Crown Buildings, 188, Fleet Street,
London, October, 1871.
A List of Books
PUBLISHING BY
SAMPSON LOW, MARSTON, LOW, & SEARLE,
NEW ILLUSTRATED AND OTHER WORKS FOR THE SEASON 1871-2.
In super royal quarto, handsomely bound, 25s.
FAIRY TALES.
By Hans Christian Andersen. Illustrated by Twelve Large Designs in Colour,
AFTER ORIGINAL DRAWINGS BY E. V. B.
The Text newly translated by H. L. D. Ward and Augusta Plesner.
The following are the Tales selected, and the subjects chosen for illustration: —
The Ugly Duckling.
The Old Woman, with Cuckoo Shortlegs and the Cat, who wouldn't associate with the Ugly Duckling.
The Wild Swans.
The Dumb Maiden attired gorgeously and shown to the People.
The King riding off with the Dumb Maiden.
The Dumb Maiden's funeral pyre.
The Fellow Traveller.
The Old King pointing out to the Student the Wicked Princess's Garden.
The Wicked Princess in her Garden.
The Snow Queen.
The Witch in the Cherry Garden drawing in Gerda's boat with her crutch.
The Old Witch combing Gerda's hair with a golden comb to cause her to forget her friend.
The Little Mermaid.
Children playing in the water and alarmed by one of the Mermaids approaching the shore.
Thumbkinetta.
Thumbkinetta very desolate on the water lily-leaf.
Thumbkinetta borne on the swallow's back to the south, where she sees the Fairy-flower Prince.
The Angel.
The Child after death in the Angel's arms pities the poor Rose-tree with its buds and flowers crushed down and broken.
The Garden of Paradise.
