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Ever since—almost exactly a hundred years ago—the Grimms produced their Fairy Tale Book, folk-lorists have been engaged in making similar collections for all the other countries of Europe, outside Germany, till there is scarcely a nook or a corner in the whole continent that has not been ransacked for these products of the popular fancy. The Grimms themselves and most of their followers have pointed out the similarity or, one might even say, the identity of plot and incident of many of these tales throughout the European Folk-Lore field. Von Hahn, when collecting the Greek and Albanian Fairy Tales in , brought together these common "formulæ" of the European Folk-Tale. These were supplemented by Mr. S. Baring-Gould in , and I myself in contributed an even fuller list to the Hand Book of Folk-Lore. Most, if not all of these formulæ, have been found in all the countries of Europe where folk-tales have been collected. In Miss M. Roalfe Cox brought together, in a volume of the Folk-Lore Society, no less than variants of "Cinderella" and kindred stories showing how widespread this particular formula was throughout Europe and how substantially identical the various incidents as reproduced in each particular country.

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Though this book is your very, very own, you will not mind if other little girls and boys also get copies of it from their mummeys and papas and ganmas and ganpas, for when you meet some of them you will, all of you, have a number of common friends like " The Cinder-Maid," or " The Earl of Cattenborough," or "The Master-Maid," and you can talk to one another about them so that you are old friends at once. Oh, won't that be nice? And when one of these days you go over the Great Sea, in whatever land you go, you will find girls and boys, as well as grown-ups, who will know all of these tales, even if they have different names. Won't that be nice too ? And when you tell your new friends here or abroad of these stories that you and they will know so well, do not forget to tell them that you have a book, all of your very own, which was made up specially for you of these old, old stories by your old, old GANPA.

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Europa's Fairy BookAuthor: Joseph JacobsEUROPA'S FAIRY BOOK RESTORED AND RETOLD BYJOSEPH JACOBS I.—Cinder-Maid1 II.—All Change13 III.—The King of the Fishes19 IV.—Scissors31 V.—Beauty and the Beast34 VI.—Reynard and Bruin42 VII.—The Dancing Water, Singing Apple, and Speaking Bird51 VIII.—The Language of Animals66 IX.—The Three Soldiers72 X.—A Dozen at a Blow81 XI.—The Earl of Cattenborough90 XII.—The Swan Maidens98 XIII.—Androcles and the Lion107 XIV.—Day Dreaming110 XV.—Keep Cool115 XVI.—The Master Thief121 XVII.—The Unseen Bridegroom129 XVIII.—The Master-Maid142 XIX.—A Visitor from Paradise159 XX.—Inside Again165 XXI.—John the True170 XXII.—Johnnie and Grizzle180 XXIII.—The Clever Lass188 XXIV.—Thumbkin194 XV.—Snowwhite201Notes215List of Incidents

"Do tell us a fairy tale, ganpa.""Well, will you be good and quiet if I do?""Of course we will; we are always good when you are telling us fairy tales.""Well, here goes.--Once upon a time, though it wasn't in my time, and it wasn't in your time, and it wasn't in anybody else's time, there was a----""But that would be no time at all.""That's fairy tale time."This is a lovely little book of fairy tales from throughout Europe. The author wrote the stories by finding tales that were common among many different European countries and cultures. The stories were very approachable, and are appropriate for all ages. There are 25 stories in totaly.European Folk and Fairy Tales (also known as Europa's Fairy Book) is a collection of Folk and Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs, first published in 1916, including: The Cinder-Maid The King of the Fishes Beauty and the Beast Reynard and Bruin The Dancing Water, The Singing Apple, and the Speaking Bird The Language of Animals Snowwhite Joseph Jacobs (1854 - 1916) was a folklorist, literary critic and historian.His works included contributions to the Jewish Encyclopedia, translations of European works, and critical editions of early English literature. Jacobs wrote for journals and books on the subject of folklore and produced a popular series of fairy tales.

"Do tell us a fairy tale, ganpa.""Well, will you be good and quiet if I do?""Of course we will; we are always good when you are telling us fairy tales.""Well, here goes.--Once upon a time, though it wasn't in my time, and it wasn't in your time, and it wasn't in anybody else's time, there was a----""But that would be no time at all.""That's fairy tale time."This is a lovely little book of fairy tales from throughout Europe. The author wrote the stories by finding tales that were common among many different European countries and cultures. The stories were very approachable, and are appropriate for all ages. There are 25 stories in totaly.European Folk and Fairy Tales (also known as Europa's Fairy Book) is a collection of Folk and Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs, first published in 1916, including: The Cinder-Maid The King of the Fishes Beauty and the Beast Reynard and Bruin The Dancing Water, The Singing Apple, and the Speaking Bird The Language of Animals Snowwhite Joseph Jacobs (1854 - 1916) was a folklorist, literary critic and historian.His works included contributions to the Jewish Encyclopedia, translations of European works, and critical editions of early English literature. Jacobs wrote for journals and books on the subject of folklore and produced a popular series of fairy tales.