Grimms' Fairy Tales

Generations of children have listened with bated breath to the tales of Cinderella, Snow White and The Bremen Town Musicians.

Where did they come from, these ancient tales of Princes and Princesses, of giants and dwarfs and dragons and enchanted castles which all children love and which have taken so strong a hold upon the human imagination? Many of them go back a thousand years or more and can be found among the folk tales of many lands.

All of us, the children of yesterday and the children of today, owe a deep debt of gratitude to the brothers Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm, who a century ago began the patient collection of these timeless tales from many sources.

In preparing this new edition of Grimms' Fairy Tales, the aim of the publishers has been to present with the help of recognized authorities in children's literature the best collection available. The translations by Lucy Crane, Mrs. Edgar Lucas and M. Edwardes are endorsed by librarians everywhere.

Delightfully illustrated in color and in black and white, exclusively for THE ILLUSTRATED JUNIOR LIBRARY.

—from the dust jacket of the popular edition

Table of Contents

• Twelve Dancing Princesses
• The Golden Bird
• The Three Spinning Fairies
• The Three Children of Fortune
• King Thrushbeard
• Jorinda and Joringel
• The Wren and the Bear
• The Twelve Brothers
• The Mouse, the Bird, and the Sausage
• The Wolf and the Seven Kids
• Thumbling the Dwarf and Thumbling the Giant
• Sweetheart Roland
• The Goose Girl
• The Cat and Mouse in Partnership
• The White Snake
• The Frog Prince
• The Pink
• The Queen Bee
• Briar Rose (Sleeping Beauty)
• The Six Swans
• The Fisherman and His Wife
• Rumplestiltskin
• Rapunzel
• The Salad
• The Bremen Town Musicians
• The Raven
• Cinderella
• Snow-White and the Seven Dwarfs
• The Elves and the Shoemaker
• The Water of Life
• The Gallant Tailor
• The Golden Goose
• The Blue Light
• The Straw, the Coal, and the Bean
• Fundevogel
• Karl Katz
• The Table, the Ass, and the Stick
• Red Riding Hood
• The King of the Golden Mountain
• The Robber Bridegroom
• The Turnip
• The Seven Ravens
• Tom Thumb
• The Clever Gretel
• The Six Servants
• Frederick and Catherine
• Snow-White and Rose-Red
• The Four Accomplished Brothers
• The Giant with the Three Golden Hairs
• How Six Traveled Through the World
• Hansel and Gretel
• The Twelve Huntsmen
• Faithful John
• Iron Hans
• The Lady and the Lion