Contents

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SNOWDROP[1]
THE PINK[11]
BRIAR ROSE[17]
THE JEW AMONG THE THORNS[22]
ASHENPUTTEL[28]
THE WHITE SNAKE[37]
THE WOLF AND THE SEVEN KIDS[42]
THE QUEEN BEE[46]
THE ELVES AND THE SHOEMAKER[49]
THE WOLF AND THE MAN[51]
THE TURNIP[53]
CLEVER HANS[57]
THE THREE LANGUAGES[63]
THE FOX AND THE CAT[67]
THE FOUR CLEVER BROTHERS[69]
THE LADY AND THE LION[75]
THE FOX AND THE HORSE[81]
THE BLUE LIGHT[84]
THE GOOSEGIRL[90]
THE GOLDEN GOOSE[97]
THE WATER OF LIFE[104]
CLEVER GRETHEL[111]
THE KING OF THE GOLDEN MOUNTAIN[114]
DOCTOR KNOW-ALL[121]
THE SEVEN RAVENS[124]
THE MARRIAGE OF MRS. REYNARD[128]
THE SALAD[132]
THE YOUTH WHO COULD NOT SHUDDER[140]
KING THRUSHBEARD[152]
IRON HANS[157]

List of Illustrations in Colour

The Dwarfs, when they came in the evening, found Snowdrop lying on the ground[Frontispiece]
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The King could not contain himself for joy[18]
The young Prince said, ‘I am not afraid; I am determined to go and look upon the lovely Briar Rose’[20]
Ashenputtel goes to the ball[30]
The Fishes, in their joy, stretched up their heads above the water, and promised to reward him[38]
The Seven Kids and their mother capered and danced round the spring in their joy[44]
The Ducks, which he had once saved, dived and brought up the key from the depths[48]
So the four Brothers took their sticks in their hands, bade their Father good-bye, and passed out of the town gate[68]
The King’s only daughter had been carried off by a Dragon[72]
She went away accompanied by the Lions[76]
Alas! dear Falada, there thou hangest[92]
Blow, blow, little breeze, And Conrad’s hat seize[96]
Good Dwarf, can you not tell me where my brothers are?[106]
Then he ran after him, still holding the carving-knife, and cried, ‘Only one, only one!’[112]
The Son made a circle, and his Father and he took their places within it, and the little black Mannikin appeared[116]
Once upon a time a poor Peasant, named Crabb, was taking a load of wood drawn by two oxen to the town for sale[120]
The good little Sister cut off her own tiny finger, fitted it into the lock, and succeeded in opening it[124]
But they said one after another: ‘Halloa! who has been eating off my plate? Who has been drinking out of my cup?’[126]
Then the Youth took the axe and split the anvil with one blow, catching in the Old Man’s beard at the same time[150]
The Beggar took her by the hand and led her away[154]

List of Black and White Illustrations

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Headpiece[1]
‘Mirror, Mirror on the wall, Who is fairest of us all?’[2]
In the evening the seven Dwarfs came back[4]
The scullions brought live coals, which he had to eat until the flames poured out of his mouth[13]
‘The Thirteenth Fairy’[18]
But round the castle a hedge of briar roses began to grow up[20]
The Jew was forced to spring up and begin to dance[24]
Dancing as hard as he could[26]
The Three Sleeping Princesses[48]
So the rich Brother had to put his Brother’s Turnip into a cart, and have it taken home[54]
When he got home he had the rope in his hand, but there was nothing at the end of it[61]
On the way he passed a swamp, in which a number of Frogs were croaking[64]
The Cat crept stealthily up to the topmost branch[67]
They found the Princess still on the rock, but the Dragon was asleep with his head on her lap[73]
The poor Horse was very sad, and went into the forest to get a little shelter from the wind and weather[82]
Then the Horse sprang up, and dragged the Lion away behind him[83]
Before long the Witch came by riding at a furious pace on a tom cat[86]
There stands an old tree; cut it down, and you will find something at the roots[98]
So now there were seven people running behind Simpleton and his Goose[99]
And so they followed up hill and down dale after Simpleton and his Goose[100]
The King could no longer withhold his daughter[105]
When she entered she met a Dwarf[126]
The Ravens coming home[127]
Does the gentleman wear red breeches, and has he a pointed muzzle?[131]
But the Old Woman was a witch[133]
He tied them all together and drove them along till he came to a mill[138]
Crowds of black cats and dogs swarmed out of every corner[146]
She immediately clutched at his cap to pull it off; but he held it on with both hands[161]
He called three times, ‘Iron Hans,’ as loud as he could[162]