Hans Andersen's
Fairy Tales
Second Series
Edited by
J. H. Stickney
Illustrated by Edna F. Hart
Ginn and Company
Boston—New York—Chicago—London
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PREFACE
HE present volume is the second of theselected stories from Hans Andersen. Togetherthe books include what, out of alarger number, are the best for children's use.The story-telling activity of this inimitable geniuscovered a period of more than forty years. Besidesthese shorter juvenile tales, there are a few whichdeserve to survive. "The Ice Maiden" is a standard,if not a classic, and "The Sandhills of Jutland"was pronounced by Ruskin the most perfectstory that he knew.
It adds a charm to the little stories of these twovolumes to know that the genial author traveledwidely for a man of his time and everywhere wasurged to tell the tales himself. This he did withequal charm in the kitchens of the humble and inthe courts and palaces of nobles.
As was said in the preface to the first volume,wherever there are children to read, the stories of[v]Hans Christian Andersen will be read and loved.