By dancing joys fresh joy to me was sent,

Though ever more that vacant place there was,

When dews befell, and in my eyes were tears.

W. J.

Contents

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[The Reign of King Oberon][1]
[The Gifts of the Dwarfs][12]
[Thumbeline][22]
[The Young Piper][37]
[Rumpel-Stilts-Ken][48]
[Karl Katz][55]
[The Wild Swans][65]
[The Herd-Boy][84]
[The Nose-Tree][99]
[The Pranks of Robin Goodfellow][109]
[The Golden Lantern, the Golden Goat, and the Golden Cloak][117]
[Hansel and Grethel][129]
[The Magic Bottles][144]
[Princess Rosette][157]
[The Bear and Skrattel][179]
[The Goose-Girl][193]
[The Water of Life][203]
[The Troll’s Hammer][215]
[The Three Little Crones, each with Something big][223]
[The Queen’s Song][232]
[The Three Sneezes][234]
[The Elf-Hill][243]
[Riquet with the Tuft][254]
[The Benevolent Frog][265]
[Allwise the Dwarf][298]
[The Fairy at the Well][305]
[Dolly, draw the Cake][313]
[The Little Glass Shoe][315]
[East o’ the Sun and West o’ the Moon][322]
[Queen Mab][336]