HANS ANDERSEN’S FAIRY TALES
HANS:ANDERSEN’S FAIRY:TALES;WITH ILLUSTRATIONS:BY W:HEATH:ROBINSON
NEW:YORK HENRY:HOLT:&:CO. 1913
CONTENTS
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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
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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
There was a little bird that beat its wings 27
Placed the golden circuit about his neck 35
Then she saw the storks 41
The swallow soared high into the air 51
‘Thou poor little thing,’ said the field-mouse 52
‘This is just the wife for my son,’ said the toad 56
Oh, how terrified was poor Tommelise 59
That was the greatest of pleasures 65
They carried the mirror from place to place 69
He chuckled with delight 71
She wore a large hat, with most beautiful flowers painted on it 79
Gerda knew every flower in the garden 87
Suddenly a large raven hopped upon the snow in front of her 94
Cabinet councillors were walking about barefooted 97
And the nearer they were to the door the prouder they looked 102
And flapped his black wings at the carriage till it was out of sight 106
The little robber-maiden 109
The snow queen 112
She ran on as fast as she could 115
She entered the large, cold, empty hall 117
Tailpiece 119
The elfin king’s housekeeper 120
The mer-king must be invited first 124
They felt quite as if they were at home 127
I will have thee myself to wife 130
The little mermaid 132
She was on the whole a sensible sort of lady 137
The youngest was the most lovely 140
They ate from their hands 148
Many an evening she rose to the place 155
When the sun arose she awoke 159
Father stork 164
‘Stork! stork! long-legged stork!’ 168
And fetch one for each of the boys 170
‘Oh! how pretty that is!’ he would say 172
Among the branches dwelt a nightingale 177
They admired the city, the palace, and the garden 179
The kitchen-maid 181
The chief imperial nightingale bringer 184
He was quite as successful as the real nightingale 187
The wild swans 189
So Elise took off her clothes and stepped into the water 195
And met an old woman with a basket full of berries 198
Not a boat was to be seen 201
There was only just room for her and them 204
I must venture to the churchyard 209
Tailpiece 212
I have scarcely closed my eyes the whole night through 213
The old king himself went out to open it 215
And the pea was preserved in the cabinet of curiosities 216
Karen 217
And Karen was dressed very neatly 220
Karen and the old lady walked to church 222
He sat there nodding at her 224
Dance she must, over field and meadow 226
Two rogues calling themselves weavers made their appearance 228
‘Oh, it is excellent!’ replied the minister 231
As if in the act of holding something up 233
So now the emperor walked under his high canopy 234
The two rogues 235
Tailpiece 236
The emperor’s daughter 237
All cares and sorrows were forgotten by him who inhaled its fragrance 239
And he wept like a child 241
‘Ach! du lieber Augustin’ 243
Up flew the trunk 246
The son lived merrily 248
He met a nurse 249
Will you tell us a story? asked the queen 252
‘But let it make us laugh,’ said the king 253
Their slippers flew about their ears 255
And thus the frog won the princess 257
The old councillor 259
‘Say nothing for the present,’ remarked the king 260
It may not be perfectly true 261
The shepherdess and the chimney-sweeper 262
Heading 263
Tailpiece 269
The poor duckling was scorned by all 270
He came to a large moor 275
And the cat said, ‘Can you purr?’ 280
And every one said, ‘The new one is the best’ 283
Beware of him, dear child! 285
THE END 289
LIST OF COLOURED ILLUSTRATIONS
‘The bud opened into a full-blown flower, in the middle of which lay a beautiful child’ Frontispiece
‘She stood at the door and begged for a piece of barley-corn’ Facing page 56
‘Yes! I will go with thee, said Tommelise, and she seated herself on the bird’s back’ ” 64
‘The swing moves and the bubbles fly upward with bright ever-changing colours’ ” 84