Other editions of book English Fairy Tales by Flora Annie Steel, Fiction, Classics, Fairy Tales & Folklore

Contents:1.THE BLACK BULL OF NORROWAY2.CATSKIN3.THE THREE LITTLE PIGS4.NIX NAUGHT NOTHING5.MR. AND MRS. VINEGAR6.THE TRUE HISTORY OF SIR THOMAS THUMB7.HENNY-PENNY8.THE THREE HEADS OF THE WELL9.MR. FOX10.DICK WHITTINGTON AND HIS CAT11.THE OLD WOMAN AND HER PIG12.THE WEE BANNOCK13.HOW JACK WENT OUT TO SEEK HIS FORTUNE14.THE BOGEY-BEAST15.CHILDE ROWLAND16.THE WISE MEN OF GOTHAM17.CAPORUSHES18.THE RED ETTIN19.THE FISH AND THE RING20.MASTER OF ALL MASTERS21.MOLLY WHUPPIE AND THE DOUBLE-FACED GIANT22.THE ASS, THE TABLE, AND THE STICK23.THE WELL OF THE WORLD'S END24.THE ROSE TREEINTRODUCTIONThe stories collected in this volume have been selected from many sources, because in the judgment of the editor, they are sound pieces of writing, wholesome in tone, varied in interest and style, and interesting. It is his hope that they will not only furnish good reading, but that they will suggest the kind of reading in this field that should be within the reach of children.Children ought to have stories at hand precisely as they ought to have food, toys, games, playgrounds, because stories meet one of the normal needs of their natures. But these stories, like the food given to the body, ought to be intelligently selected, not only for their quality but for their adaptation. There are many good books which ought not to be in the hands of children because children have not had the experience which interprets them; they will either fail to understand, or if they understand, they will suffer a sudden forcing of growth in the knowledge of life which is always unwholesome.The fairy tale belongs to the child and ought always to be within his reach, not only because it is his special literary form and his nature craves it, but because it is one of the most vital of the textbooks offered to him in the school of life.As a class, children not only possess the faculty of imagination, but are very largely occupied with it during the most sensitive and formative years, and those who lack it are brought under its spell by their fellows. They do not accurately distinguish between the actual and the imaginary, and they live at ease in a world out of which paths run in every direction into wonderland.

In the darksome depths of a thick forest lived Kalyb the fell enchantress. Terrible were her deeds, and few there were who had the hardihood to sound the brazen trumpet which hung over the iron gate that barred the way to the Abode of Witchcraft. Terrible were the deeds of Kalyb; but above all things she delighted in carrying off innocent new-born babes, and putting them to death. And this, doubtless, she meant to be the fate of the infant son of the Earl of Coventry, who long long years ago was Lord High Steward of England. Certain it is that the babe's father being absent, and his mother dying at his birth, the wicked Kalyb, with spells and charms, managed to steal the child from his careless nurses. But the babe was marked from the first for doughty deeds; for on his breast was pictured the living image of a dragon, on his right hand was a blood-red cross, and on his left leg showed the golden garter. And these signs so affected Kalyb, the fell enchantress, that she stayed her hand; and the child growing daily in beauty and stature, he became to her as the apple of her eye. Now, when twice seven years had passed the boy began to thirst for honourable adventures, though the wicked enchantress wished to keep him as her own.

In the darksome depths of a thick forest lived Kalyb the fell enchantress. Terrible were her deeds, and few there were who had the hardihood to sound the brazen trumpet which hung over the iron gate that barred the way to the Abode of Witchcraft. Terrible were the deeds of Kalyb; but above all things she delighted in carrying off innocent new-born babes, and putting them to death. And this, doubtless, she meant to be the fate of the infant son of the Earl of Coventry, who long long years ago was Lord High Steward of England. Certain it is that the babe's father being absent, and his mother dying at his birth, the wicked Kalyb, with spells and charms, managed to steal the child from his careless nurses. But the babe was marked from the first for doughty deeds; for on his breast was pictured the living image of a dragon, on his right hand was a blood-red cross, and on his left leg showed the golden garter. And these signs so affected Kalyb, the fell enchantress, that she stayed her hand; and the child growing daily in beauty and stature, he became to her as the apple of her eye. Now, when twice seven years had passed the boy began to thirst for honourable adventures, though the wicked enchantress wished to keep him as her own.

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Reprint of the 1918 collection of English fairy tales illustrated by Arthur Rackham. CONTENTS ST. GEORGE OF MERRIE ENGLAND THE STORY OF THE THREE BEARS TOM-TIT-TOT THE GOLDEN SNUFF-BOX TATTERCOATS THE THREE FEATHERS LAZY JACK JACK THE GIANT-KILLER THE THREE SILLIES THE GOLDEN BALL THE TWO SISTERS THE LAIDLY WORM TITTY MOUSE AND TATTY MOUSE JACK AND THE BEANSTALK THE BLACK BULL OF NORROWAY CATSKIN THE THREE LITTLE PIGS NIX NAUGHT NOTHING MR. AND MRS. VINEGAR THE TRUE HISTORY OF SIR THOMAS THUMB HENNY-PENNY THE THREE HEADS OF THE WELL MR. FOX DICK WHITTINGTON AND HIS CAT THE OLD WOMAN AND HER PIG THE WEE BANNOCK HOW JACK WENT OUT TO SEEK HIS FORTUNE THE BOGEY-BEAST LITTLE RED RIDING-HOOD CHILDE ROWLAND THE WISE MEN OF GOTHAM CAPORUSHES THE BABES IN THE WOOD THE RED ETTIN THE FISH AND THE RING LAWKAMERCYME MASTER OF ALL MASTERS MOLLY WHUPPIE AND THE DOUBLE-FACED GIANT THE ASS, THE TABLE, AND THE STICK THE WELL OF THE WORLD'S END THE ROSE TREE