New-York tribune., 1907-12-14
FAIRY TALES.
Old Friends and Ne7c Ones, nth
Pictures.

pleasant preface to THE Olive Fairy Book"
Gongmans Green G. Coz, that children
should be allowed to choose their own books.
Let their friends give them the money and turn
them loose in the book shops. They know their
own tastes and if the children born bookish,
while their dear parents are the reverse tand
this does occur,). then the children make the
better choice" There are few intelligent young
sters we imagine, who could resist the charms
of this collection of fairy tales edited by
Mr.. Lang. Tney come from all directions, these
wonderful stories--from India and from the
Soudan as well as from the European countries.
Some are from Armenia and very good they
are, as witness the tale of the grateful Golden
headed Fish Others come from that vast
storehouse of romance lie Cabinet des tees,
the collection of fairy stories which was pub
lishd in Paris in sixty volumes just before
the crashing thunders Of the Revolution brought
France to forgetfuness of anything so cheering
as these tales. And speaking of France reminos
US to say that one Of the most enchanting taies
in this volume, Little King Loc,' is adapted
by permission from .'L'Abeille, an original In
vention by NJ. Anatole France. Ii Is IN as
daintily fantastic vein as is any BIT OF 1oik-
lore of the far off past. The illustrations OF ,nis
volume by Mr. H j. Ford are beautiful in draw
ing and in fancy. Another colleo Lon OF the OLD
fairy stories. made by Kate Douglas Wisgin and
Nora Archibald Smith. appears under the title
of magic Easements (the Mcclure Company.
These tales also come from many quarters OF
the earth; number of them have been borrowed
from Mr. Lang's former collections Inc 'reeh
Knight" taken from Tales from the f1eio' Is
curiously inferior to the version OF the storS
given in 1.-THE Olive Fairy Book" In the main
the American collection is excellent ouI II was
q strange taste which determined the 'i'ie
There are some things in literature which
hOli
among them are two immortal lines by Keats
In "1ayorite Fairy Tales" (Harper q bros'
we find a group of the old frlenos heaueu ''
"Tack the Giant Killer" In resi'|t " - -
.a,o. rar,ous well known Americans Aave s'ateu
their preferences and they are reeoiuu @ D -
o,,,r,e DIR. Hadley, of Yale; Dr. Butler oi ~
-, nd Mr. H NJ. Alden. for example
,oso tho story of the redoubtable Giant hinei'
Irososeor I,ounsbury and MI. John Bigeio" Vo'o
e. .C,,nderella'; DR. Mabie and Dr. van bshe
admire 1.-THE Sleeping Beauty SO 't,
uryan saws MY wife assures me 'h"'
-,ate no mistake II l commend .ho co.
Hans christian Andersen, notaniy 'iia' %
T-,,, Ducklfng" There are probably IL" So'-e
s+ers who will pay much attehtioh ~ - - %
.,a,r elders concerning such matters do
the old fairy stories. but they WIZ po' ~.u,s
-a-a With approval some Of Mr.. Peter Ne"e'
s'N :, .,,s volume. He has heen inter
a.
-. =, h;s Yresentation of the grotesque aA0
han he has approached exquishe Oh
.o. aa IN .sThe Sleeping Beauty ho iio'
- vuo-.a than a mere failure group u '
.,,os, delightful stories from classic @p' y, -
.u-a,rv Tales from the Araplah -|'eA
rrtnano's sons) edited and arrah. n...a-
0ixon The illustrations py nif' ' = 80
are gracefully true to the text ihe,e "i w.,,.-
o,.r,ning Illustrations also-py M r,
paga,-in a smaller collection OF taIes - ..s
80, Ntebts" C1 p Dutton & Coz rms nAs
been edited by w d H. rNo"'
. useful Introduction. :, ..7,o
q ,-.a,,s and entertaining volume Is Inc
-; Fairy Book" CThomas Y Cfo"0
60 translated by Nathan Hasseli Doie
- torias of the sort the worio over 'N0s
obronfc,e the trials and ultimate
.o,der berofnes and the punlshiile4' VI
e+enroothers and other enVious toi"' not
- in way which is novel IN having '
,,,o,nbers of Russian life and chafao'e'
80, also are the illustrations III coio''
made bv N Bilbin, appeared WIN '"o :, -
+ext There various ne" di" Vi -,os
80. +p;s season-taies that are certain u pi0"'
'o4e' ~ their mysterious happenings ana
.+r;t,,+;ye morals An admirable one is IiiiiH
-. C.a,s WHITES THE Adventures OF her-
,,,., frbomas Y CroweIl & Coz Ihere Is
,ot ~ the old-fashioned fairy tale spirit III
.r,,. .nd something of humor and great oeai
- r;.doro in the experiences that teach the seii-
tsb little princess how TO be happy anu d souo0
,oi,acs 1.-THE Golden Palace of Never
an ~ p Dutton & Coz is the title OF an
other new fairy story ingeniousiy coii''i ~
hv Mr. W. Robinson. From passing reieie
a. 1.roay roosouitoes are led to suppose that
tho coast of Bonadventure. whereoh lne 'i'''
hero and heroine reared, is not Tar away
from the haunts OF those fearsome oeas'S-
a.,arr;ee the tale is as full of kings and fairies
as If the scene were set In a German poe0h
so.ae. blood c1,rdling after the most delicious
,.,,er ,s the narrative of the children rs troubles
in Neverland where the young Kings couh-
uo wbo are all cross old bachelors have
succeeded in imprisoning all the children OF the
,-nedon, under eighteen years old The most
rnaccustorned reader of such literature VIII per-
ceive that the release of the prisoners means
countless thrilling situations very amusing
little book is that in which Mrs FRANCES f1ous-
son Burnett allows Queen Crosspatch TO ten the
story of THE CoZy Lion fThe century CON-
many, The reformation Of the lion. Judiciously
conducted until, full of affection and Breakfast
Foods. he becomes the village pet and fire.
ouenter OF all desirable entertainments is 10 De
commended to al youngsters VINO nave sense
If b,mor Mr.. Harrison Cady's pictures espe-
cially those in which the lion Is portrayed aI an
afternoon tea and at picnic. are little triumphs
- e., /. lively story of fairyland is "The Dia-
mond King ard the Little Man in Gray tLittie'
r,r,,,,, g. 70, b7 Lily F. Wesselhoeft. To go
behind the Christmas tree into iahu "'eie
rnonoes and giants abound is performance
u,bicb F,sa accomplishes with as much eqna-
pr,tv as does her small dog Putzei' ana we
encounter several agreeable shudders oeio'e
they get out again.