They saw their work in gathering the fairy tales of Europe as an academicexercise but the Brothers Grimmaka German folklorists and linguists JAKOB17851863 and W... » 

They saw their work in gathering the fairy tales of Europe as an academicexercise but the Brothers Grimmaka German folklorists and linguists JAKOB17851863 and WILHELM GRIMM 17861859are today remembered best as tellersof dark stories for children. Here in one compact volume are 53 of the mostbeloved of the stories they assembled from wellknown ones such as TheSleeping Beauty The Frog Prince Rapunzel and Hansel and Grethel tomore obscure ones including The Rabbits Bride Six Soldiers of FortuneFaithful John and The Three Spinsters. A treasury of classic stories thisreplica of an 1886 editiontranslated by English writer LUCY CRANE 18421882with beautiful line drawings by her brother William Cranewill delightchildren and adults alike. «