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| [INTRODUCTION] | iii |
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| [THE OLD FAIRY TALES] | |
| [The Road to Fairy Land] | 2 |
| By Cecil Cavendish | |
| [The Beautiful Princess Goldenlocks] | 3 |
| [Prince Hyacinth and the Dear Little Princess] | 7 |
| By Madame Leprince De Beaumont | |
| [Cinderella] | 10 |
| By Charles Perrault | |
| [The Sleeping Beauty] | 13 |
| Adapted from the Brothers Grimm | |
| [Beauty and the Beast] | 15 |
| [Prince Darling] | 20 |
| [Rumpelstiltskin] | 26 |
| Adapted from the Grimm Brothers | |
| [Rapunzell, or the Fair Maid with Golden Hair] | 28 |
| By the Brothers Grimm | |
| [Snow-White and Rose-Red] | 30 |
| By the Brothers Grimm | |
| [Hansel and Grethel] | 34 |
| By the Brothers Grimm | |
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| [STORIES BY FAVORITE AMERICAN WRITERS] | |
| [The Flag-Bearer] | 39 |
| By Carolyn Sherwin Bailey | |
| [Johnny Chuck Finds the Best Thing in the World] | 40 |
| By Thornton W. Burgess | |
| [Little Wee Pumpkin’s Thanksgiving] | 41 |
| By Madge A. Bingham | |
| [The Coming of the King] | 42 |
| By Laura E. Richards | |
| [The Little Pig] | 44 |
| By Maud Lindsay | |
| [The Travels of the Little Toy Soldier] | 44 |
| By Carolyn Sherwin Bailey | |
| [What Happened to Dumps] | 45 |
| By Carolyn Sherwin Bailey | |
| [The Wreck of the Hesperus] | 47 |
| By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow | |
| [Ballad of the Little Page] | 48 |
| By Abbie Farwell Brown | |
| [The Snow-Image] | 51 |
| By Nathaniel Hawthorne | |
| [The Castle of Gems] | 55 |
| By Sophie May | |
| [The Hen that Hatched Ducks] | 58 |
| By Harriet Beecher Stowe | |
| [The Ballad of Piping Will] | 63 |
| By Anna Hempstead Branch | |
| [Little Annie’s Dream, or the Fairy Flower] | 68 |
| By Louisa M. Alcott | |
| [Companions] | 71 |
| By Helen Hunt Jackson | |
| [Prince Little Boy] | 73 |
| By S. Weir Mitchell, M.D. | |
| [The Bee-Man of Orn] | 77 |
| By Frank R. Stockton | |
| [The Pot of Gold] | 82 |
| By Mary E. Wilkins Freeman | |
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| [VERSES ABOUT FAIRIES] | |
| [The Fairy Thorn] | 87 |
| By Samuel Ferguson | |
| [Fairy Days] | 88 |
| By William Makepeace Thackeray | |
| [The Fairy Queen] | 89 |
| [The Sea Princess] | 89 |
| [Long Ago] | 89 |
| [Thistle-Tassel] | 90 |
| By Florence Harrison | |
| [Song of the Fairy] | 90 |
| By William Shakespeare | |
| [The Fairies] | 92 |
| By William Allingham | |
| [Oh, Where Do Fairies Hide Their Heads?] | 92 |
| By Thomas Haynes Bayly | |
| | |
| [MODERN FAIRY TALES] | |
| [The Elf of the Woodlands] | 93 |
| Retold from Richard Hengist Horne by | |
| William Byron Forbush | |
| [Princess Finola and the Dwarf] | 95 |
| By Edmund Leamy | |
| [The Straw Ox] | 100 |
| [The Little Princess of the Fearless Heart] | 103 |
| By B. J. Daskam | |
| [Mopsa the Fairy] | 110 |
| Retold from Jean Ingelow | |
| [The Line of Golden Light, or the Little Blind Sister] | 114 |
| By Elizabeth Harrison | |
| [A Fairy Story About a Philosopher’s Stone Which Was Lost] | 118 |
| By M. Bowley | |
| [The Bad Temper of the Princess] | 124 |
| By Marian Burton | |
| [The Flying Ship] | 130 |
| [Robin of the Loving Heart] | 133 |
| By Emma Endicott Marean | |
| [In Spring] | 137 |
| [A Famous Case] | 138 |
| By Theodore C. Williams | |
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| [OLD-FASHIONED STORIES] | |
| [The Twelve Huntsmen] | 139 |
