The Blue Fairy Book
Book Description
The Tales in this volume are intended for children, who will hke, it is hoped, the old stories that have pleased so many generations. The tales of Perrault are printed from the old Eng Ush version of the eighteenth centmy. The stories from the Cabinet des Fees and from Madame d Auhioy are translated, or rather adapted, by Miss Minnie Wright, who has also, by M. Henri Carnoy skind permission, rende...
MoreThe Tales in this volume are intended for children, who will hke, it is hoped, the old stories that have pleased so many generations. The tales of Perrault are printed from the old Eng Ush version of the eighteenth centmy. The stories from the Cabinet des Fees and from Madame d Auhioy are translated, or rather adapted, by Miss Minnie Wright, who has also, by M. Henri Carnoy skind permission, rendered The Bronze Ring from his Traditions Populaires de VA sie Mineure (M aisonneuve, Paris, 1889). The stories from Grimm are translated by Miss May Sellar; another from the German by Miss Sylvia Hunt; the Norse tales Eire a version by Mrs. Alfred Hunt; The Terrible Head is adapted from A po Uodorus, Simonides, and Pindar by the Editor; Miss Violet Hunt condensed Aladdin ;M iss May Kendall did the same for Gulliver s Travels; The Fairy Paribanou is abridged from the old English translation of Ga Uand. Messers. Chambers have kindly sdlowed us to reprint The Red Etin and The Black Bull of Norroway from Mr. Robert Chambers Popular Traditions of Scotland. Dick Whittington is from the chap book edited by Mr. Gomme and Mr. Wheatley for the Villon Society; Jack the Giantkiller is from a chap book, but a good version of this old favorite is hard to procure. Andrew Lang.
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