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The Grey Fairy Book

The tales in the Grey Fairy Book are derived from many countries — Lithuania, various parts of Africa, Germany, France, Greece, and other regions of the world. They have been translated and adapted by Mrs. Dent, Mrs. Lang, Miss Eleanor Sellar, Miss Blackley, and Miss Hang. 'The Three Sons of Hali' is from the last century 'Cabinet des Fees,' a very large collection. The French author may have had some Oriental original before him in parts; at all events he copied the Eastern method of putting tale within tale, like the Eastern balls of carved ivory. The stories, as usual, illustrate the method of popular fiction. A certain number of incidents are shaken into many varying combinations, like the fragments of coloured glass in the kaleidoscope. Probably the possible combinations, like possible musical combinations, are not unlimited in number, but children may be less sensitive in the matter of fairies than Mr. John Stuart Mill was as regards music. (Summary from the preface)

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00 - Preface (Maria Therese)
01 - Donkey Skin (Linda Lee Paquet)
02 - The Goblin Pony (Gesine)
03 - An Impossible Enchantment (Bellona Times)
04 - The Story Of Dschemil and Dschemila (om123)
05 - Janni and the Draken (Joseph Lawler)
06 - The Partnership of the Thief and the Liar (Pete Williams, Pittsburgh, PA)
07 - Fortunatus and His Purse (A. J. Carroll)
08 - The Goat-faced Girl (Pete Williams, Pittsburgh, PA)
09 - What Came of Picking Flowers (Sean Randall)
10 - The Story of Bensurdatu (Sofia Otero)
11 - The Magician's Horse (Lynne Handler)
12 - The Little Gray Man (Elizabeth Zaranka)
13 - Herr Lazarus and the Draken (Claudia Wilson)
14 - The Story of the Queen of the Flowery Isles (Pete Williams, Pittsburgh, PA)
15 - Udea and Her Seven Brothers (Bellona Times)
16 - The White Wolf (Mary Herndon Bell)
17 - Mohammed with the Magic Finger (ashleyspence)
18 - Bobino (om123)
19 - The Dog and the Sparrow (Bellona Times)
20 - The Story of the Three Sons of Hali (Caeliveres)
21 - The Story of the Fair Circassians (Amy Hengst)
22 - The Jackal and the Spring (Sweetlilbirdy)
23 - The Bear (Lucy Burgoyne (1950 - 2014))
24 - The Sunchild (Lucy Burgoyne (1950 - 2014))
25 - The Daughter Of Buk Ettemsuch (Kalynda)
26 - Laughing Eye and Weeping Eye, or the Limping Fox (alwpoe)
27 - The Unlooked-for Prince (Lynne Handler)
28 - The Simpleton (Elliott Miller)
29 - The Street Musicians (Elliott Miller)
30 - The Twin Brothers (Pete Williams, Pittsburgh, PA)
31 - Cannetella (Elliott Miller)
32 - The Ogre (Elliott Miller)
33 - A Fairy's Blunder (Phil Chenevert)
34 - Long, Broad, and Quickeye (Michaela O'Connor)
35 - Prunella (Melanie Hughes)
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