The Tale of Lal - A Fantasy

The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Tale of Lal, by Raymond PatonThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it,give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online atwww.gutenberg.netTitle: The Tale of Lal A FantasyAuthor: Raymond PatonRelease Date: October 10, 2008 [EBook #26869]Language: English*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE TALE OF LAL ***Produced by Al HainesTHE TALE OF LALA FANTASYBYRAYMOND PATONAUTHOR OF "THE DRUMMER OF THE DAWN" BRENTANO'S CHAPMAN & HALL LTD. NEW YORK LONDON1914AN EXPLANATION AND AN APOLOGYUpon behalf of Ridgwell and Christine the author has been urged to explain that three things—facts, common-sense, andprobability—have of necessity been throughout entirely omitted in relating this story. The children, however, havecomforted the author by declaring that these particular things are not required at all in any book of the present day, butare merely an old-fashioned survival of the past, which is gradually dying out.One of the sole remaining examples we possess of fact, common-sense, and probability being the celebration of the 5thof November, which has somehow become a day of national thanksgiving, and is without doubt one of the most importantdates in the calendar, and very dear to the hearts of the English people.A PREFACEThe aspect of Trafalgar Square, like everything else in ...