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What the Moon Saw: and Other Tales By: Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875) |
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WHAT THE MOON SAW: AND OTHER TALES. BY HANS C. ANDERSEN. TRANSLATED BY H. W. DULCKEN, PH.D. WITH EIGHTY ILLUSTRATIONS BY A. W. BAYES, ENGRAVED BY THE BROTHERS DALZIEL. LONDON: GEORGE ROUTLEDGE AND SONS, BROADWAY, LUDGATE HILL. 1866. Uniform with "WHAT THE MOON SAW, and Other Tales," price 5s., extra cloth, on fine toned paper , STORIES AND TALES BY HANS C. ANDERSEN. TRANSLATED BY H. W. DULCKEN, PH.D. EIGHTY ILLUSTRATIONS BY A. W. BAYES. ENGRAVED BY THE BROTHERS DALZIEL. The two volumes, "STORIES AND TALES" and "WHAT THE MOON SAW," form the most complete collection of HANS C. ANDERSEN'S Tales published in this country. PREFACE. The present book is put forth as a sequel to the volume of HANS C. ANDERSEN'S "Stories and Tales," published in a similar form in the course of 1864. It contains tales and sketches various in character; and following, as it does, an earlier volume, care has been taken to intersperse with the children's tales stories which, by their graver character and deeper meaning, are calculated to interest those "children of a larger growth" who can find instruction as well as amusement in the play of fancy and imagination, though the realm be that of fiction, and the instruction be conveyed in a simple form. The series of sketches of "What the Moon Saw," with which the present volume opens, arose from the experiences of ANDERSEN, when as a youth he went to seek his fortune in the capital of his native land; and the story entitled "Under the Willow Tree" is said likewise to have its foundation in fact; indeed, it seems redolent of the truth of that natural human love and suffering which is so truly said to "make the whole world kin." On the preparation and embellishment of the book, the same care and attention have been lavished as on the preceding volume. The pencil of Mr. BAYES and the graver of the BROTHERS DALZIEL have again been employed in the work of illustration; and it is hoped that the favour bestowed by the public on the former volume may be extended to this its successor. H. W. D. CONTENTS. PAGE What the Moon Saw 1 The Story of the Year 40 She was Good for Nothing 48 "There is a Difference" 55 Everything in its Right Place 59 The Goblin and the Huckster 66 In a Thousand Years 70 The Bond of Friendship 72 Jack the Dullard. An Old Story told Anew 81 Something 86 Under the Willow Tree 92 The Beetle 107 What the Old Man does is always Right 114 The Wind tells about Waldemar Daa and his Daughters 120 Ib and Christine 130 Ole the Tower Keeper 142 The Bottle Neck 151 Good Humour 161 A Leaf from the Sky 165 The Dumb Book 168 The Jewish Girl 171 The Thorny Road of Honour 176 The Old Gravestone 180 The Old Bachelor's Nightcap 184 The Marsh King's Daughter 196 The Last Dream of the Old Oak Tree... Continue reading book >>
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