NEW:YORK
HENRY:HOLT:&:CO.
1913

CONTENTS

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[LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS][vii]
[LIST OF COLOURED PLATES][xi]
[THE MARSH KING’S DAUGHTER][2]
[TOMMELISE][52]
[THE SNOW QUEEN]
[PART THE FIRST—WHICH TREATS OF THE MIRROR AND ITS FRAGMENTS][69]
[PART THE SECOND—A LITTLE BOY AND A LITTLE GIRL][72]
[PART THE THIRD—THE ENCHANTED FLOWER-GARDEN][80]
[PART THE FOURTH—THE PRINCE AND THE PRINCESS][90]
[PART THE FIFTH—THE LITTLE ROBBER-MAIDEN][99]
[PART THE SIXTH—THE LAPLAND WOMAN AND THE FINLAND WOMAN][107]
[PART THE SEVENTH—WHICH TREATS OF THE SNOW QUEEN’S PALACE, AND OF WHAT CAME TO PASS THEREIN][112]
[ELFIN-MOUNT][121]
[THE LITTLE MERMAID][133]
[THE STORKS][165]
[THE NIGHTINGALE][173]
[THE WILD SWANS][190]
[THE REAL PRINCESS][214]
[THE RED SHOES][218]
[THE EMPEROR’S NEW CLOTHES][229]
[THE SWINEHERD][238]
[THE FLYING TRUNK][247]
[THE LEAPING MATCH][258]
[THE SHEPHERDESS AND THE CHIMNEY-SWEEPER][263]
[THE UGLY DUCKLING][271]
[THE NAUGHTY BOY][286]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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[The marsh king’s daughter][1]
[She understood the speech of birds][2]
[It was he who pulled her down][7]
[The Nile flood had retired][13]
[There was a little bird that beat its wings][27]
[Placed the golden circuit about his neck][35]
[Then she saw the storks][41]
[The swallow soared high into the air][51]
[‘Thou poor little thing,’ said the field-mouse][52]
[‘This is just the wife for my son,’ said the toad][56]
[Oh, how terrified was poor Tommelise][59]
[That was the greatest of pleasures][65]
[They carried the mirror from place to place][69]
[He chuckled with delight][71]
[She wore a large hat, with most beautiful flowers painted on it][79]
[Gerda knew every flower in the garden][87]
[Suddenly a large raven hopped upon the snow in front of her][94]
[Cabinet councillors were walking about barefooted][97]
[And the nearer they were to the door the prouder they looked][102]
[And flapped his black wings at the carriage till it was out of sight][106]
[The little robber-maiden][109]
[The snow queen][112]
[She ran on as fast as she could][115]
[She entered the large, cold, empty hall][117]
[Tailpiece][119]
[The elfin king’s housekeeper][120]
[The mer-king must be invited first][124]
[They felt quite as if they were at home][127]
[I will have thee myself to wife][130]
[The little mermaid][132]
[She was on the whole a sensible sort of lady][137]
[The youngest was the most lovely][140]
[They ate from their hands][148]
[Many an evening she rose to the place][155]
[When the sun arose she awoke][159]
[Father stork][164]
[‘Stork! stork! long-legged stork!’][168]
[And fetch one for each of the boys][170]
[‘Oh! how pretty that is!’ he would say][172]
[Among the branches dwelt a nightingale][177]
[They admired the city, the palace, and the garden][179]
[The kitchen-maid][181]
[The chief imperial nightingale bringer][184]
[He was quite as successful as the real nightingale][187]
[The wild swans][189]
[So Elise took off her clothes and stepped into the water][195]
[And met an old woman with a basket full of berries][198]
[Not a boat was to be seen][201]
[There was only just room for her and them][204]
[I must venture to the churchyard][209]
[Tailpiece][212]
[I have scarcely closed my eyes the whole night through][213]
[The old king himself went out to open it][215]
[And the pea was preserved in the cabinet of curiosities][216]
[Karen][217]
[And Karen was dressed very neatly][220]
[Karen and the old lady walked to church][222]
[He sat there nodding at her][224]
[Dance she must, over field and meadow][226]
[Two rogues calling themselves weavers made their appearance][228]
[‘Oh, it is excellent!’ replied the minister][231]
[As if in the act of holding something up][233]
[So now the emperor walked under his high canopy][234]
[The two rogues][235]
[Tailpiece][236]
[The emperor’s daughter][237]
[All cares and sorrows were forgotten by him who inhaled its fragrance][239]
[And he wept like a child][241]
[‘Ach! du lieber Augustin’][243]
[Up flew the trunk][246]
[The son lived merrily][248]
[He met a nurse][249]
[Will you tell us a story? asked the queen][252]
[‘But let it make us laugh,’ said the king][253]
[Their slippers flew about their ears][255]
[And thus the frog won the princess][257]
[The old councillor][259]
[‘Say nothing for the present,’ remarked the king][260]
[It may not be perfectly true][261]
[The shepherdess and the chimney-sweeper][262]
[Heading][263]
[Tailpiece][269]
[The poor duckling was scorned by all][270]
[He came to a large moor][275]
[And the cat said, ‘Can you purr?’][280]
[And every one said, ‘The new one is the best’][283]
[Beware of him, dear child!][285]
[The End][289]

LIST OF COLOURED ILLUSTRATIONS

[‘The bud opened into a full-blown flower, in the middle of which lay a beautiful child’][ Frontispiece]
[‘She stood at the door and begged for a piece of barley-corn’][Facing page 56]
[‘Yes! I will go with thee, said Tommelise, and she seated herself on the bird’s back’][” 64]
[‘The swing moves and the bubbles fly upward with bright ever-changing colours’][”84]
[‘He did not come to woo her, he said, he had only come to hear the wisdom of the princess’][”94]
[‘Round and round they went, such whirling and twirling’][”126]
[‘She put the statue in her garden’][”134]
[‘With the rest of the children of air, soared high above the rosy cloud’][”162]
[‘We will bring him two little ones, a brother and a sister’][”170]
[‘Then began the nightingale to sing’][”176]
[‘The peasant’s wife sat on Sundays at the door of her cottage reading her hymn-book’][”190]
[‘Princesses he found in plenty, but whether they were real princesses it was impossible for him to decide’][” 214]
[‘She sat down one day and made out of some old pieces of red cloth a pair of little shoes’][Opposite page 218]
[‘The Swineherd scolded and the rain poured down’][”244]
[‘She sat the live-long day upon the roof of her palace, expecting him’][”256]
[‘He jumped down from the old man’s lap and danced around him on the floor’][”286]