FOLK-LORE BOOKS
By WILLIAM E. GRIFFIS
Swiss Fairy Tales
An entirely new sheaf of stories
A mine of legend and child-lore
Showing manners and customs of the people themselves
Fire Fly’s Lovers
Japanese fairy tales
Korean fairy tales
(In preparation)
Each book illustrated in color
THOMAS Y. CROWELL CO., NEW YORK
IT SIMPLY KNOCKED OVER THE OLD TOWER
Swiss Fairy Tales
By
WILLIAM ELLIOT GRIFFIS
Author of “The Firefly’s Lovers,” “The Unmannerly Tiger,” “Dutch Fairy Tales,” “Belgian Fairy Tales,” etc.
NEW YORK
THOMAS Y. CROWELL COMPANY
PUBLISHERS
Copyright, 1920,
By Thomas Y. Crowell Co.
DEDICATED
IN RADIANT MEMORIES
OF MY SWISS MATERNAL ANCESTRY
NEAR VALLEY FORGE
FROM WHOSE LIPS I FIRST HEARD STORIES OF
WASHINGTON, LAFAYETTE, STEUBEN
AND OF SWITZERLAND
THE LAND OF THE EDELWEISS [[v]]