WONDER TALES FROM MANY LANDS _Uniform with this Volume_ FAIRY TALES OF OLD JAPAN By Dr W. E. GRIFFIS. Illustrated in Colour. CHINESE FAIRY STORIES By NORMAN H. PITMAN. Illustrated in Colour. [Illustration: THE BABA YAGA AND PETER _Fr._] WONDER TALES FROM MANY LANDS WRITTEN AND ILLUSTRATED BY KATHARINE PYLE [Illustration] LONDON GEORGE G. HARRAP & COMPANY LTD. 2 & 3 PORTSMOUTH STREET KINGSWAY W.C. AND AT SYDNEY _First published August 1920_ _Printed in Great Britain by Turnbull & Spears, Edinburgh_ CONTENTS PAGE LONG, BROAD, AND SHARPSIGHT 9 _A Story from Bohemia_ THE DWARF WITH THE GOLDEN BEARD 30 _A Slavonic Fairy Tale_ THE GREAT WHITE BEAR AND THE TROLLS 55 _A Story from the Norse_ THE STORY OF THE THREE BILLY GOAT GRUFFS 61 _A Story from the Norse_ THE STONES OF PLOUVINEC 67 _A Tale from Brittany_ THE KING OF THE BUFFALOES 81 _An American Indian Tale_ THE JACKAL AND THE ALLIGATOR 88 _A Hindu Fairy Tale_ THE BABA YAGA 93 _A Russian Fairy Tale_ TAMLANE 99 _A Story from an Old Scotch Ballad_ THE FARMER AND THE PIXY 104 _An English Fairy Tale_ RABBIT’S EYES 109 _A Korean Fairy Tale_ MUDJEE MONEDO 114 _An American Indian Tale_ DAPPLEGRIM 126 _A Tale adapted from the Norse_ THE FISH PRINCE 146 _A Hindu Folk Tale_ THE MAGIC RICE KETTLE 161 _A Korean Story_ THE CROW PERI 178 _A Persian Story_ THE FOUR WISHES 199 _A German Story_ WHY THE ANIMALS NO LONGER FEAR THE SHEEP 229 _A French Creole Story_ PRINCESS ROSETTA 240 _A French Fairy Tale_ ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE THE BABA YAGA AND PETER _Frontispiece_ THERE WAS A GREAT BLACK RAVEN IN THE ROOM WITH THEM 28 HE SPOKE TO HER IN THE SOFTEST VOICE HE COULD MANAGE 82 THEN IT WAS A SWAN THAT BEAT ITS WINGS IN HER FACE 102 “NOT SO FAST, MY FINE LITTLE FELLOW,” HE SAID 106 SHE MANAGED TO THROW THE THIRD STONE AT HIM 152 “DO NOT BE AFRAID, MY CHILD,” SAID THE NIXIE TO MATILDA 202 THE MATTRESS UPON WHICH SHE LAY HAD FLOATED ON AND ON 248 WONDER TALES FROM MANY LANDS LONG, BROAD, AND SHARPSIGHT A STORY FROM BOHEMIA