`` The Emperor 's New Clothes '' was first published with `` The Little Mermaid '' on 7 April 1837 by C.A. Reitzel in Copenhagen as the third and final installment of the first collection of Andersen 's `` Fairy Tales Told for Children '' .
`` The Emperor 's New Clothes '' is a story by Hans Christian Andersen . The tale was first published on 7 April 1837 with `` The Little Mermaid '' in the third and final installment of Andersen 's `` Fairy Tales Told for Children '' .