A delightful retelling of a classic medieval romance, featuring the adventures of twin brothers Valentine and Orson. Crane's gorgeous illustrations and colorful prose make this a book that readers of all ages will treasure. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Retells the classic story of two brothers who are separated at birth.

"In verse, with pictures. Title, imprint statement, copyright statement, and series transcribed from upper cover. Series title transposed from between title and imprint statement on title page. "Copyrighted--1884--by McLoughlin Bros."--foot of upper cover. Publisher's advertisement, lower cover, includes Over the hills "with designs by Miss Ida Waugh." Over the hills was copyrighted by McLoughlin Bros. in 1882. Several other works mentioned in advertisement were advertised as "New stock for the seasons of 1882 and 1883" in the McLoughlin Bros. catalogue for that year, including The cruise of the walnut shell, Hans Thumbling, Pantomime toy books, and Greenaway Mother Goose. Cover included in pagination. Cover and illustrations chromolithographed."