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The fairy tale is a poetic recording of the facts of life, an interpretation by the imagination of its hard conditions, an effort to reconcile the spirit which loves freedom and goodness and beauty with its harsh, bare and disappointing conditions. It is, in its earliest form, a spontaneous and instinctive endeavor to shape the facts of the world to meet the needs of the imagination, the cravings of the heart. It involves a free, poetic dealing with realities in accordance with the law of mental growth; it is the naïve activity of the young imagination of the race, untrammelled by the necessity of rigid adherence to the fact.

Twenty-four of the most beloved and memorable fairy tales altogether in one volume. These are the originals of all these great, unforgettable fairy tales. One Eye Two Eyes, Three Eyes The Magic Mirror (Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs) The Enchanted Stag Hansel and Grethel Aladdin and his Wonderful Lamp Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves The Second Voyage of Sinbad the Sailor The White Cat The Golden Goose The Twelve Brothers The Fair One With the Golden Locks Tom Thumb Blue Beard Cinderella Puss In Boots The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood Jack and the Bean-Stalk Jack the Giant Killer Little Red Riding Hood The Three Bears The Princess and the Pea The Ugly Duckling The Light Princess Beauty and the Beast