A Book of Children's LiteratureLillian Hollowell Farrar & Rinehart, Incorporated, 1939 - 942 pages |
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Page 152
... reached an enormous cave in the side of a mountain . This was where the wind lived . There was a little door in the railing in front of the cave , and here the princess knocked and begged for admission . The mother of the wind had pity ...
... reached an enormous cave in the side of a mountain . This was where the wind lived . There was a little door in the railing in front of the cave , and here the princess knocked and begged for admission . The mother of the wind had pity ...
Page 344
... reached the earth , for if you do , Eurydice will be brought back here , and I shall not be able to give her to you again , even if you should sing more sweetly and gently than ever . " Now Orpheus was longing to see Eurydice , and he ...
... reached the earth , for if you do , Eurydice will be brought back here , and I shall not be able to give her to you again , even if you should sing more sweetly and gently than ever . " Now Orpheus was longing to see Eurydice , and he ...
Page 389
... reached it . " You are certainly a good runner , " said the king ; " but if you mean to win you must do a little better still than this ; but perhaps you wish to surprise us all the more this third time . " The third time , however ...
... reached it . " You are certainly a good runner , " said the king ; " but if you mean to win you must do a little better still than this ; but perhaps you wish to surprise us all the more this third time . " The third time , however ...
Contents
ENGLISH SCOTTISH AND THE IRISH TALES | 3 |
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS | 5 |
GERMAN TALES | 21 |
Copyright | |
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