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The Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen (Classic Reprint)
The Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen - Classic Reprint Author:H. C. Andersen INTRODUCTION HA~S C"R'~'TIA'" A>lD>:ru;l:N, withollt knowing it, pr"scribcu a Ill'allhy .onic lor mOTe than one writer in Engbnd and Ameriq. It would be a pity not to acknowledge Ihi". J Ic w~~ 1I0t well knoll''' in ,ˇilha country whell _lar)' Howitl pllhlishe.l hn 'r~"sbtions of his stories in F:ngland. Perhaps her intimacy with Frederic, Ik"me... more »L the S'edi~h noocli"' o~ned the way to her 3C(1I1aictaoce with tht!' J)anl!-h slory-tdler. The children of England ~nd A,,,eric~ had the iir~1 hcndit of Ih;" inv,,"ion o( the Dan~. For, by a ra.her prOl'oking law, il will h~PI)e" that the literalure of c19illJj,ood is sadly apt to i~ll into .he Tilts of Sen. timent,lists lJr (,f lI,echanics. "Anybudy c~n "ˇri.c " child's book" is the I,d.,ˇ th,'ory of p"blish~rs in the decline which com~" "pun chil.lrell's bonks once i,l a gen~ration. As an experienced erlitor once said 10 "'e, nin"ly-nine hln,lredths of th~ :lIiide, s"nt 10 hi", a
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Contents; THI': JCE' ~l :[[)I::N , OR THE EAGLE'S ~EST; THli Sl'OR"S; T1lli {;rLY OUCKLl~G; THE WILD 5'!NS; THE MAkSH I:!SC'S DAU« less