| [The Twelve Dancing Princesses] | 140 |
| [Edwy and the Echo] | 143 |
| [The Little Old Woman Who Lived in a Vinegar-Bottle] | 146 |
| [The Snow Queen] | 148 |
| [The Master-Maid] | 158 |
| [Cap o’ Rushes] | 163 |
| [Fulfilled] | 165 |
| [King Grisly-Beard] | 166 |
| Retold from the Brothers Grimm | |
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| [FABLES] | |
| [The Fox and the Goat] | 172 |
| [The Two Frogs] | 172 |
| [The Dog in the Manger] | 172 |
| [The Stag at the Pool] | 172 |
| [The War-Horse and the Ass] | 172 |
| [The Frogs Who Wanted a King] | 172 |
| [The Ox and the Frog] | 173 |
| [The Heron Who Was Hard to Please] | 174 |
| [The Shepherd Boy and the Wolf] | 175 |
| [The Ass, the Cock, and the Lion] | 175 |
| [The Lion, the Bear, and the Fox] | 175 |
| [The Horse and the Stag] | 175 |
| [The Lion and the Boar] | 175 |
| [The Huntsman and the Fisherman] | 175 |
| [The Ass in the Lion’s Skin] | 176 |
| [The Hare and the Tortoise] | 177 |
| [The Fox and the Wood-cutter] | 178 |
| [The Lion and Other Beasts on a Hunt] | 178 |
| [The Eagle and the Arrow] | 178 |
| [The Mouse and the Frog] | 178 |
| [The Wolf and the Goat] | 178 |
| [The Bad Dog] | 178 |
| [The Kid and the Wolf] | 178 |
| [The Fox and the Grapes] | 179 |
| [The Fox and the Raven] | 180 |
| [The Bull and the Goat] | 181 |
| [The Raven and the Swan] | 181 |
| [The Thief and the Dog] | 181 |
| [The Horse and the Loaded Ass] | 181 |
| [The Ass With the Salt] | 181 |
| [The Cock and the Jewel] | 181 |
| [The Fox Who Had Lost His Tail] | 181 |
| [The Eagle and the Jackdaw] | 182 |
| [The Hen and the Golden Eggs] | 183 |
| [The Dog and the Ass] | 184 |
| [The North Wind and the Sun] | 184 |
| [The Fox and the Lion] | 184 |
| [The Crow and the Pitcher] | 184 |
| [The Ass and His Shadow] | 184 |
| [The Wolf and the Crane] | 184 |
| [The Fox and the Crane] | 185 |
| [The Cat and the Monkey] | 186 |
| [The Dancing Monkeys] | 187 |
| [The Hares and the Frogs] | 187 |
| [The Lion and the Gnat] | 187 |
| [The Frogs and the Bulls] | 187 |
| [The Lark and Her Young Ones] | 187 |
| [Belling the Cat] | 187 |
| [A Miller, His Son, and Their Ass] | 188 |
| [The Tortoise and the Eagle] | 190 |
| [The Peacock and Juno] | 190 |
| [The Lion, the Fox, and the Ass] | 190 |
| [The Father and His Sons] | 190 |
| [The Dove and the Ant] | 191 |
| [The Fox and the Cat] | 192 |
| [The Ants and the Grasshopper] | 193 |
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| [FABLES FROM INDIA] | |
| Adapted by Ramaswami Raju | |
| [The Glow-worm and the Daw] | 194 |
| [The Fox and the Villagers] | 194 |
| [The Frog and the Snake] | 194 |
| [The Assembly of Animals] | 194 |
| [The Cock and His Three Hens] | 194 |
| [The Black Dog and the White Dog] | 195 |
| [The Elephant and the Ape] | 195 |
| [The Crow and the Dawn] | 195 |
| [The Lion and the Goat] | 195 |
| [The Sunling] | 196 |
| [The Mushroom and the Goose] | 196 |
| [The Fables of Pilpay the Hindu] | 196 |
| [The Fox and the Hen] | 196 |
| [The Three Fishes] | 196 |
| [The Falcon and the Hen] | 197 |
| [The King Who Grew Kind] | 197 |
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| [MODERN FABLES] | |
| [The Horses’ Council] | 197 |
| Adapted from John Gay | |
| [The Oak and the Reed] | 198 |
| Adapted from the French of La Fontaine | |
| [The Advantage of Knowledge] | 198 |
| Adapted from the French of La Fontaine | |
| [The Torrent and the River] | 198 |
| Adapted from the French of La Fontaine | |
