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The third collection of Mr. Johnson’s popular version of fairy tales and
folk lore. The two previous volumes are “The Oak-Tree Fairy Book” and
“The Birch-Tree Fairy Book.” 6 to 9.
ENGLISH FAIRY TALES. Edited by Joseph Jacobs.
A standard collection of old English fairy and folk tales. An excellent
book for the use of teachers. 5 to 9.
FAIRY TALES FROM FAR JAPAN. By Susan Ballard.
Popular specimens of Japanese fairy lore. 8 to 10.
FAIRY TALES OF ALL NATIONS. By Edouard Laboulaye.
Fairy tales in which are wit and satire that will also appeal to older
people. 10 to 14.
FAIRY TALES OF ALL NATIONS. Translated and edited by Logan Marshall.
Contains stories from the English, German, French, Italian, Arabic,
Russian, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Bohemian, Japanese, etc. 6 to 9.
GOLDEN GOOSE AND OTHER FAIRY TALES, THE. By Eva March Tappan.
Six stories from the Scandinavian: “The Golden Goose,” “The Giant’s
House with the Roof of Sausages,” “The Simple-minded Giant,” “The Stolen
Princess,” “The Black Fox and the Red,” “The Little Wild Man.” 6 to 9.
GRANNY’S WONDERFUL CHAIR. By Frances Browne.
A splendid collection of fairy tales, the more remarkable inasmuch as
Miss Browne was born blind. 7 to 9.
GREEK HEROES, THE. By Charles Kingsley.
Greek fairy tales. A classic. 10 to 12.
HAUFF’S FAIRY TALES.
The edition translated by L. L. Weedon is to be preferred. 10 to 12.
HEROES OF CHIVALRY AND ROMANCE. By Rev. A. J. Church.
Stories of Beowulf, the “Treasure of the Nibelungs,” “King Arthur and
the Knights of the Round Table.” 12 to 14.
HEROES OF ICELAND. Adapted by Allen French.
From Sir George Webbe Dasent’s translation of “The Story of Burnt Njal.”
12 to 14.
HEROES OF THE OLDEN TIMES. By James Baldwin.
“Story of Siegfried, The”; “Story of Roland, The”; “Story of the Golden
Age, The”; “Legends of the Niebelungen Hero”; “Roland and Oliver”; and
“The Trojan War.” 10 to 14.
HOME FAIRY TALES. By Jean Macé. Translated from the French by Mary L.
Booth.
Edouard Laboulaye commends this collection of fairy tales as one of the
best published in France. 9 to 12.
HORSE FAIR, THE. By James Baldwin.
Tells about the famous horses of mythology, history and literature. 10
to 14.
ILIAD FOR BOYS AND GIRLS, THE. By Rev. A. J. Church.
One of the best simply told collections of stories from the Iliad of
Homer. 10 to 14.
INDIAN FAIRY TALES. Edited by Joseph Jacobs.
A representative collection of tales gathered from the Hindus. 6 to 10.
JAPANESE FAIRY TALES. By Teresa P. Williston.
The stories re-told by Mrs. Williston are stories that Japanese mothers
tell to their children. There are colored illustrations by a Japanese
artist. 8 to 11.
KING OF THE GOLDEN RIVER; OR, THE BLACK BROTHERS. By John Ruskin.
A fairy tale of what happened to two men who tried to get rich by evil
means, and of how the fortune they wanted went to their little brother.
8 to 10.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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