# The Princess Pourquoi (collection)

The Princess Pourquoi is a collection of fairy tales and fables (with a satirical, feministic twist): many, humorous; all, unusual and thought-provoking. J. J. Gould, and Gertrude Partington
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[Front matter]
By Margaret Sherwood
* THE PRINCESS POURQUOI. Illustrated. $1.50.
* THE COMING OF THE TIDE. With frontispiece. 12mo, $1.50.
* DAPHNE: An Autumn Pastoral, 12mo, $1.00.
HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN & CO.
Boston and New York
THE
PRINCESS POURQUOI
EVERY DAY HER BIG EYES GREW WISER
THE PRINCESS
POURQUOI
BY
MARGARET SHERWOOD
ILLUSTRATED
BOSTON AND NEW YORK
HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN & COMPANY
MDCCCCVII
COPYRIGHT 1902 AND 1903 BY CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
COPYRIGHT 1907 BY THE S. S. MCCLURE CO.
COPYRIGHT 1906 AND 1907 BY HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN & CO.
COPYRIGHT 1907 BY MARGARET SHERWOOD
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
Published October1907
CONTENTS
* THE PRINCESS POURQUOI ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................1
* THE CLEVER NECROMANCER ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................43
* THE PRINCESS AND THE MICROBE ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................81
* THE SEVEN STUDIOUS SISTERS ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................131
* THE GENTLE ROBBER ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................175
∵ The Princess Pourquoi, The Princess and the Microbe, and The Seven Studious Sisters appeared first in Scribner's Magazine, The Clever Necromancer in the Atlantic Monthly, and The Gentle Robber in McClure's Magazine. They are here reprinted by the courteous permission of the publishers of those magazines.
ILLUSTRATIONS
* EVERY DAY HER BIG EYES GREW WISER ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................Frontispiece
* SIDE BY SIDE THEY WALKED TOGETHER ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................22
* "IT'S GOT TO BE KILLED," SAID THE PRINCESS STURDILY ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................101
* "WHAT!" THUNDERED HIS MAJESTY ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................142
* CAME RIDING FROM ALL PARTS OF THE KINGDOM ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................148
* HE BEGAN TO WEAR THE LOOK OF THOSE WHO SEE MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................185
* FOR SOME HALF SMILED AND HID THEIR SMILES AS BEST THEY COULD ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................203
* A GLIMPSE OF AN HERETIC BEING BURNED TO DEATH ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................210
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