Fairy Tales & Folklore
How to Tell a True Princess
A long-haired young woman stands beside a tall, heavily layered bed. Her drooping posture and tilted head suggest the sleepless night described in the story. The illustration accompanies the tale in which a pea beneath the bedding reveals the princess’s extraordinary sensitivity.
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Citation
Henry Justice Ford. "How to Tell a True Princess" [editorial title]. In The Yellow Fairy Book, Andrew Lang. New impression, 1906, Longmans, Green and Co.. Source scan leaf 307. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/yellow-true-princess
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Editorial title and description. Source details from the Library catalogue.
The mattress and quilt counts come from the source text. The interpretation of comic exaggeration is editorial, not a factual genealogy claim.
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Henry Justice Ford. How to Tell a True Princess. The Yellow Fairy Book. Scan leaf 307. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/yellow-true-princess