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Preface.THERE is no need of many words in introducing the old familiar friends of fairy-land, who never fail of a welcome from those, not yet too old to feel the power of their fascination. The following collection of tales has been made in the assurance that, among the younger readers for whom they are intended, the genuine fairy tale is still without a rival, as a source of interest and amusement ; as a source of instruction alsc, might with truth be added, for, apart from the homely wisdom which underlies most fairy tales, there is in severa- of them a touch of the fable, which, of all forms, is the most acceptable and convincing for the transmittance of moral teaching. The tales from the " Gammer Grethel" series, are given in the version, published in the " Bohn Library" from the admirable translation by Mr Edgar Taylor, which has,for many years past, delighted its readers ; the tales from the "Kinder und Hans-M'archen" have been newly translated.As much variety as possible has been put into the choice of tales, selection for the most part falling on those which are known to be universally acknowledged as favourites; and as such, it is the hope of the Editor, they may continue, under the new garb in which he now presents them to his young friends.--Some ContentsRumpel-Stilts-Ken . . . . 122Madam Holle . , . . .126The Nose-Tree . . . . 131The Goose Girl . • . . 141King Grizzle-Beard . . . . 151The Man in the Bag . . . .158The Forbidden Room . . . • 163Karl Katz . • • • .169The Changeling . . . . 177Hans in Luck . . • • ,178The Bear and the Skrattel . . . 186Tom Thumb . . . • .198Snow-Drop ..... 206The Four Crafts-Men . . . . 216Cat-skin . . • . . 224Jorinda and Jorindel . . . . 233Thumbling the Dwarf and Thumhling the Giant 238The Juniper Tree .... 246The Water of Life .... 258The Blue Light . . . . 267The Water Fairy . . . . 273The Three Crows . . . . 283The Frog-Prince . . . . 288The Elves and the Cobbler . . . 292Cherry the Frog-Bride . . . . 295The Dancing Shoes .... 305The Brave Little TailorGiant Golden-Beard .Pee-WitHansel and GrethelLily and the LionDonkey-Wort .The King of the Golden MountainThe Two Brothers .---The Golden GooseTHERE was a. man who had three sons. The youngest was called Dummling— which is much the same as Dunderhead, for all thought he was more than half a fool — and he was at all times mocked and ill-treated by the whole household.It happened that the eldest son took it into his head one day to go into the wood to cut fuel ; and his mother gave him a nice pasty and a bottle of wine to take with him, that he might refresh himself at his work. As he went into the wood, a little old man bid him good day, and said, " Give me a little piece of meat from your plate, and a little wine out of your bottle, for I am very hungry and thirsty." But this clever young man said, " Give you my meat and wine ? No, I thank you, I should not have enough left for myself : " and away he went. He soon began to cut down a tree; but he had notworked long before he missed his stroke, and cut himself, and was forced to go home to have the wound dressed. Now it was the little old man that sent him this mischief.Next went out the second son to work : and his mother gave him too a pasty and a bottle of wine. And the same little old man met him also, and asked him for something to eat and drink. But he too thought himself very clever, and said, " The more you eat the less there would be for me : so go your way ! " The little man took care that he too should have his reward, and the second stroke that he aimed against a tree hit him on the leg ; so that he too was forced to go home.Then Dummling said, " Father, I should like to go and cut wood too." But his father said, "Your brothers have both lamed themselves ; you had better stay at home, for you know nothing about the business of woodcutting." But Dummling was very pressing; and at

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