• Publication: Fairy Tales from All NationsPublication Record # 684971
• Editor: Anthony R. Montalba
• Date: 1849-02-16
• Publisher: Chapman & Hall
• Price:
  9/-^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).
• Pages: 408
• Format:
  hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
• Type: ANTHOLOGY
• Notes:

  • 1st ed. This is the source for Project Gutenberg Ebook # (see), whose edition is the source for some data.
  • Publication date and price from advertisements in weekly newspapers. Finally, for instance in The Athenaeum, Saturday 1849-02-10 "On Friday will be published ..."; -02-17 "This day is published (to be had at all the Libraries)". Probably this book was planned for but missed the 1848 Christmas gift season. It was announced at price 9s. in the same newspaper 1848-12-02 p1224, "Chapman & Hall's New Publications // to be published in December".
  • Last page unnumbered, implies Library of Congress report of 4 preliminary leaves and 407 pages.
• External IDs:
  • LCCN: 25038579

Contents (view Concise Listing)

•  Fairy Tales from All Nations • (1849) • interior artwork by Richard Doyle (1824-1883)
• 1 • The Birth of the Fairy Tale • (1849) • short story by Ludwig Bechstein (trans. of Des Märchen Geburt 1845) [as by uncredited]
• 9 • 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 villender 1844) [as by
  P. Asbiörnson^?P. Asbioernson
  and Torgen Moe]
• 20 • The Story of Argilius and the Flame King • (1849) • short fiction by Count Mayláth (trans. of Zauberhelene 1825)
• 38 • Persevere and Prosper • (1849) • short fiction by Gustav Weil [as by Dr. G. Weil]
• 41 • Prince of the Glow-Worms • (1849) • short fiction by Friedrich von Sallet (trans. of Der Johanniswürmerprinz 1843)
• 71 • The Two Misers • (1849) • short fiction by uncredited
• 73 • Prince Chaffinch • (1849) • short fiction by Philippe de Caylus (trans. of Mignonnette 1741) [as by uncredited]
• 105 • 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]
• 132 • The Enchanted Crow • (1849) • short fiction by Kazimierz Wladyslaw Woycicki (trans. of
  Zaklęty w wronę^?Zaklety w wrone
  1837) [as by K. W. Woycicky]
• 153 • The Dragon-Giant and His Stone Steed • (1849) • short fiction by O. L. B. Wolff (trans. of Dobrüna Nikititsch 1845)
• 185 • The Story of Siva and Madhava • (1849) • short fiction by Somadeva Bhatta
• 201 • The Goblin Bird • (1849) • short fiction by Eugène Casalis (trans. of Le meurtre de Maciloniane 1841) [as by Casalis]
• 209 • The Shepherd and the Serpent • (1849) • short fiction by Ludwig Bechstein (trans. of Der Schäfer und die Schlange 1845) [as by uncredited]
• 215 • 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]
• 217 • 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 måne 1844) [as by
  P. Asbiörnson^?P. Asbioernson
  ]
• 236 • The Little Man in Grey • (1849) • short fiction by Moriz Haupt (trans. of Ein Märchen aus der Oberlausitz 1842) [as by Montz Hausst]
• 243 • Red, White, and Black • (1849) • short fiction by Jean de Mailly (trans. of Incarnat, Blanc et Noir 1718) [as by L'Heritier (in error)]
• 249 • 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]
• 268 • The Study of Magic Under Difficulties • (1849) • short fiction by Giovanni Francesco Straparola (trans. of Maestro Lattantio 1551) [as by Strapparola]
• 281 • Fortune's Favourite • (1849) • short story by J. G. von Gaal (trans. of Waldhüter Märchen 1822) [as by G. von Gall]
• 309 • The Lucky Days • (1849) • short fiction by Giovanni Francesco Straparola (trans. of Lucietta, madre di Lucilio 1553) [as by Strapparola]
• 313 • The Feast of the Dwarfs • (1849) • short fiction by Wilhelm Grimm (trans. of Das Fest der Unterirdischen 1826) [as by uncredited]
• 329 • The Three Dogs • (1849) • short story by Ludwig Bechstein (trans. of Die drei Hunde 1845) [as by L. Beckstein]
• 339 • The Courageous Flute-Player • (1849) • short fiction by Ludwig Bechstein (trans. of Der beherzte Flötenspieler 1845) [as by uncredited]
• 345 • The Glass Hatchet • (1849) • short fiction by J. G. von Gaal (trans. of Die gläserne Hacke 1822) [as by G. von Gall]
• 360 • The Golden Duck • (1849) • short fiction by Wolfgang Adolph Gerle (trans. of Die goldne Ente 1819) [as by Wolfgard A. Gerle]
• 377 • Goldy • (1849) • short fiction by Justinus Kerner (trans. of Goldener 1813)
• 384 • The Serpent Prince • (1849) • short story by Giambattista Basile (trans. of Lo serpo 1634) [as by Basile]
• 398 • The Prophetic Dream • (1849) • short fiction by Ludwig Bechstein (trans. of Des kleinen Hirten Glückstraum 1845) [as by uncredited]