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By Andrew Lang

Forty-one eastern, Scandinavian, and Sicilian stories: "The Snow-Queen," "The crafty Shoemaker," "The Brothers," "The Merry Wives," "The guy and not using a Heart," and extra. the entire tales are narrated within the transparent, energetic prose for which Lang used to be well-known and are thought of to be the superior English types to be had. contains sixty nine illustrations.

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But he wandered through the world and told stories but they are not so merry as the one he told about the ; ; matches. 47 THE SNOW-MAN How 1 My body is cracking all The wind is really cuttingAnd how that fiery thing up there one's very life out the sun, which was just setting. He meant glares It sha'n't make me blink, though, and I shall keep quite ' over astonishingly cold it said the Snow-man. ' ! is ! ' ! ' ! ' Instead of eyes he had two large three-cornered pieces his mouth consisted of an old rake, of slate in his head ; so that he had teeth as well.

He was born amidst the shouts and laughter of the and greeted by the jingling bells and cracking boys, whips of the sledges. The sun went down, the full moon rose, large, round, clear and beautiful, in the dark blue sky. said the SnowThere it is again on the other side man, by which he meant the sun was appearing again. I hope I have become quite accustomed to its glaring. it will hang there and shine, so that I may be able to see I wish I knew, though, how one ought to set myself. about changing one's position.

And when you are 00 THE HOUSE IN THE WOOD Then she fetched a bowl of water, and the cock and hen flew on to the edge, put their beaks in, and then held up their heads as birds do when they drink, and the When the beasts were brindled cow also drank her fill. sat down beside the old man at the maiden the satisfied, Soon the cock and table and ate what was left for her. hen began to tuck their heads under their wings, and the brindled cow blinked its we not go to rest now? eyes, so the maiden ' Pretty cock, Pretty hen, And you, pretty brindled What do vou sav now 1 ?

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