Princess September and the nightingale
By: W. Somerset Maugham ; illustrations by Richard C. Jones ; introduction by Jan Morris ; afterword by Samuel J. Rogal.
Contributors: Jones, Richard C., ill.
Series: Iona and Peter Opie library of children's literature.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Subjects: Fairy tales
Description: Persuaded by her older sisters to cage her treasured songbird, the youngest daughter of the Siamese king is desolate when the bird refuses to sing.
Notes: "Princess September and the Nightingale originally appeared in The Gentleman in the Parlour 1930"--verso t.p.