The Swedish Fairy Book #230340

The following volume Of Swedish fairy-tales repre sents a careful choice, after the best original sources, Of those examples Of their kind which not only ap peared most colorful and entertaining, but also most racially Swedish in their flavor. For the fairy-tales of each Of the three Scandinavian countries, Sweden, Den mark and Norway, have a distinct local color of their own. The wealth Of material available has made it possible to give due representation to most types Of fairy-tales, from the stories Of older origin, the tales of giant, troll, and werewolf, to such delightful tales as Lasse, My Thrallf', and Princess and the Glass Mountain, coldrézd with the rich and ornate styl istic garb of medieval chivalric poesy. There has been no attempt to these charming folk and fairy-tales in the translation, They have been faith fully narrated ln the simple; Laive manner which their traditional rendering demands. And this is one rea son, perhaps, why they should appeal to young Ameri can readers — for young America by instinct takes kindly to that which is straightforward and sincere, in the realm of fairy-tale as in life itself.