#THE OLD FAIRY TALES#
THE ROAD TO FAIRY LAND 2
By Cecil Cavendish
THE BEAUTIFUL PRINCESS GOLDENLOCKS 3
PRINCE HYACINTH AND THE DEAR LITTLE PRINCESS 7
By Madame Leprince De Beaumont
CINDERELLA 10
By Charles Perrault
THE SLEEPING BEAUTY 13
Adapted from the Brothers Grimm
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST 15
PRINCE DARLING 20
RUMPELSTILTSKIN 26
Adapted from the Grimm Brothers
RAPUNZELL, OR THE FAIR MAID WITH GOLDEN HAIR 28
By the Brothers Grimm
SNOW-WHITE AND ROSE-RED 30
By the Brothers Grimm
HANSEL AND GRETHEL 34
By the Brothers Grimm
#STORIES BY FAVORITE AMERICAN WRITERS#
THE FLAG-BEARER 39
By Carolyn Sherwin Bailey
JOHNNY CHUCK FINDS THE BEST THING IN THE WORLD 40
By Thornton W. Burgess
LITTLE WEE PUMPKIN'S THANKSGIVING 41
By Madge A. Bingham
THE COMING OF THE KING 42
By Laura E. Richards
THE LITTLE PIG 44
By Maud Lindsay
THE TRAVELS OF THE LITTLE TOY SOLDIER 44
By Carolyn Sherwin Bailey
WHAT HAPPENED TO DUMPS 45
By Carolyn Sherwin Bailey
THE WRECK OF THE HESPERUS 47
By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
BALLAD OF THE LITTLE PAGE 48
By Abbie Farwell Brown
THE SNOW-IMAGE 51
By Nathaniel Hawthorne
THE CASTLE OF GEMS 55
By Sophie May
THE HEN THAT HATCHED DUCKS 58
By Harriet Beecher Stowe
THE BALLAD OF PIPING WILL 63
By Anna Hempstead Branch
LITTLE ANNIE'S DREAM, OR THE FAIRY FLOWER 68
By Louisa M. Alcott
COMPANIONS 71
By Helen Hunt Jackson
PRINCE LITTLE BOY 73
By S. Weir Mitchell, M.D.
THE BEE-MAN OF ORN 77
By Frank R. Stockton
THE POT OF GOLD 82
By Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
#VERSES ABOUT FAIRIES#
THE FAIRY THORN 87
By Samuel Ferguson
FAIRY DAYS 88
By William Makepeace Thackeray
THE FAIRY QUEEN 89
THE SEA PRINCESS 89
LONG AGO 89
THISTLE-TASSEL 90
By Florence Harrison
SONG OF THE FAIRY 90
By William Shakespeare
THE FAIRIES 92
By William Allingham
OH, WHERE DO FAIRIES HIDE THEIR HEADS? 92
By Thomas Haynes Bayly
#MODERN FAIRY TALES#
THE ELF OF THE WOODLANDS 93
Retold from Richard Hengist Horne by
William Byron Forbush
PRINCESS FINOLA AND THE DWARF 95
By Edmund Leamy
THE STRAW OX 100
THE LITTLE PRINCESS OF THE FEARLESS HEART 103
By B. J. Daskam
MOPSA THE FAIRY 110
Retold from Jean Ingelow
THE LINE OF GOLDEN LIGHT, OR THE LITTLE BLIND
SISTER 114
By Elizabeth Harrison
A FAIRY STORY ABOUT A PHILOSOPHER'S STONE WHICH
WAS LOST 118
By M. Bowley
THE BAD TEMPER OF THE PRINCESS 124
By Marian Burton
THE FLYING SHIP 130
ROBIN OF THE LOVING HEART 133
By Emma Endicott Marean
IN SPRING 137
A FAMOUS CASE 138
By Theodore C. Williams
#OLD-FASHIONED STORIES#
THE TWELVE HUNTSMEN 139
