• Publication: Fairy Stories Every Child Should KnowPublication Record # 739353
• Editors: Nora Archibald Smith, Kate Douglas Wiggin
• Date: 1942-00-00
• Publisher: Doubleday, Doran
• Pub. Series: What Every Child Should Know Library
• Price:
  $1.16^?$: US dollar
• Pages: viii+317
• Format:
  hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
• Type: ANTHOLOGY
• Cover: Fairy Stories Every Child Should Know by Elizabeth MacKinstry
• Notes:

  • Undated Published for the 1942 Christmas gift season Published by Doubleday, Doran for The Parents' Institute
  • What Every Child Should Know Library, 4th series (set of six, others non-genre) Price $1.16 represents $7.00 for the set, or $1 monthly for eight months. --advertisement by The Parents' Institute, Inc., Parents' Magazine 1942-12 p103 "not numbered so the set of six can be used for one gift or six"
  • HathiTrust Digital Library provides full view of one copy with original cover: -- title page (facing blank page; probable frontispiece plate missing) Cover illustration is that of the frontispiece plate in The Fairy Ring, illustrated 1910 by MacKinstry.
  • Library of Congress (LCCN, below) reports "viii p., 2 l., 317 p. incl. col. front. plates." WorldCat (OCLC) reports "viii, 317 pages : illustrations (1 color)".
• External IDs:
  • LCCN: 42-51972
  • OCLC/WorldCat: 26923839

Contents (view Concise Listing)

