A poor woodcutter lived with his wife and three daughters in a little hut on the borders of a great forest.
　　One morning as he was going to his work， he said to his wife， 'Let our eldest d

　　There was once a hard-working student who lived in an attic， and he had nothing in the world of his own. There was also a hard-working grocer who lived on the first floor， and he had the whole house for his own.
　　The Goblin belonged to him， for every Christmas Eve there was waiting for him at the grocer's a dish of jam with a

　　Once upon a time there lived a man who had two sons but they did not get on at all well together， for the younger was much handsomer than his elder brother who was very jealous of him. When they grew older， things became worse and worse， and at last one day as they were walking through a wood the elder youth seized hold of the other， t

　　Once upon a time there lived a cat of marvellous beauty， with a skin as soft and shining as silk， and wise green eyes， that could see even in the dark. His name was Gon， and he belonged to a music teacher， who was so fond and proud of him that he would not have parted with him for anything in the world.
　　Now not far from the m

Halley was a tall, athletic, bold, girl. She thought she was so good at everyone just because she was older then everyone else in the grade. She boasted and bragged about it every day. One day, she was talking to her friend Carley, who was the youngest in the grade. Carley was shy, nice, and thoughtful. Halley didn't know why she liked Carley so

　　Translated from the Danish.
　　In a village there once lived a smith called Basmus， who was in a very poor way. He was still a young man， and a strong handsome fellow to boot， but he had many little children and there was little to be earned by his trade. He was， however， a diligent and hard-working man， and when he had no work

　　Translated from the German of Hans Christian Andersen.
　　There was once a pretty little fir-tree in a wood. It was in a capital position， for it could get sun， and there was enough air， and all around grew many tall companions， both pines and firs. It did not heed the warm sun and the fresh air， or notice the little peasant chi

　　Translated from the German of Hans Andersen by Miss Alma Alleyne.
　　There was once a dreadfully wicked hobgoblin. One day he was in capital spirits because he had made a looking-glass which reflected everything that was good and beautiful in such a way that it dwindled almost to nothing， but anything that was bad and ugly stood

　　There was once a merchant who was so rich that he could have paved the whole street， and perhaps even a little side-street besides， with silver. But he did not do that； he knew another way of spending his money. If he spent a shilling he got back a florin-such an excellent merchant he was till he died.
　　Now his son inherited a

　　Near a big river， and between two high mountains， a man and his wife lived in a cottage a long， long time ago. A dense forest lay all round the cottage， and there was hardly a path or a tree in the whole wood that was not familiar to the peasant from his boyhood. In one of his wanderings he had made friends with a hare， and many an hou

　　There once lived in Denmark a peasant and his wife who owned a very good farm， but had no children. They often lamented to each other that they had no one of their own to inherit all the wealth that they possessed. They continued to prosper， and became rich people， but there was no heir to it all.
　　One year it happened that th

　　Translated from the Swedish.
　　It happened once that a king， who had a great kingdom and three sons， became blind， and no human skill or art could restore to him his sight. At last there came to the palace an old woman， who told him that in the whole world there was only one thing that could give him back his sight， and that was to get

　　Slavonic story. Contes Populaires Slaves， traduits par Louis Leger. Paris： Leroux， Editeur.
　　Once upon a time there lived a peasant called Ivan， and he had a wife whose name was Marie. They would have been quite happy except for one thing： they had no children to play with， and as they were now old people they did not find tha

　　From the Danish.
　　There was once a man who had three daughters， and they were all married to trolls， who lived underground. One day the man thought that he would pay them a visit， and his wife gave him some dry bread to eat by the way. After he had walked some distance he grew both tired and hungry， so he sat down on the east side of

　　Sicilianische Mahrchen.
　　Once upon a time there lived a shoemaker who could get no work to do， and was so poor that he and his wife nearly died of hunger. At last he said to her， 'It is no use waiting on here——I can find nothing； so I shall go down to Mascalucia， and perhaps there I shall be more lucky.'
　　So down he w