A Book of Children's LiteratureLillian Hollowell Farrar & Rinehart, Incorporated, 1939 - 942 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 78
Page 55
... brother had not a morsel in the house , neither of meat nor bread ; and so he went to his rich brother , and asked for a trifle for Christmas , in heaven's name . It was not the first time the brother had helped him , but he was always ...
... brother had not a morsel in the house , neither of meat nor bread ; and so he went to his rich brother , and asked for a trifle for Christmas , in heaven's name . It was not the first time the brother had helped him , but he was always ...
Page 56
... brother saw all that was in the house he became both angry and furious , for he begrudged his brother everything . " On Christmas Eve he was so needy that he came to me and asked for a trifle in heaven's name ; and now he gives a feast ...
... brother saw all that was in the house he became both angry and furious , for he begrudged his brother everything . " On Christmas Eve he was so needy that he came to me and asked for a trifle in heaven's name ; and now he gives a feast ...
Page 57
... brother got it ; but the other had taken great care not to show him how to use it . It was evening when the rich brother got the quern home , and in the morning he asked his wife to go out and help the haymakers ; he would get the ...
... brother got it ; but the other had taken great care not to show him how to use it . It was evening when the rich brother got the quern home , and in the morning he asked his wife to go out and help the haymakers ; he would get the ...
Contents
ENGLISH SCOTTISH AND THE IRISH TALES | 3 |
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS | 5 |
GERMAN TALES | 21 |
Copyright | |
75 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
adventures answered Appleton-Century Company Asgard asked Beast beautiful began Beowulf bird Book Boston called castle child Childe Rowland cried dance daughter dear door Doran & Company Doubleday E. P. Dutton eyes fairy father fell flew Frederick G. P. Putnam's Sons Garden City giant girl gold golden green Grethel grew hand Harper & Brothers head heard heart horse Houghton Mifflin Company Iktomi Illustrated Jötunheim King knew laughed lived Loki looked Macmillan Company Momotaro moon morning mother never Newbery award night Odin old woman once Pecos Bill Perseus poor Prince Princess Queen Robin round Scarface Shingebiss sleep soon Stokes Company stood story tail tell thee things Thor thou thought told took tree wind wonderful wood York young