Identifier: grannyswonderful0brow Title: Granny's wonderful chair and its tales of fairy times Year: 1916 (1910s) Authors: Browne, Frances, 1816-1879 Pyle, Katharine, d. 1938, ed. and ill Subjects: Publisher: New York, E.P. Dutton & Co Contributing Library: Information and Library Science Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Digitizing Sponsor: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: Sour anb Civil Q E. P. D. & Co Text Appearing After Image: CHAPTER Vn SOUR AKD CIVIL Once upon a time there stood upon the sea-coast of the west country a certain hamlet of lowcottages, where no one lived but fishennen. Allround it was a broad beach of snow-white sand,where nothing was to be seen but gulls and cor-morants, and long tangled seaweeds cast up bythe tide that came and went night and day, sum-mer and winter. There was no harbour nor porton all that shore. Ships passed by at a distance,with their white sails set, and on the land-sidethere lay wide grassy downs, where peasants livedand shepherds fed their flocks. The fishermenthought themselves as well off as any people inthat country. Their families never wanted forplenty of herrings and mackerel; and what theyhad to spare the landsmen bought from them at 147 148 Grannys Wonderful CHair certain village markets on the downs, giving themin exchange butter, cheese, and com. The two best fishermen in that village werethe sons of two old widows, who had no otherchildren, and happened to Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.