The Waldorf family ; or, Grandfather's lagends (1848)
Embury, Emma C. (Emma Catherine), 1806-1863 · New York : Riker · leaf 40
32 The legends of fairy-land are so strangelyblended with the remnants of Druidical supersti-tion* and so leavened with the strong and reverentspirit of religion which prevails among the Bretons,that it will be difficult for me to separate the purefairy tale from its accessories. But I will makethe… … OR, THE GOLDEN HERB, ANY years ago, when the oakswhich built the oldest ships inthe world were yet only littleacorns, there lived, in a certainprovince in Brittany, a poorwidow, named Nina. She be-longed to a noble family, and washeiress to a handsome fortune, for herfather, at his death, left a…
Fairy tales
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