•  Fairy Stories Every Child Should Know • interior artwork by Elizabeth MacKinstry
• xi • untitled (The Fairy Ring) • (1906) • poem by Nora Archibald Smith
• xiii • Introduction (The Fairy Ring) • (1906) • essay by Kate Douglas Wiggin
• 3 • East o' the Sun and West o' the Moon • [Norske Folkeeventyr • 41] • (1859) • short story by
  Peter Asbjørnsen^?Peter Asbjoernsen
  and
  Jørgen Moe^?Jorgen Moe
  (trans. of Østenfor Sol og vestenfor Maane 1844) [as by uncredited]
• 13 • The Golden Lantern, Golden Goat and Golden Cloak • (1853) • short story by
  Gunnar Olof Hyltén-Cavallius^?Gunnar Olof Hylten-Cavallius
  and George Stephens (trans. of Guld-lyktan, guld-bocken och guld-pelseu 1844) [as by uncredited]
• 21 • Mother Roundabout's Daughter • [Norske Folkeeventyr • 77] • (1874) • short story by
  Peter Asbjørnsen^?Peter Asbjoernsen
  and
  Jørgen Moe^?Jorgen Moe
  (trans. of Gutten som ville fri til datter til og mor i kroken 1871) [as by uncredited]
• 28 • The Bear and Skrattel • (1839) • short story by Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm (trans. of Das Schrätel und der Wasserbär 1826) [as by uncredited]
• 37 • The Golden Bird • [Norske Folkeeventyr • 83] • (1874) • short story by
  Peter Asbjørnsen^?Peter Asbjoernsen
  and
  Jørgen Moe^?Jorgen Moe
  (trans. of Gullfuglen 1871) [as by uncredited]
• 45 • The Doll in the Grass • [Norske Folkeeventyr • 25] • (1897) • short story by
  Peter Asbjørnsen^?Peter Asbjoernsen
  and
  Jørgen Moe^?Jorgen Moe
  (trans. of Dukken i gresset 1843) [as by uncredited]
• 47 • The Princess on the Glass Hill • [Norske Folkeeventyr • 51] • (1889) • short story by
  Peter Asbjørnsen^?Peter Asbjoernsen
  and
  Jørgen Moe^?Jorgen Moe
  (trans. of Jomfruen på glassberget 1844) [as by uncredited]
• 56 • The Ram and the Pig who went into the Woods to Live by Themselves • [Norske Folkeeventyr • 61] • (1897) • short story by
  Peter Asbjørnsen^?Peter Asbjoernsen
  and
  Jørgen Moe^?Jorgen Moe
  (trans. of Væren og grisen som skulle til skogs og bo for seg selv 1871) [as by uncredited]
• 60 • The Troll's Hammer • (1896) • short story by Carit Etlar (trans. of Bjergmandens Hammer 1847) [as by uncredited]
• 65 • The Clever Prince • (1902) • short story by Svend Grundtvig (trans. of Den kloge Dronning (extract) 1878) [as by uncredited]
• 70 • "Lars, My Lad!" • (1901) • short story by G. Djurklou (trans. of Lasse min dräng 1883) [as by uncredited]
• 85 • Twigmuntus, Cowbelliantus, Perchnosius • (1901) • short story by G. Djurklou (trans. of Qvistmuntus, Kobäljantus Abórrnäsius 1883) [as by uncredited]
• 89 • Master Tobacco • [Norske Folkeeventyr • 71] • (1874) • short story by
  Peter Asbjørnsen^?Peter Asbjoernsen
  and
  Jørgen Moe^?Jorgen Moe
  (trans. of Tobakksgutten 1871) [as by uncredited]
• 95 • The History of Tom Thumb • (1890) • short story by Joseph Jacobs [as by uncredited]
• 101 • Tattercoats • (1894) • short story by M. C. Balfour [as by uncredited]
• 104 • History of Jack the Giant-Killer • (1889) • short story by uncredited (variant of The History of Jack the Giant-Killer)
• 109 • Yvon and Finette • (1866) • short story by Édouard René Lefèvre de Laboulaye (trans. of Yvon et Finette 1864) [as by uncredited]
• 138 • The Fair One with Golden Locks • (1863) • short story by Comtesse d'Aulnoy (trans. of La belle aux cheveux d'or 1697) [as by uncredited]
• 148 • The Little Good Mouse • (1890) • short story by Comtesse d'Aulnoy (trans. of La bonne petite souris 1697) [as by uncredited]
• 161 • The Story of Blanche and Vermilion • (1890) • short story by Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont (trans. of La Veuve et ses deux filles 1757) [as by uncredited]
• 165 • Prince Desire and Princess Mignonetta • (1889) • short story by Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont (trans. of Le prince Désir et la princesse Mignonne 1756) [as by uncredited]
• 171 • The Yellow Dwarf • (1906) • novelette by Comtesse d'Aulnoy (trans. of Le nain jaune 1698) [as by uncredited]
• 179 • Graciosa and Percinet • (1890) • short story by Comtesse d'Aulnoy (trans. of Gracieuse et Percinet 1697) [as by uncredited]
• 197 • Drak, the Fairy • (1892) • short story by
  Émile Souvestre^?Emile Souvestre
  (trans. of Drak, le Farfadet 1848) [as by uncredited]
• 202 • Drakesbill and His Friends • (1895) • short story by Charles Marelles (trans. of Bout-d'-Canard 1888) [as by uncredited]
• 209 • Riquet with the Tuft • (1906) • short story by Charles Perrault (trans. of Riquet à la Houppe 1697) [as by uncredited]
• 216 • The White Cat • (1863) • short story by Dinah Maria Mulock Craik [as by uncredited]
• 229 • Prince Cherry • (1863) • short story by Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont (trans. of Le prince Chéri 1756) [as by uncredited]
• 238 • The Wild Swans • (1888) • short story by Hans Christian Andersen (trans. of De Vilde Svaner 1838) [as by uncredited]
• 254 • The Story of Coquerico • (1866) • short story by Édouard René Lefèvre de Laboulaye (trans. of Histoire de Coquerico) [as by uncredited]
• 259 • The Bird-Cage Maker • (1894) • short story by M. P. F. (trans. of El jaulero 1850) [as by uncredited]
• 264 • The Twelve Months • (1866) • short story by Édouard René Lefèvre de Laboulaye (trans. of Les Douze Mois 1864) [as by uncredited]
• 271 • The Bee, the Harp, the Mouse, and the Bum-Clock • (1900) • short story by Seumas MacManus
• 279 • The Long Leather Bag • (1906) • short story by Seumas MacManus (variant of The Old Hag's Long Leather Bag 1900)
• 288 • The Widow's Daughter • (1899) • short story by Seumas MacManus
• 292 • Munachar and Manachar • (1892) • short story by Joseph Jacobs
• 295 • The Road to Fortune • (unknown) • short story by Robert Reinick (trans. of Der Faule und Fleißige) [as by uncredited]
• 301 • The Golden Crab • (1894) • short story by Bernhard Schmidt (trans. of Prinz Krebs 1877) [as by uncredited]
• 307 • The Table, the Ass, and the Stick • [
  KHM (Kinder- und Hausmärchen)^?KHM (Kinder- und Hausmaerchen)
  • 36] • (1906) • short story by Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm (trans. of
  Von dem Tischgen deck dich, dem Goldesel und dem Knüppel in den Sack^?Von dem Tischgen deck dich, dem Goldesel und dem Knueppel in den Sack
  1812) [as by uncredited]