Jacob Grimm & Wilhelm Grimm 
Grimm’s Household Tales [PDF ebook] 

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. There is no need of many words in introducing the old familiar friends of fairy-land, who never fail of a welcome from those, not yet too old to feel the power of their fascination. The following collection of tales has been made in the assurance that, among the younger readers for whom they are intended the genuine fairy tale is still without a rival, as a source of int’eresfi iand amusement.