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Title: Swiss Fairy TalesAuthor: William Elliot GriffisIllustrator: George L. CarlsonRelease date: January 7, 2023 [eBook #69739]Most recently updated: October 19, 2024Language: EnglishOriginal publication: United States: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1920Credits: Jeroen Hellingman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net/ for Project Gutenberg (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
Title: Swiss Fairy Tales
Author: William Elliot GriffisIllustrator: George L. Carlson
Author: William Elliot Griffis
Illustrator: George L. Carlson
Release date: January 7, 2023 [eBook #69739]Most recently updated: October 19, 2024
Language: English
Original publication: United States: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1920
Credits: Jeroen Hellingman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net/ for Project Gutenberg (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK SWISS FAIRY TALES ***
[Contents][Contents]FOLK-LORE BOOKSByWILLIAM E. GRIFFISSwiss Fairy TalesAn entirely new sheaf of storiesDutch Fairy TalesA mine of legend and child-loreBelgian Fairy TalesShowing manners and customs of the people themselvesFire Fly’s LoversJapanese fairy talesThe Unmannerly TigerKorean fairy talesWelsh Fairy Tales(In preparation)Each book illustrated in colorTHOMAS Y. CROWELL CO., NEW YORK[Contents]IT SIMPLY KNOCKED OVER THE OLD TOWERIT SIMPLY KNOCKED OVER THE OLD TOWER[Contents]Original Title Page.Swiss Fairy TalesByWILLIAM ELLIOT GRIFFISAuthor of “The Firefly’s Lovers,” “The Unmannerly Tiger,” “Dutch Fairy Tales,” “Belgian Fairy Tales,” etc.NEW YORKTHOMAS Y. CROWELL COMPANYPUBLISHERS[Contents]Copyright, 1920,By Thomas Y. Crowell Co.[Contents]DEDICATEDIN RADIANT MEMORIESOF MY SWISS MATERNAL ANCESTRYNEAR VALLEY FORGEFROM WHOSE LIPS I FIRST HEARD STORIES OFWASHINGTON, LAFAYETTE, STEUBENAND OF SWITZERLANDTHE LAND OF THE EDELWEISS[v][Contents]ContentsCHAPTERPAGEI.How Swiss Fairy Tales Came to America1II.The Swiss Home Near Valley Forge16III.The Wonderful Alpine Horn28IV.The Whimsical Avalanche39V.The Mountain Giants48VI.The Dwarf and His Confectionery56VII.Two Good Natured Dragons66VIII.The Frost Giants and the Sunbeam Fairies77IX.The Fairy in the Cuckoo Clock91X.The Castle of the Hawk101XI.The Yodel Carillon of the Cows110XII.The Tailor and the Giant118XIII.The Dwarf’s Secret132XIV.The Fairy of the Edelweiss144XV.The Avalanche That Was Peace Maker157XVI.The Fairies and Their Playground168XVII.The Kangaroo Poa181XVIII.The Swiss Fairies in Town Meeting191XIX.The Palace Under the Waves201XX.The Alpine Hunter and His Fairy Guardian209XXI.The Fairies’ Palace Car221XXII.The White Chamois235XXIII.The Siren of the Rhine241XXIV.The Ass That Saw the Angel250[1]
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[Contents]FOLK-LORE BOOKSByWILLIAM E. GRIFFISSwiss Fairy TalesAn entirely new sheaf of storiesDutch Fairy TalesA mine of legend and child-loreBelgian Fairy TalesShowing manners and customs of the people themselvesFire Fly’s LoversJapanese fairy talesThe Unmannerly TigerKorean fairy talesWelsh Fairy Tales(In preparation)Each book illustrated in colorTHOMAS Y. CROWELL CO., NEW YORK
FOLK-LORE BOOKSByWILLIAM E. GRIFFISSwiss Fairy TalesAn entirely new sheaf of storiesDutch Fairy TalesA mine of legend and child-loreBelgian Fairy TalesShowing manners and customs of the people themselvesFire Fly’s LoversJapanese fairy talesThe Unmannerly TigerKorean fairy talesWelsh Fairy Tales(In preparation)Each book illustrated in colorTHOMAS Y. CROWELL CO., NEW YORK
FOLK-LORE BOOKS
ByWILLIAM E. GRIFFIS
Swiss Fairy Tales
An entirely new sheaf of stories
Dutch Fairy Tales
A mine of legend and child-lore
Belgian Fairy Tales
Showing manners and customs of the people themselves
Fire Fly’s Lovers
Japanese fairy tales
The Unmannerly Tiger
Korean fairy tales
Welsh Fairy Tales
(In preparation)
Each book illustrated in color
THOMAS Y. CROWELL CO., NEW YORK
[Contents]IT SIMPLY KNOCKED OVER THE OLD TOWERIT SIMPLY KNOCKED OVER THE OLD TOWER
IT SIMPLY KNOCKED OVER THE OLD TOWERIT SIMPLY KNOCKED OVER THE OLD TOWER
IT SIMPLY KNOCKED OVER THE OLD TOWERIT SIMPLY KNOCKED OVER THE OLD TOWER
IT SIMPLY KNOCKED OVER THE OLD TOWER
[Contents]Original Title Page.
