# Zodiac Stories

Frontispiece.
BY BLANCHE MARY CHANNING
NEW YORK
E. P. DUTTON & COMPANY
31 WEST TWENTY-THIRD STREET
Copyright, 1899
By
E.P. DUTTON & CO.
The Knickerbocker Press, New York
To
THE SWEET MEMORY
OF
JULIA MARIA CHANNING
THIS BOOK IS
LOVINGLY DEDICATED
CONTENTS
* PAGE
* INTRODUCTORY................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................1
* AQUARIUS, THE WATER-CARRIER................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................10
* PISCES, THE FISHES................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................24
* ARIES, THE RAM................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................52
* TAURUS, THE BULL................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................64
* GEMINI, THE TWINS................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................82
* CANCER, THE CRAB................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................133
* LEO, THE LION................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................149
* VIRGO, THE VIRGIN................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................166
* LIBRA, THE SCALES................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................209
* SCORPIO, THE SCORPION................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................222
* SAGITTARIUS, THE ARCHER................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................269
* CAPRICORNUS, THE GOAT................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................293
ILLUSTRATIONS BY BLANCHE MARY CHANNING
* PAGE
* BOY WITH WATER-SKIN................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................17
* CHERRY-BLOOM IN THE DOLPHIN’S MOUTH................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................39
* HEAD OF MOUNTAIN-SHEEP................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................62
* EGYPTIAN BULL IN BRONZE................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................73
* ROY AND WILLIE................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................114
* PAUL'S COLLECTION................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................141
* LION'S HEAD................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................150
* BERTRAND................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................177
* THE MONASTERY IN THE WOOD................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................210
* “WHERE’S MY SERVANT?"................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................236
* THE RAGGED ARCHER................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................275
* WOOD-CARVINGS................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................298