• Publication: Giants & Witches and a Dragon or TwoPublication Record # 692980
• Editor: Phyllis R. Fenner
• Date: 1943-00-00
• Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
• Pub. Series: Borzoi Books
• Pages: xii+207
• Format:
  hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
• Type: ANTHOLOGY
• Notes: The 2 tales from the Brothers Grimm are the translations from the Blue & Yellow Fairy Books edited by Andrew Lang. The Asbjorsen & Moe tales are from the translation of George Dasent.
• External IDs:
  • LCCN: 43016225
  • OCLC/WorldCat: 312753778
  • Open Library: OL6455694M

Contents (view Concise Listing)

•  Giants & Witches and a Dragon or Two • interior artwork by Henry C. Pitz
• 3 • King Stork • juvenile • (1887) • short story by Howard Pyle
• 18 • Jack the Ashypet • (1939) • short story by Seumas MacManus
• 32 • Molly Whuppie • (1890) • short story by Joseph Jacobs
• 39 • The Giant Who Had No Heart in His Body • [Norske Folkeeventyr • 36] • (1859) • short story by
  Peter Asbjørnsen^?Peter Asbjoernsen
  and
  Jørgen Moe^?Jorgen Moe
  (trans. of Risen som ikke hadde noe hjerte på seg 1844) [as by
  P. C. Asbjørnsen^?P. C. Asbjornsen
  and J. Moe]
• 50 • The Hungry Old Witch • (1924) • short story by Charles J. Finger
• 64 • Billy Beg and the Bull • (1899) • short story by Seumas MacManus
• 79 • Baba Yaga • (1916) • short story by Arthur Ransome
• 93 • Peterkin and the Little Grey Hare • juvenile • (1887) • short story by Howard Pyle
• 108 • Buttercup • [Norske Folkeeventyr • 52] • (1859) • short story by
  Peter Asbjørnsen^?Peter Asbjoernsen
  and
  Jørgen Moe^?Jorgen Moe
  (trans. of Smørbukk 1844) [as by
  P. C. Asbjørnsen^?P. C. Asbjornsen
  and J. Moe]
• 115 • Jack and the Beanstalk • (1890) • short story by Joseph Jacobs
• 126 • Hansel and Grethel • [
  KHM (Kinder- und Hausmärchen)^?KHM (Kinder- und Hausmaerchen)
  • 15] • (1889) • short story by Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm (trans. of
  Hänsel und Gretel^?Haensel und Gretel
  1812)
• 138 • Jack the Giant Killer • (1890) • short story by Joseph Jacobs (variant of Jack the Giant-Killer)
• 155 • The Dragon and His Grandmother • [
  KHM (Kinder- und Hausmärchen)^?KHM (Kinder- und Hausmaerchen)
  • 125] • (1894) • short story by Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm (trans. of Der Teufel und seine Großmutter 1815)
• 162 • The Terrible Olli • (1922) • short story by Parker Fillmore
• 174 • The Hobyahs • (1891) • short story by S. V. Proudfit
• 178 • Pies of a Princess • (1925) • short story by Arthur Bowie Chrisman (variant of Pies of the Princess)
• 189 • The Boy Who Killed the Dif • (1936) • short story by Post Wheeler