Other editions of book The Fairy Book

This is meant to be the best collection attainable of that delight of all children; and of many grown people who retain the child-heart still—the old-fashioned; time-honored classic Fairy-tale. It has been compiled from all sources—far-off and familiar; when familiar; the stories have been traced with care to their original form; which; if foreign; has been retranslated; condensed; and in any other needful way made suitable for modern British children. Perrault; Madame d'Aulnois; and Grimm have thus been laid under contribution. Where it was not possible to get at the original of a tale; its various versions have been collated; compared; and combined; and in some instances; when this proved still unsatisfactory; the whole story has been written afresh. The few English fairy tales extant; such as Jack the Gian Killer; Tom Thumb; etc.; whose authorship is lost in obscurity; but whose charming Saxon simplicity of style; and intense realism of narration; make for them an ever-green immortality—these have been left intact; for no later touch would improve them. All modern stories have been excluded.

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