Produced by Marilynda Fraser-Cunliffe, Anne Storer and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net BOYS AND GIRLS BOOKSHELF _A Practical Plan of Character Building_ COMPLETE IN SEVENTEEN VOLUMES I Fun and Thought for Little Folk II Folk-Lore, Fables, and Fairy Tales III Famous Tales and Nature Stories IV Things to Make and Things to Do V True Stories from Every Land VI Famous Songs and Picture Stories VII Nature and Outdoor Life, Part I VIII Nature and Outdoor Life, Part II IX Earth, Sea, and Sky X Games and Handicraft XI Wonders of Invention XII Marvels of Industry XIII Every Land and its Story XIV Famous Men and Women XV Bookland--Story and Verse, Part I XVI Bookland--Story and Verse, Part II XVII Graded and Classified Index THE UNIVERSITY SOCIETY INCORPORATED _New York_ [Illustration: THE SUNSET FAIRIES FROM A DRAWING BY FLORENCE MARY ANDERSON] BOYS AND GIRLS BOOKSHELF _A Practical Plan of Character Building_ Little Folks' Section [Illustration: INSTRUCTIVE PLAY ... VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE The Four Fold Life MENTAL PHYSICAL SOCIAL MORAL] Prepared Under the Supervision of THE EDITORIAL BOARD _of the_ UNIVERSITY SOCIETY Volume II FOLK-LORE, FABLES, AND FAIRY TALES THE UNIVERSITY SOCIETY INCORPORATED _New York_ Copyright, 1920, By THE UNIVERSITY SOCIETY INC. Copyright, 1912, 1915, By THE UNIVERSITY SOCIETY INC. _Manufactured in the U. S. A._ INTRODUCTION This volume is devoted to a choice collection of the standard and new fairy-tales, wonder stories, and fables. They speak so truly and convincingly for themselves that we wish to use this introductory page only to emphasize their value to young children. There are still those who find no room in their own reading, and would give none in the reading of the young, except for facts. They confuse facts and truth, and forget that there is a world of truth that is larger than the mere facts of life, being compact of imagination and vision and ideals. Dr. Hamilton Wright Mabie convinced us of this in his cogent words.