Transcriber’s Note

When blackletter font was used in the original book, the corresponding text has been marked as bold.

Some corrections have been made to the printed text. These are listed in a second transcriber’s note at the end of the text.

The Nightingale

BY HANS ANDERSEN

NEW YORK: R. H. RUSSELL, MDCCCXCVIII

COPYRIGHT, 1895, BY D. B. UPDIKE. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

Note

In this Merrymount Edition of Hans Andersen’s story, the translation of H. W. Dulcken is followed. The illustrations are by Mary J. Newill of Birmingham.

The Nightingale
BEING A STORY FOR CHILDREN AND A PARABLE FOR MEN AND WOMEN.