STORY THE FIRST: Which describes a
looking-glass and the broken fragmentsYou must attend to the commencement of this story, for
when we get to the end we shall know more than we do now about a
very wicked hobgoblin; he was one of the very worst, for he was a
real demon. One day, when he was in a merry mood, he made a
looking-glass which had the power of making everything good or
beautiful that was reflected in it almost shrink to nothing, while
everything that was worthless and bad looked increased in size and
worse than ever. The most lovely landscapes appeared like boiled
spinach, and the people became hideous, and looked as if they stood
on their heads and had no bodies. Their countenances were so
distorted that no one could recognize them, and even one freckle on
the face a
