Nathaniel Chanticleer, staid and respectable mayor of Lud-in-the-Mist, wants nothing more than to preserve the traditions of his city and the dignity of his quiet, rational life. But the denizens of Faerie, whose lands lie disquietingly close, have other ideas for Lud-in-the-Mist and its citizens. - Summary by Nicole J. LeBoeuf
Chapters
1 Chapter I. Master Nathaniel Chanticleer 20 min 2 Chapter II. The Duke Who Laughed Himself Off a Throne and Other Traditions of Dorimare 26 min 3 Chapter III. The Beginning of Trouble 38 min 4 Chapter IV. Endymion Leer Prescribes for Ranulph 38 min 5 Chapter V. Ranulph Goes to the Widow Gibberty's Farm 36 min 6 Chapter VI. The Wind in the Crabapple Blossoms 30 min 7 Chapter VII. Master Ambrose Chases a Wild Goose and Has a Vision 22 min 8 Chapter VIII. Endymion Leer Looks Frightened, and a Breach Is Made in an Old Friendship 30 min 9 Chapter IX. Panic and the Silent People 16 min 10 Chapter X. Hempie's Song 21 min 11 Chapter XI. A Stronger Antidote Than Reason 13 min 12 Chapter XII. Dame Marigold Hears the Tap of a Woodpecker 27 min 13 Chapter XIII. What Master Nathaniel and Master Ambrose Found in the Guildhall 30 min 14 Chapter XIV. Dead in the Eye of the Law 8 min 15 Chapter XV. "Ho, Ho, Hoh!" 12 min 16 Chapter XVI. The Widow Gibberty's Trial 12 min 17 Chapter XVII. The World-in-Law 15 min 18 Chapter XVIII. Mistress Ivy Peppercorn 30 min 19 Chapter XIX. The Berries of Merciful Death 11 min 20 Chapter XX. Watching the Cows 25 min 21 Chapter XXI. The Old Goatherd 13 min 22 Chapter XXII. Who Is Portunus? 26 min 23 Chapter XXIII. The Northern Fire-box and Dead Men's Tales 20 min 24 Chapter XXIV. Belling the Cat 16 min 25 Chapter XXV. The Law Crouches and Springs 11 min 26 Chapter XXVI. "Neither Trees Nor Men" 22 min 27 Chapter XXVII. The Fair in the Elfin Marches 24 min 28 Chapter XXVIII. "By the Sun, Moon and Stars and the Golden Apples of the West" 10 min 29 Chapter XXIX. A Message Comes to Hazel and the First Swallow to Dame Marigold 21 min 30 CHAPTER XXX. Master Ambrose Keeps His Vow 12 min 31 Chapter XXXI. The Initiate 8 min 32 Chapter XXXII. Conclusion 8 min
