The Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm (Rackham)

For other English-language translations of this work, see Grimm's Household Tales.

The King could not contain himself for joy

The Fairy Tales

The Fairy Ta‍of the

Brothers Grimm

‍	Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
	Translated by Mrs. Edgar Lucas

⁠Doubleday, Page & Co.
⁠New York⁠1909

Contents

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The Golden Bird	1
Hans in Luck	10
Jorinda and Joringel	17
The Bremen Town Musicians	21
Old Sultan	26
The Straw, the Coal, and the Bean	29
Briar Rose	31
The Dog and the Sparrow	36
The Twelve Dancing Princesses	41
The Fisherman and his Wife	47
The Wren and the Bear	57
The Frog Prince	60
The Cat and Mouse in Partnership	64
The Goosegirl	67
The Adventures of Chanticleer and Partlet	74
Rapunzel	80
Fundevogel	84
The Valiant Tailor	88
Hansel and Grethel	98
The Mouse, the Bird, and the Sausage	108
Mother Hulda	111
Red Riding Hood	116
The Robber Bridegroom	120
Tom Thumb	125
Rumpelstiltskin	133
Clever Grethel	138
The Old Man and his Grandson	141
The Little Peasant	142
Fred and Kate	149
Sweetheart Roland	156
Snowdrop	161
The Pink	171
Clever Elsa	177
The Jew Among the Thorns	182
Ashenputtel	188
The White Snake	197
The Wolf and the Seven Kids	202
The Queen Bee	206
The Elves and the Shoemaker	209
The Wolf and the Man	211
The Turnip	213
Clever Hans	217
The Three Languages	223
The Fox and the Cat	227
The Four Clever Brothers	229
The Lady and the Lion	235
The Fox and the Horse	241
The Blue Light	244
The Raven	250
The Golden Goose	257
The Water of Life	264
The Twelve Huntsmen	271
The King of the Golden Mountain	274
Doctor Know-all	281
The Seven Ravens	284
The Marriage of Mrs. Reynard	288
The Salad	292
The Youth Who Could Not Shudder	300
King Thrushbeard	312
Iron Hans	317

PREFATORY NOTE BY THE ARTIST

Some years ago a selection of Grimm’s Fairy Tales with one hundred illustrations of mine in black and white was published—in 1900, by Messrs. Freemantle and Co., and afterwards by Messrs. Archibald Constable & Co., Ltd.

At intervals since then I have been at work on the original drawings, partially or entirely re-drawing some of them in colour, adding new ones in colour and in black and white, and generally overhauling them as a set, supplementing and omitting, with a view to the present edition.

Of the forty coloured illustrations, many are elaborations of the earlier black and white drawings or are founded on them. The frontispiece, and those facing pp. 34, 70, 94, 104, 116, 118, and 190 are entirely new, and several of the text illustrations also have not been published before. The remaining illustrations in the text have been reconsidered and worked on again to a greater or less degree.

