Grimm's Fairy Tales

HE SAID, “LITTLE TABLE SET THYSELF!”
EDITED BY FRANCES JENKINS OLCOTT
Illustrated By Rie Cramer
THE PENN PUBLISHING COMPANY PHILADELPHIA 1927
COPYRIGHT 1922 BY THE PENN PUBLISHING COMPANY
Grimm’s Fairy Tales
Printed in the U. S. A.

To our American boys and girls is offered this volume which is really Grimm’s Fairy Tales , not an abridgment superficial and colorless, nor an insipid retelling of the stories.
This edition is based on the Hunt version, with an introduction by the folk-lorist, Andrew Lang. The Hunt version is considered a most accurate English translation.
From the full collection, fifty-one stories suitable for children have been selected. Among these are famous tales as well as many delightful ones not usually included in children’s volumes.
Where the Hunt wording is too stilted, the text of the Hausmärchen itself has been followed. The very long sentences have been subdivided. While that quaint old-fashioned translation, illustrated with woodcuts by Wehnert, has contributed its bit of folk phraseology. The Editor’s desire is to restore to the children as large a collection as possible of Grimm’s Fairy Tales unmutilated in their literary perfection.