[Illustration] HANS ANDERSEN’S FAIRY TALES HANS:ANDERSEN’S FAIRY:TALES;WITH ILLUSTRATIONS:BY W:HEATH:ROBINSON [Illustration] NEW:YORK HENRY:HOLT:&:CO. 1913 CONTENTS [Illustration] PAGE LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS vii LIST OF COLOURED PLATES xi THE MARSH KING’S DAUGHTER 2 TOMMELISE 52 THE SNOW QUEEN. PART THE FIRST--WHICH TREATS OF THE MIRROR AND ITS FRAGMENTS 69 PART THE SECOND--A LITTLE BOY AND A LITTLE GIRL 72 PART THE THIRD--THE ENCHANTED FLOWER-GARDEN 80 PART THE FOURTH--THE PRINCE AND THE PRINCESS 90 PART THE FIFTH--THE LITTLE ROBBER-MAIDEN 99 PART THE SIXTH--THE LAPLAND WOMAN AND THE FINLAND WOMAN 107 PART THE SEVENTH--WHICH TREATS OF THE SNOW QUEEN’S PALACE, AND OF WHAT CAME TO PASS THEREIN 112 ELFIN-MOUNT 121 THE LITTLE MERMAID 133 THE STORKS 165 THE NIGHTINGALE 173 THE WILD SWANS 190 THE REAL PRINCESS 214 THE RED SHOES 218 THE EMPEROR’S NEW CLOTHES 229 THE SWINEHERD 238 THE FLYING TRUNK 247 THE LEAPING MATCH 258 THE SHEPHERDESS AND THE CHIMNEY-SWEEPER 263 THE UGLY DUCKLING 271 THE NAUGHTY BOY 286 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE The marsh king’s daughter 1 She understood the speech of birds 2 It was he who pulled her down 7 The Nile flood had retired 13