Original Title Page.
Original Title Page.
Swiss Fairy TalesByWILLIAM ELLIOT GRIFFISAuthor of “The Firefly’s Lovers,” “The Unmannerly Tiger,” “Dutch Fairy Tales,” “Belgian Fairy Tales,” etc.NEW YORKTHOMAS Y. CROWELL COMPANYPUBLISHERS
Swiss Fairy Tales
Swiss Fairy Tales
ByWILLIAM ELLIOT GRIFFISAuthor of “The Firefly’s Lovers,” “The Unmannerly Tiger,” “Dutch Fairy Tales,” “Belgian Fairy Tales,” etc.
NEW YORKTHOMAS Y. CROWELL COMPANYPUBLISHERS
[Contents]Copyright, 1920,By Thomas Y. Crowell Co.
Copyright, 1920,By Thomas Y. Crowell Co.
Copyright, 1920,By Thomas Y. Crowell Co.
[Contents]DEDICATEDIN RADIANT MEMORIESOF MY SWISS MATERNAL ANCESTRYNEAR VALLEY FORGEFROM WHOSE LIPS I FIRST HEARD STORIES OFWASHINGTON, LAFAYETTE, STEUBENAND OF SWITZERLANDTHE LAND OF THE EDELWEISS[v]
DEDICATEDIN RADIANT MEMORIESOF MY SWISS MATERNAL ANCESTRYNEAR VALLEY FORGEFROM WHOSE LIPS I FIRST HEARD STORIES OFWASHINGTON, LAFAYETTE, STEUBENAND OF SWITZERLANDTHE LAND OF THE EDELWEISS[v]
DEDICATEDIN RADIANT MEMORIESOF MY SWISS MATERNAL ANCESTRYNEAR VALLEY FORGEFROM WHOSE LIPS I FIRST HEARD STORIES OFWASHINGTON, LAFAYETTE, STEUBENAND OF SWITZERLANDTHE LAND OF THE EDELWEISS[v]
[Contents]ContentsCHAPTERPAGEI.How Swiss Fairy Tales Came to America1II.The Swiss Home Near Valley Forge16III.The Wonderful Alpine Horn28IV.The Whimsical Avalanche39V.The Mountain Giants48VI.The Dwarf and His Confectionery56VII.Two Good Natured Dragons66VIII.The Frost Giants and the Sunbeam Fairies77IX.The Fairy in the Cuckoo Clock91X.The Castle of the Hawk101XI.The Yodel Carillon of the Cows110XII.The Tailor and the Giant118XIII.The Dwarf’s Secret132XIV.The Fairy of the Edelweiss144XV.The Avalanche That Was Peace Maker157XVI.The Fairies and Their Playground168XVII.The Kangaroo Poa181XVIII.The Swiss Fairies in Town Meeting191XIX.The Palace Under the Waves201XX.The Alpine Hunter and His Fairy Guardian209XXI.The Fairies’ Palace Car221XXII.The White Chamois235XXIII.The Siren of the Rhine241XXIV.The Ass That Saw the Angel250[1]
ContentsCHAPTERPAGEI.How Swiss Fairy Tales Came to America1II.The Swiss Home Near Valley Forge16III.The Wonderful Alpine Horn28IV.The Whimsical Avalanche39V.The Mountain Giants48VI.The Dwarf and His Confectionery56VII.Two Good Natured Dragons66VIII.The Frost Giants and the Sunbeam Fairies77IX.The Fairy in the Cuckoo Clock91X.The Castle of the Hawk101XI.The Yodel Carillon of the Cows110XII.The Tailor and the Giant118XIII.The Dwarf’s Secret132XIV.The Fairy of the Edelweiss144XV.The Avalanche That Was Peace Maker157XVI.The Fairies and Their Playground168XVII.The Kangaroo Poa181XVIII.The Swiss Fairies in Town Meeting191XIX.The Palace Under the Waves201XX.The Alpine Hunter and His Fairy Guardian209XXI.The Fairies’ Palace Car221XXII.The White Chamois235XXIII.The Siren of the Rhine241XXIV.The Ass That Saw the Angel250[1]
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