The books in this series of Bedtime Wonder Tales are made up of favorite
stories from the folklore of all nations. Such stories are particularly
enjoyed by children from four to twelve years of age. As here told they
are free from the savagery, distressing details, and excessive pathos
which mar many of the tales in the form that they have come down to us
from a barbaric past. But there has been no sacrifice of the simplicity
and humor and sweetness that give them perennial charm.
The sources of the stories in this volume are as follows: Page 11,
France; 24, Grimm; 36, England; 49, Hindustan; 58, Italy; 78, Germany;
90, Scotland; 103, Japan; 118, Ireland; 127, American Negro.