The Grey Fairy Book
THE
GREY FAIRY BOOK
The Dervish drowning the Pigs
THE
Grey Fairy Book
EDITED BY
ANDREW LANG
WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS BY H. J. FORD
LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO.
39 PATERNOSTER ROW, LONDON
NEW YORK AND BOMBAY
1900
All rights reserved
Copyright 1900
by
Longmans, Green, & Co.
PREFACE
The tales in the Grey Fairy Book are derived from many countries—Lithuania, various parts of Africa, Germany, France, Greece, and other regions of the world. They have been translated and adapted by Mrs. Dent, Mrs. Lang, Miss Eleanor Sellar, Miss Blackley, and Miss Lang. ‘The Three Sons of Hali’ is from the last century ‘Cabinet des Fées,’ a very large collection. The French author may have had some Oriental original before him in parts; at all events he copied the Eastern method of putting tale within tale, like the Eastern balls of carved ivory. The stories, as usual, illustrate the method of popular fiction. A certain number of incidents are shaken into many varying combinations, like the fragments of coloured glass in the kaleidoscope. Probably the possible combinations, like possible musical combinations, are not unlimited in number, but children may be less sensitive in the matter of fairies than Mr. John Stuart Mill was as regards music.
CONTENTS
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ILLUSTRATIONS
PLATES
The Dervish drowning the Pigs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
Frontispiece |
The Fairy, the Princess, and the Donkey’s Skin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
to face p. 4 |
The King sees Princess Mutinosa out Hunting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
to face p.„ 20 |
The Fairy-car arrives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
to face p.„ 34 |
Dschemila outwits the Ogre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
to face p.„ 46 |
Dschemila gets rid of the Ass’s Head . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
to face p.„ 56 |
The Gift of Fortuna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
to face p.„ 76 |
The Lizard takes charge of Renzolla . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
to face p.„ 84 |
What came of picking Jessamine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
to face p.„ 94 |
How the White Dove escaped . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
to face p.„ 98 |
How the Three Princesses were lost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
to face p.„104 |
Bensurdatu attacks the Seven-headed Serpent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
to face p.„110 |
The Gardener gets the Apple . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
to face p.„122 |
The little Gray Man . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
to face p.„130 |
The Princess is swallowed up by the Earth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
to face p.„142 |
She spent the whole Day near the Fountain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
to face p.„146 |
Udea found Lifeless by her Seven Brothers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
to face p.„162 |
The Bride wishes to buy the Spinning-wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
to face p.„174 |
The Townspeople make Bobino King . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
to face p.„200 |
There appeared in the Doorway a lovely Jewess . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
to face p.„220 |
Zelida discovers the Writing on the Flask . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
to face p.„224 |
Sumi shows Hassan the Book of Magic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
to face p.„236 |
The wrong Heads on the wrong Bodies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
to face p.„250 |
The Dervish Drowning the Pigs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
to face p.„258 |
The Maiden creeps out of the Pot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
to face p.„282 |
Limping Fox advises the Simpleton to keep the Golden Girl himself . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
to face p.„294 |
The Princess beaten by Quick-as-Thought . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
to face p. 312 |
The Brother comes to the Rescue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
to face p.„ 328 |
Scioravante leaves Cannetella in the Stable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
to face p.„ 334 |
Cannetella comes out of the Cask . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
to face p.„ 338 |
The Sadness of her Face seemed to pass into his Heart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
to face p.„ 366 |
The Guardians caught Napping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
to face p.„ 376 |
IN TEXT
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The King’s Pet Donkey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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The Donkey-skin falls off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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The Goblin Pony . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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The Sea-people visit Graziella . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
29 |
Dschemila gets an Ass’s Head . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
51 |
Janni and his Dogs fight the Three-headed Draken . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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‘I once saw’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Renzolla sees her Face in the Mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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How the Magician was thwarted by the Brush . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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The Hero discovered . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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How the Draken found Herr Lazarus by the Spring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
137 |
The Negro compels Udea to walk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
155 |
Udea finds the Man-eater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
160 |
The White Wolf asks the Pricess a Question in the Wood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
171 |
My Uncle is coming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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How Mohammed finds his Uncle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
187 |
How the Carter killed his Horse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
207 |
Neangir sees the Picture of Argentine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
213 |
Zinebi puts the Turban on the Pot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
219 |
The Bassa laughs at the Circassians . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
233 |
The Circassians dance into the Bassa’s Gardens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
241 |
The Prince kicks the Bear out of the Room . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
271 |
‘Letiko, Letiko, come down and see what a beautiful Apron I have’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
277 |
Letiko gets Home safe after all . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
279 |
The Daughter of Buk Ettemsuch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
287 |
Antonio is not afraid of the Ogre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
345 |
Broad puffs himself out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
371 |
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