The Thayer, Harriet Maxon 1889-1984 creator text utu 2025 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats The genial sultan; The princess who could not see; Late for the coronation by Harriet Maxon Thayer is a collection of children’s fairy tales written in the early 20th century. The stories use light, whimsical adventures in imagined kingdoms to explore leadership, empathy, personal choice, and the difference between outward show and inner worth. In “The Genial Sultan,” kind Selim longs for a vacation and offers rule to whoever earns a unique medal; after testing his people in disguise, he awards it to a slave girl who minds her own business and lets others do the same, proving her fitness to govern while he finally goes fishing. “The Princess Who Could Not See” follows blind Gloriana, whose sight is restored by Stepan the cobbler, but only after he secures her right to choose her husband; seeing at last, she selects him for his character, not his looks, and together they rule wisely. “Late for the Coronation” finds a willful young princess fleeing court rules with her friend Rollo; on the road she learns what poverty, sickness, and love mean, gives away her jewels, and returns transformed; though late for her ceremony, the people crown her with flowers, affirming that a ruler’s true authority comes from compassion and understanding. (This is an automatically generated summary.) The genial sultan -- The princess who could not see -- Late for the coronation. Release date is 2025-11-21 Chuck Greif and The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) Originally published: Philadelphia: Dorrance, 1923 Children's stories, American Fairy tales -- United States PZ Philadelphia: Dorrance, 1923 23006270 https://archive.org/details/genialsultanprin00thay https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77280 https://archive.org/details/genialsultanprin00thay https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77280 UtSlPG 260607 20260610134805.0 77280