• Publication: Fairy Tales from All NationsPublication Record # 343280
• Editor: Anthony R. Montalba
• Date: 1850-00-00
• Publisher: Harper & Brothers
• Price:
  $0.70^?$: US dollar
• Pages: 360
• Format:
  hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
• Type: ANTHOLOGY
• Notes:

  • 1st US ed. Published early December 1849, title page dated 1850.
  • Title page image viewed 2018-09-24 at Wikipedia, "Anthony R. Montalba" (see the author record).
  • Publication date and price from publisher advertisement "Harper & Brothers: publish this week" (one of three), The Literary World (New York) 5.149 (1849-12-08) p501: "Square 8vo. Paper, 70 cents ; Muslin gilt, 871/2 cents ; Muslin, gilt edges, $1.00."
  • HathiTrust Digital Library provides full view of 2 copies without original cover: -- Preface, p9-10 (an essay; see the anthology record) -- Contents, 11-12, lists 29 ("The Birth of the Fairy Tale", a story, plus 28 stories identified by language and usually by author) -- text spans p13-[360], final page unnumbered The full-page illustrations are a frontispiece and 10 plates included in the pagination. All illustrations are black-and-white, from drawings by Doyle, engraved (see the 1st ed. and interior art records). Some of those in the copy from Harvard U are colored by a user (see page 358 for instance, and a useful point of entry).
• External IDs:
  • OCLC/WorldCat: 2082628

Contents (view Concise Listing)

•  Fairy Tales from All Nations • (1849) • interior artwork by Richard Doyle (1824-1883)
• 13 • The Birth of the Fairy Tale • (1849) • short story by Ludwig Bechstein (trans. of Des Märchen Geburt 1845) [as by uncredited]
• 20 • Snow-White and Rosy-Red • [Norske Folkeeventyr • 33] • (1849) • short story by
  Peter Asbjørnsen^?Peter Asbjoernsen
  and
  Jørgen Moe^?Jorgen Moe
  (trans. of De tolv Vildænder 1843) [as by
  P. Asbiörnson^?P. Asbioernson
  and Torgen Moe]
• 32 • The Story of Argilius and the Flame King • (1849) • short fiction by
  Count Mayláth^?Count Maylath
  (trans. of Zauberhelene 1825)
• 47 • Persevere and Prosper • (1849) • short fiction by Gustav Weil [as by Dr. G. Weil]
• 50 • Prince of the Glow-Worms • (1849) • short fiction by Friedrich von Sallet (trans. of Der Johanniswürmerprinz 1843)
• 76 • The Two Misers • (1849) • short fiction by uncredited
• 78 • Prince Chaffinch • (1849) • short fiction by Philippe de Caylus (trans. of Mignonnette 1741) [as by uncredited]
• 106 • The Wolf and the Nightingale • (1849) • short fiction by E. M. Arndt (trans. of Der Wolf und die Nachtigall, oder die zwei arme Königskinder verwandelt und zuletzt nach vieler Noth doch wieder zu Menschen geschaffen wurden. 1818) [as by E. M. Anndt]
• 128 • The Enchanted Crow • (1849) • short fiction by Kazimierz Wladyslaw Woycicki (trans. of
  Zaklęty w wronę^?Zaklety w wrone
  1837) [as by K. W. Woycicky]
• 132 • The Dragon-Giant and His Stone Steed • (1849) • short fiction by O. L. B. Wolff (trans. of Dobrüna Nikititsch 1845)
• 161 • The Story of Siva and Madhava • [
  कथासरित्सागर^?Kathasaritsagara
  ] • (1849) • short story by Somadeva Bhatta (trans. of The Story of Siva and Madhava unknown)
• 174 • The Goblin Bird • (1849) • short fiction by Eugène Casalis (trans. of Le meurtre de Maciloniane 1841) [as by Casalis]
• 183 • The Shepherd and the Serpent • (1849) • short fiction by Ludwig Bechstein (trans. of Der Schäfer und die Schlange 1845) [as by uncredited]
• 188 • The Expeditious Frog • (1849) • short fiction by Joachim Leopold Haupt and J. E. Schmaler (trans. of Der hurtige Frosch 1843) [as by Leopold Hausst and J. E. Schmaler]
• 190 • Eastward of the Sun, and Westward of the Moon • [Norske Folkeeventyr • 41] • (1849) • short story by
  Peter Asbjørnsen^?Peter Asbjoernsen
  and
  Jørgen Moe^?Jorgen Moe
  (trans. of Østenfor Sol og vestenfor Maane 1844) [as by
  P. Asbiörnson^?P. Asbioernson
  ]
• 208 • The Little Man in Grey • (1849) • short fiction by Moriz Haupt (trans. of Ein Märchen aus der Oberlausitz 1842) [as by Montz Hausst]
• 214 • Red, White, and Black • (1849) • short fiction by Jean de Mailly (trans. of Incarnat, Blanc et Noir 1718) [as by L'Heritier (in error)]
• 219 • The Twelve Lost Princesses and the Wizard King • [Norske Folkeeventyr • 3] • (1849) • short fiction by
  Peter Asbjørnsen^?Peter Asbjoernsen
  and
  Jørgen Moe^?Jorgen Moe
  (trans. of Fugl Dam 1841) [as by uncredited]
• 237 • The Study of Magic Under Difficulties • (1849) • short fiction by Giovanni Francesco Straparola (trans. of Maestro Lattantio 1551) [as by Strapparola]
• 248 • Fortune's Favourite • (1849) • short story by J. G. von Gaal (trans. of Waldhüter Märchen 1822) [as by G. von Gall]
• 273 • The Lucky Days • (1849) • short fiction by Giovanni Francesco Straparola (trans. of Lucietta, madre di Lucilio 1553) [as by Strapparola]
• 276 • The Feast of the Dwarfs • (1849) • short fiction by Wilhelm Grimm (trans. of Das Fest der Unterirdischen 1826) [as by uncredited]
• 291 • The Three Dogs • (1849) • short story by Ludwig Bechstein (trans. of Die drei Hunde 1845) [as by L. Beckstein]
• 299 • The Courageous Flute-Player • (1849) • short fiction by Ludwig Bechstein (trans. of Der beherzte Flötenspieler 1845) [as by uncredited]
• 304 • The Glass Hatchet • (1849) • short fiction by J. G. von Gaal (trans. of Die gläserne Hacke 1822) [as by G. von Gall]
• 318 • The Golden Duck • (1849) • short fiction by Wolfgang Adolph Gerle (trans. of Die goldne Ente 1819) [as by Wolfgard A. Gerle]
• 332 • Goldy • (1849) • short fiction by Justinus Kerner (trans. of Goldener 1813)
• 338 • The Serpent Prince • (1849) • short story by Giambattista Basile (trans. of Lo serpo 1634) [as by Basile]
• 350 • The Prophetic Dream • (1849) • short fiction by Ludwig Bechstein (trans. of Des kleinen Hirten Glückstraum 1845) [as by uncredited]