THE TWELVE DANCING PRINCESSES 140
EDWY AND THE ECHO 143
THE LITTLE OLD WOMAN WHO LIVED IN A
VINEGAR-BOTTLE 146
THE SNOW QUEEN 148
THE MASTER-MAID 158
CAP O' RUSHES 163
FULFILLED 165
KING GRISLY-BEARD 166
Retold from the Brothers Grimm
#FABLES#
THE FOX AND THE GOAT 172
THE TWO FROGS 172
THE DOG IN THE MANGER 172
THE STAG AT THE POOL 172
THE WAR-HORSE AND THE ASS 172
THE FROGS WHO WANTED A KING 172
THE OX AND THE FROG 173
THE HERON WHO WAS HARD TO PLEASE 174
THE SHEPHERD BOY AND THE WOLF 175
THE ASS, THE COCK, AND THE LION 175
THE LION, THE BEAR, AND THE FOX 175
THE HORSE AND THE STAG 175
THE LION AND THE BOAR 175
THE HUNTSMAN AND THE FISHERMAN 175
THE ASS IN THE LION'S SKIN 176
THE HARE AND THE TORTOISE 177
THE FOX AND THE WOOD-CUTTER 178
THE LION AND OTHER BEASTS ON A HUNT 178
THE EAGLE AND THE ARROW 178
THE MOUSE AND THE FROG 178
THE WOLF AND THE GOAT 178
THE BAD DOG 178
THE KID AND THE WOLF 178
THE FOX AND THE GRAPES 179
THE FOX AND THE RAVEN 180
THE BULL AND THE GOAT 181
THE RAVEN AND THE SWAN 181
THE THIEF AND THE DOG 181
THE HORSE AND THE LOADED ASS 181
THE ASS WITH THE SALT 181
THE COCK AND THE JEWEL 181
THE FOX WHO HAD LOST HIS TAIL 181
THE EAGLE AND THE JACKDAW 182
THE HEN AND THE GOLDEN EGGS 183
THE DOG AND THE ASS 184
THE NORTH WIND AND THE SUN 184
THE FOX AND THE LION 184
THE CROW AND THE PITCHER 184
THE ASS AND HIS SHADOW 184
THE WOLF AND THE CRANE 184
THE FOX AND THE CRANE 185
THE CAT AND THE MONKEY 186
THE DANCING MONKEYS 187
THE HARES AND THE FROGS 187
THE LION AND THE GNAT 187
THE FROGS AND THE BULLS 187
THE LARK AND HER YOUNG ONES 187
BELLING THE CAT 187
A MILLER, HIS SON, AND THEIR ASS 188
THE TORTOISE AND THE EAGLE 190
THE PEACOCK AND JUNO 190
THE LION, THE FOX, AND THE ASS 190
THE FATHER AND HIS SONS 190
THE DOVE AND THE ANT 191
THE FOX AND THE CAT 192
THE ANTS AND THE GRASSHOPPER 193
#FABLES FROM INDIA#
Adapted by Ramaswami Raju
THE GLOW-WORM AND THE DAW 194
THE FOX AND THE VILLAGERS 194
THE FROG AND THE SNAKE 194
THE ASSEMBLY OF ANIMALS 194
THE COCK AND HIS THREE HENS 194
THE BLACK DOG AND THE WHITE DOG 195
THE ELEPHANT AND THE APE 195
THE CROW AND THE DAWN 195
THE LION AND THE GOAT 195
THE SUNLING 196
THE MUSHROOM AND THE GOOSE 196
THE FABLES OF PILPAY THE HINDU 196
THE FOX AND THE HEN 196
THE THREE FISHES 196
THE FALCON AND THE HEN 197
THE KING WHO GREW KIND 197
#MODERN FABLES#
THE HORSES' COUNCIL 197
Adapted from John Gay
THE OAK AND THE REED 198
Adapted from the French of La Fontaine
THE ADVANTAGE OF KNOWLEDGE 198
Adapted from the French of La Fontaine
THE TORRENT AND THE RIVER 198
Adapted from the French of La Fontaine
