Stories from Hans Andersen

Opening of the book

Stories From Hans Andersen With Illustrations by Edm
HODDER & STOUGHTON
LIMITED LONDON
CONTENTS
THE SNOW QUEEN
THE NIGHTINGALE
THE REAL PRINCESS
THE GARDEN OF PARADISE
THE MERMAID
THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOTHES
THE WIND'S TALE
ILLUSTRATIONS
THE SNOW QUEEN
One day he was in a high state of
delight because he had invented a
mirror
Many a winter's night she flies
through the streets
Then an old, old woman came out
of the house
She has read all the newspapers
in the world, and forgotten them
again, so clever is she
'It is gold, it is gold!' they
cried

Kissed her on the mouth, while
big shining tears trickled down
its face
The Snow Queen sat in the very
middle of it when she sat at home
THE NIGHTINGALE
Even the poor fisherman ... lay
still to listen to it
'Is it possible?' said the
gentleman-in-waiting. 'I should
never have thought it was like
that'
Took some water into their mouths
to try and make the same
gurgling, ... thinking so to
equal the nightingale
The music-master wrote five-andtwenty volumes about the
artificial bird
Even Death himself listened to
the song
THE REAL PRINCESS
'I have hardly closed my eyes the
whole night! Heaven knows what
was in the bed. I seemed to be
lying upon some hard thing, and
my whole body is black and blue
this morning. It is terrible!'
(Frontispiece)
THE GARDEN OF PARADISE
His grandmother had told him ...
that every flower in the Garden
of Paradise was a delicious cake
The Eastwind flew more swiftly
still
The Fairy of the Garden now
advanced to meet them

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