Books with title Fairy Tales From Many Lands

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

THERE was once a King who had one only son, and him he loved better than anything in the whole world—better even than his own life. The King’s greatest desire was to see his son married, but though the Prince had travelled in many lands, and had seen many noble and beautiful ladies, there was not one among them all whom he wished to have for a wife.One day the King called his son to him and said, “My son, for a long time now I have hoped to see you choose a bride, but you have desired no one. Take now this silver key. Go to the top of the castle, and there you will see a steel door. This key will unlock it. Open the door and enter. Look carefully at everything in the room, and then return and tell me what you have seen. But, whatever you do, do not touch nor draw aside the curtain that hangs at the right of the door. If you should disobey me and do this thing, you will suffer the greatest dangers, and may even pay for it with your life.”The Prince wondered greatly at his father’s words, but he took the key and went to the top of the castle, and there he found the steel door his father had described. He unlocked it with the silver key, stepped inside, and looked about him. When he had done so, he was filled with amazement at what he saw. The room had twelve sides, and on eleven of these sides were pictures of eleven princesses more beautiful than any the Prince had ever seen in all his life before. Moreover, these pictures were as though they were alive. When the Prince looked at them, they moved and smiled and blushed and beckoned to him. He went from one to the other, and they were so beautiful that each one he looked upon seemed lovelier than the last. But lovely though they were, there was not one of them whom the Prince wished to have for a wife.

Fairy Tales from a range of different cultures. Including the Tales:The Seven Golden PeahensMishosha, the Magician of the LakeHaamdaanee and the Wise GazelleThe Two SistersThe Feather of the Zhar BirdThe Beautiful Maria di LegnoThe Evil One Who Married Three SistersThe Faithful DogKempionButtercupThe Sun and the MoonHow the Elephant and the Whale were TrickedCherryDiamonds and Roses and PearlsThe Three Cows

This children's book was published in 1868.From the Preface:As a child, I was fond of stories, and well remem- ber the dearth of the intermediate season, when "Jack the Giant Killer," had ceased to please, and I was yet unprepared to enjoy works written for older and more cultivated minds. Children require stories ingeniously written, with a pleasant tinge of romance about them to fix their attention, and a touch of pathos that goes to the heart, to make them good and happy. In writing these Christmas Tales, I have earnestly hoped they may serve to while away many a weary hour, which finds its place even in the sunny days of childhood. The scenes of most of these Tales, will be laid in California, a land full of romance and beauty It is not strange to hear from the miners of " the early days," tales as marvelous as those of the " Arabian Nights." Of these " early days " I shall write, and of the Spaniards, and Mexicans who inhabited the country before the coming of the gold-seekers. Now as I send away the first volume of the series, I think of the children who will read it, of their sweet, innocent faces, and guileless hearts. May the blessed Christ, who smiles upon them in this holy Christmas season, never leave them, but dwell in their hearts making them pure and happy forever. May Wentworth San Francisco, 1867. Contents: - I. Sants Claus and the Christ Child - II. The Moorish Pearls - III. The Two Good-For-Nothings - IV. Ching Chong Chinaman - V. Zaletta - VI. The Strong Man of Santa Barbara - VII. Jung-Frau Maleen - VIII. Juanetta - IX. Emperor Norton - X. Death's Valley

Fairy Tales from Finlandby Ella R. ChristieIllustrated by Ada HollandFrom the Swedish of Zach. Topelius, the classic 1896 fairy tales for children comprising of twelve stories of:The wood anemoneThe raspberry caterpillarSampo LappelillSikkuThe swallow from EgyptLittle LasseThe water lilyAdalmina's pearlThe ant who went to the doctorKnut fairyfluteA young sageSweeter than sugar**This eBook has all graphics of a high quality of scanned document and eligible as good format.**All Pictures and Texts are original re-scanned from the original hardcover book.