THE TOMTIT AND THE BEAR 199
By the Brothers Grimm
WHY JIMMY SKUNK WEARS STRIPES 200
By Thornton W. Burgess
HOW CATS CAME TO PURR 202
By John Bennett
#STORIES FROM SCANDINAVIA#
THE GREEDY CAT 207
GUDBRAND ON THE HILLSIDE 210
PORK AND HONEY 212
HOW REYNARD OUTWITTED BRUIN 212
THE COCK AND THE CRESTED HEN 213
THE OLD WOMAN AND THE TRAMP 213
THE OLD WOMAN AND THE FISH 216
THE LAD AND THE FOX 217
ADVENTURES OF ASHPOT 217
NORWEGIAN BIRD-LEGENDS 219
THE UGLY DUCKLING 222
By Hans Christian Andersen
THE WILD SWANS 227
By Hans Christian Andersen
TAPER TOM 235
THE BOY WHO WENT TO THE NORTH WIND 236
THE WONDERFUL IRON POT 238
THE SHEEP AND PIG WHO SET UP HOUSEKEEPING 239
DOLL-IN-THE-GRASS 241
BOOTS AND HIS BROTHERS 242
VIGGO AND BEATE 244
Translated by Mrs. Gudrun Thorne-Thompson
#STORIES FROM IRELAND#
THE FOUR WHITE SWANS 251
THE MISHAPS OF HANDY ANDY 258
THE GREEDY SHEPHERD 263
THE COBBLERS AND THE CUCKOO 264
THE MERRY COBBLER AND HIS COAT 268
THE STORY OF CHILD CHARITY 270
By Frances Browne
THE SELFISH GIANT 272
By Oscar Wilde
#STORIES FROM GREAT BRITAIN#
THE BATTLE OF THE BIRDS, OR THE GRATEFUL
RAVEN AND THE PRINCE 275
JACK AND THE BEANSTALK 277
Retold by Mary Lena Wilson
TOM THUMB 280
Retold by Laura Clarke
WHITTINGTON AND HIS CAT 283
WILD ROBIN 287
Retold by Sophie May
THE STORY OF MERLIN 291
#JAPANESE AND OTHER ORIENTAL TALES#
THE CUB'S TRIUMPH 293
CHIN-CHIN KOBAKAMA 294
THE WONDERFUL MALLET 296
THE SELFISH SPARROW AND THE HOUSELESS CROWS 298
THE STORY OF ZIRAC 298
MY LORD BAG OF RICE 302
THE LITTLE HARE OF OKI 305
Retold by B. M. Burrell
THE LITTLE BROTHER OF LOO-LEE LOO 309
By Margaret Johnson
THE CURIOUS CASE OF AH-TOP 314
THE JACKAL AND THE CAMEL 316
HASHNU THE STONECUTTER 316
THE TIGER, THE BRAHMAN, AND THE JACKAL 318
THE STORY OF THE WILLOW PATTERN PLATE 319
Retold by M. Alston Buckley
#BR'ER RABBIT AND HIS NEIGHBORS#
BROTHER FOX'S TAR BABY 321
Translated by Joel Chandler Harris
THE RABBIT AND THE PEAS 322
By Mrs. M. R. Allen
BR'ER RABBIT'S FISHING 325
BR'ER POSSUM LOVES PEACE 326
BR'ER FOX TACKLES OLD BR'ER TARRYPIN 327
HOW COUSIN WILDCAT SERVED BR'ER FOX 329
PLANTATION STORIES 332
By Grace MacGowan Cooke
#AMERICAN INDIAN STORIES#
ROBIN REDBREAST 337
THE THREE WISHES 338
THE JOKER 340
LITTLE MOCCASIN'S RIDE ON THE THUNDER-HORSE 342
By Colonel Guido Ilges
WAUKEWA'S EAGLE 348
By James Buckham
A HURON CINDERELLA 352
By Howard Angus Kennedy
THE FIRE BRINGER 356
By Mary Austin
SCAR FACE 358
WHY THE BABY SAYS "GOO" 359
Retold by Ehrma G. Filer
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[Illustration: THE OLD FAIRY TALES]