| [The Tomtit and the Bear] | 199 |
| By the Brothers Grimm | |
| [Why Jimmy Skunk Wears Stripes] | 200 |
| By Thornton W. Burgess | |
| [How Cats Came to Purr] | 202 |
| By John Bennett | |
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| [STORIES FROM SCANDINAVIA] | |
| [The Greedy Cat] | 207 |
| [Gudbrand on the Hillside] | 210 |
| [Pork and Honey] | 212 |
| [How Reynard Outwitted Bruin] | 212 |
| [The Cock and the Crested Hen] | 213 |
| [The Old Woman and the Tramp] | 213 |
| [The Old Woman and the Fish] | 216 |
| [The Lad and the Fox] | 217 |
| [Adventures of Ashpot] | 217 |
| [Norwegian Bird-Legends] | 219 |
| [The Ugly Duckling] | 222 |
| By Hans Christian Andersen | |
| [The Wild Swans] | 227 |
| By Hans Christian Andersen | |
| [Taper Tom] | 235 |
| [The Boy Who Went to the North Wind] | 236 |
| [The Wonderful Iron Pot] | 238 |
| [The Sheep and Pig Who Set Up Housekeeping] | 239 |
| [Doll-in-the-Grass] | 241 |
| [Boots and His Brothers] | 242 |
| [Viggo and Beate] | 244 |
| Translated by Mrs. Gudrun Thorne-Thompson | |
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| [STORIES FROM IRELAND] | |
| [The Four White Swans] | 251 |
| [The Mishaps of Handy Andy] | 258 |
| [The Greedy Shepherd] | 263 |
| [The Cobblers and the Cuckoo] | 264 |
| [The Merry Cobbler and His Coat] | 268 |
| [The Story of Child Charity] | 270 |
| By Frances Browne | |
| [The Selfish Giant] | 272 |
| By Oscar Wilde | |
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| [STORIES FROM GREAT BRITAIN] | |
[The Battle of the Birds,
or the Grateful Raven and the Prince] | 275 |
| [Jack and the Beanstalk] | 277 |
| Retold by Mary Lena Wilson | |
| [Tom Thumb] | 280 |
| Retold by Laura Clarke | |
| [Whittington and His Cat] | 283 |
| [Wild Robin] | 287 |
| Retold by Sophie May | |
| [The Story of Merlin] | 291 |
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| [JAPANESE AND OTHER ORIENTAL TALES] | |
| [The Cub’s Triumph] | 293 |
| [Chin-Chin Kobakama] | 294 |
| [The Wonderful Mallet] | 296 |
| [The Selfish Sparrow and the Houseless Crows] | 298 |
| [The Story of Zirac] | 298 |
| [My Lord Bag of Rice] | 302 |
| [The Little Hare of Oki] | 305 |
| Retold by B. M. Burrell | |
| [The Little Brother of Loo-lee Loo] | 309 |
| By Margaret Johnson | |
| [The Curious Case of Ah-Top] | 314 |
| [The Jackal and the Camel] | 316 |
| [Hashnu the Stonecutter] | 316 |
| [The Tiger, the Brahman, and the Jackal] | 318 |
| [The Story of the Willow Pattern Plate] | 319 |
| Retold by M. Alston Buckley | |
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| [BR’ER RABBIT AND HIS NEIGHBORS] | |
| [Brother Fox’s Tar Baby] | 321 |
| Translated by Joel Chandler Harris | |
| [The Rabbit and the Peas] | 322 |
| By Mrs. M. R. Allen | |
| [Br'er Rabbit's Fishing] | 325 |
| [Br’er Possum Loves Peace] | 326 |
| [Br’er Fox Tackles Old Br'er Tarrypin] | 327 |
| [How Cousin Wildcat Served Br’er Fox] | 329 |
| [Plantation Stories] | 332 |
| By Grace MacGowan Cooke | |
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| [AMERICAN INDIAN STORIES] | |
| [Robin Redbreast] | 337 |
| [The Three Wishes] | 338 |
| [The Joker] | 340 |
| [Little Moccasin’s Ride on the Thunder-Horse] | 342 |
| By Colonel Guido Ilges | |
| [Waukewa’s Eagle] | 348 |
| By James Buckham | |
| [A Huron Cinderella] | 352 |
| By Howard Angus Kennedy | |
| [The Fire Bringer] | 356 |
| By Mary Austin | |
| [Scar Face] | 358 |
| [Why the Baby Says “Goo”] | 359 |
| Retold by Ehrma G. Filer | |
