was nothing more than an immense
bee-hive, for these little creatures had built their honeycombs in
every corner of the one room it contained, on the shelves, under the
little table, all about the rough bench on which the old man sat, and
even about the head-board and along the sides of his low bed. All day
the air of the room was thick with buzzing insects, but this did not
interfere in any way with the old Bee-man, who walked in among them,