Sicilianische Mahrchen.
　　Fifty years ago there lived a king who was very anxious to get married； but， as he was quite determined that his wife should be as beautiful as the sun， the thing was not so easy as it seemed， for no maiden came up to his standard. Then he commanded a trusty servant to search through the length and breadth of

　　Sicilianische Mahrchen von Laura Gonzenbach. Leipzig， Engelmann， 1870.
　　Long ago there lived a rich merchant who， besides possessing more treasures than any king in the world， had in his great hall three chairs， one of silver， one of gold， and one of diamonds. But his greatest treasure of all was his only daughter， who was cal

　　Sicilianische Mahrchen
　　Long ago there lived a very rich man who had three sons. When he felt himself to be dying he divided his property between them， making them share alike， both in money and lands. Soon after he died the king set forth a proclamation through the whole country that whoever could build a ship that should flo

　　Cuentos Populars Catalans， per lo Dr. D. Francisco de S. Maspous y Labros. Barcelona， 1885.
　　Three brothers and one sister lived together in a small cottage， and they loved one another dearly. One day the eldest brother， who had never done anything but amuse himself from sunrise to sunset， said to the rest， 'Let us all work ha

　　Cuentos Populars Catalans.
　　There was once a girl so poor that she had nothing to live on， and wandered about the world asking for charity. One day she arrived at a thatched cottage， and inquired if they could give her any work. The farmer said he wanted a cowherd， as his own had left him， and if the girl liked the place she m

　　Once upon a time there were seven brothers， who were orphans， and had no sister. Therefore they were obliged to do all their own housework. This they did not like at all； so after much deliberation they decided to get married. There were， unfortunately， no young girls to be found in the place where they lived； but the elder brothers ag

　Sicilianische Malirchen. L. Gonzenbach.
　　Long ago there lived two brothers， both of them very handsome， and both so very poor that they seldom had anything to eat but the fish which they caught. One day they had been out in their boat since sunrise without a single bite， and were just thinking of putting up their lines and going home to bed w

　　Cuentos Populars Catalans， per lo Dr. D. Francisco de S. Maspons y Labros （Barcelona： Libreria de Don Alvar Verdaguer 1885）。
　　Once upon a time there lived a man with one daughter and he made her work hard all the day. One morning when she had finished everything he had set her to do， he told her to go out into the woods and ge

　　From the Danish.
　　A king had two sons. They were a pair of reckless fellows， who always had something foolish to do. One day they rowed out alone on the sea in a little boat. It was beautiful weather when they set out， but as soon as they had got some distance from the shore there arose a terrific storm. The oars went overboar

　　From the Danish.
　　There was once a lad who went to look for a place. As he went along he met a man， who asked him where he was going. He told him his errand， and the stranger said， 'Then you can serve me； I am just in want of a lad like you， and I will give you good wages——a bushel of money the first year， two the second year，

　　From the Danish.
　　There was once a man who had twelve sons： the eleven eldest were both big and strong， but the twelfth， whose name was Esben， was only a little fellow. The eleven eldest went out with their father to field and forest， but Esben preferred to stay at home with his mother， and so he was never reckoned at all by t

　　Bibliotheque des Fees et aes Genies
　　Once upon a time there lived a young king whose name was Souci， and he had been brought up， ever since he was a baby， by the fairy Inconstancy. Now the fairy Girouette had a kind heart， but she was a very trying person to live with， for she never knew her own mind for two minutes together，

　　From the Danish
　　Once， upon a time there was a man and his wife who had two children， a boy and a girl. The wife died， and the man married again. His new wife had an only daughter， who was both ugly and untidy， whereas her stepdaughter was a beautiful girl， and was known as Maiden Bright-eye. Her stepmother was very cruel to h

　　From the Danish
　　There lay three houses in a row， in one of which there lived a tailor， in another a carpenter， and in the third a smith. All three were married， and their wives were very good friends. They often talked about how stupid their husbands were， but they could never agree as to which of them had the most stupid one

　　Sicilianische Mahrchen
　　There was once a man whose name was Don Giovanni de la Fortuna， and he lived in a beautiful house that his father had built， and spent a great deal of money. Indeed， he spent so much that very soon there was none left， and Don Giovanni， instead of being a rich man with everything he could wish for， was