List of Illustrations

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The Prince carried off the beautiful Maiden on the Golden Horse	7
Just then a butcher came along the road, trundling a young pig in a wheel-barrow	13
At last the old woman came back, and said in a droning voice: ‘Greeting to thee, Zachiel!’	19
A short time after they came upun a Cat, sitting in the road, with a face as long as a wet week	22
The Ass brayed, the Hound barked, the Cat mewed, and the Cock crowed	24
‘The Thirteenth Fairy’	32
But round the castle a hedge of briar roses began to grow up.	34
On the road he met a Sparrow	36
On the opposite side of the Lake stood a splendid brightly-lighted Castle	45
There was once a Fisherman, who lived with his Wife in a miserable little hovel close to the sea	47
‘Flounder, Flounder it the sea, Prythee, hearken unto me’	55
She did not go once but many times, backwards and forwards to the well	85
‘Wait a bit, and I’ll give it you!’ So saying, he struck out at them mercilessly	89
Hansel picked up the glittering white pebbles and filled his pockets with them	100
‘Stupid goose!’ cried the Witch, ‘The opening is big enough; you can see that I could get into it myself’	106
The Mouse had to carry water, while the Sausage did the cooking	109
The Bird took the wood and flew sadly home with it	110
At last she came to a little house, out of which an old woman was looking	112
So the lazy girl went home, but she was quite covered with pitch	114
They hurried away as quickly as they could	122
Tom Thumb	126
Then all at once the door sprang open, and in stepped a little Mannikin	134
Round the fire an indescribably ridiculous little man was leaping, hopping on one leg, and singing	136
The Bailiff sprang into the water with a great splash, and the whole party plunged in after him	147
Kate ran after him, and chased him a good way over the fields	150
The Maiden fetched the magic wand, and then she took her step-sister’s head, and dropped three drops of blood from it	157
‘Mirror, Mirror op the wall, Who is fairest of us all?’	162
In the evening the seven Dwarfs came back	164
The scullions brought live coals, which he had to eat till the flames poured out of his mouth	173
When she saw the pick-axe just above her head, Clever Elsa burst into tears	179
The Jew was forced to spring up and begin to dance	184
Dancing as hard as he could	185
The Three Sleeping Princesses	208
So the rich Brother had to put his Brother‘s Turnip into a cart, and have it taken home	214
When he got home he had the rope in his hand, but there was nothing at the end of it	221
On the way he passed a swamp, in which a number of Frogs were croaking	224
The Cat crept stealthily up to the topmost branch	227
They found the Princess still on the rock, but the Dragon was asleep with his head on her lap	233
The poor Horse was very sad, and went into the forest to get a little shelter from the wind and weather	241
Then the Horse sprang up, and dragged the Lion away behind him	243
Before long the Witch came by riding at a furious pace on a tom cat	246
The Golden Castle af Stromberg	253
One day he saw three Robbers fighting	255
There stands an old tree; cut it down, and you will find something at the roots	258
So now there were seven people running behind Simpleton and his Goose	259
And so they followed up hill and down dale after Simpleton and his Goose	260
The King could no longer withhold his daughter	263
When she entered she met a Dwarf	286
The Ravens coming home	287
Does the gentleman wear red breeches, and has he a pointed muzzle?	291
But the Old Woman was a witch	293
He tied them all together and drove them along till came to mill	298
Crowds of black cats and dogs swarmed out of every corner	306
She immediately clutched at his cap to pull it off; but be held it on with both hands	321
He called three times, ‘Iron Hans,’ as loud as be could.	322

List of Coloured Illustrations

The King could not contain himself for joy Frontispiece
Facing page
Away they flew over stock and stone, at such a pace that his hair whistled in the wind	2
By day she made herself into a cat	16
. . . Or a screech owl	18
Once there was a poor old woman who lived in a village	28
The young Prince said, ‘I am not afraid; I am determined to go and look upon the lovely Briar Rose‘	34
At the third sting the Fox screamed, and down went his tail between his legs	58
So she seized him with two fingers, and carried him upstairs	62
The Cat stole away behind the city walls to the church	66
Alas! dear Falada, there thou hangest	70
Blow, blow, little breeze, And Conrad‘s hat seize	72
Now we will go up the hill and have a good feast before the squirrel carries off all the nuts	74
When he went over the wall he was terrified to see the Witch before him	80
The Witch climbed up	82
Pulling the piece of soft cheese out of his pocket, be squeezed it till the moisture ran out	90
They worked themselves up into such a rage thut they tore up trees by the roots, and hacked at each other till they both fell dead	94
All at once the door opened and an old, old Woman, supporting herself on a crutch, came hobbling out	104
Hansel put out a knuckle-bone, and the old Woman, whose eyes were dim, could not see, and thought it was his finger, and she was much astonished that he did mot get fat	106
When she got to the wood, she met a Wolf	116
‘O Grandmother, what big ears you have got,’ she said	118
At last she reached the cellar, and there she found an old, old woman with a shaking head	122
When Tom had said good-bye to his Father they went away with him	128
Then he ran after him, still holding the carving-knife, and cried, ‘Only one, only one!’	140
The Old Man had to sit by himself, and ate his food from a wooden bowl	142
The quicker he played, the higher she had to jump	158
The Dwarfs, when they came in the evening, found Snowdrop lying on the ground	168
Ashenputtel goes to the ball	190
The Fishes, in their joy, stretched up their heads above the water, and promised to reward him	198
The Seven Kids and their mother capered and danced round the spring in their joy	204
The Ducks which he had once saved, dived and brought up the key from the depths	208
So the four Brothers took their sticks in their hands, bade their Father good-bye, and passed out of the town gate	228
The King’s only daughter had been carried off by a Dragon	229
She went away accompanied by the Lions	236
Good Dwarf, can you not tell me where my brothers are?	266
The Son made a circle, and his Father and he took their places within it, and the little black Mannikin appeared	274
Once upon a time poor Peasant, named Crabb, was taking a load of wood drawn by two oxen to the town for sale	280
The good little Sister cut of her own tiny finger, fitted it into the lock, and succeeded in opening it	284
But they said one after another: ‘Halloa! whe bas been eating off my plate? Who has been drinking out of my cup?’	286
Then the Youth took the axe and split the anvil with one blow, catching in the Old Man’s beard at the same time	310
The Beggar took her by the hand and led her away	314