Grimm's Fairy Tales

Chapter 4: ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

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About This Book

A curated collection of traditional German folktales retold for young readers, presenting fifty-one narratives that range from brief humorous fables to elaborate enchanted romances and moral adventures. Tales feature ordinary protagonists who encounter magical helpers, talking animals, wicked step-relatives, transformations, tests of virtue, and clever trickery, often resolving by reward or punishment. Arranged as discrete short stories, the volume blends rustic folklore motifs with simple moral lessons, lyrical imagery, and dramatic incidents meant to spark imagination and convey ethical common sense.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The Editor’s acknowledgments are due to the following texts:

Kinder und Hausmärchen, following the last edition authorized by William Grimm with the Grimm Introduction on the origin and educational use of the tales.

Household Stories, illustrated by Wehnert, first published in London, 1853.

But most especially to Household Tales, with the Author’s notes, translated by Margaret Hunt, introduction by Andrew Lang, Bohn Library.

For the use of the Hunt text the Editor gratefully acknowledges the gracious permission of Messrs. Harcourt, Brace and Company, American Publishers of the Bohn Library.