Favorite fairy tales; the childhood choice of representative men and women (1907)
Newell, Peter, 1862-1924, Bennett, Francis I · New York, Harper · leaf 269
THE WILD SWANS the rose-hedges outside the house, itwhispered to the roses: Who can beprettier than you are? But the rosesshook their heads and answered: Elise!And when the old woman sat in thedoorway reading her Psalms the windturned over the leaves and said to thebook: Who can be more pious…
Fairy tales
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