Hyltén-Cavallius och Stephens, Svenska Folksagor, "Den förtrollade goodan," and "Den förtrollade fästemön."
Contes des feés par Mdme d'Aulnoy, "La chatte blanche,"
Polnische Sagen und Märchen des K. Woycicki. "Die Kröte."
Cf. also an interesting article by Mr. Ralston, on "Beauty and the Beast." Nineteenth Century. December, 1878.
THE FAIRIES' WELL.
The chief points in this tale have already been noted in others. We may, however, note the following: The Devil in Stephen the Murderer, p. 7, in this collection, at once appears, when summoned, as in this tale.
Page 290. With regard to the menu of the devil, cf.
"Here lies the carcass of a curséd sinner
Doomed to be roasted for the devil's dinner."
Poems of Robert Wilde. Strahan, 1870.
Page 296. There is a hunt for the father of a child in the Lapp. "Jætten, Katten og Gutten." Friis. Cf. Payne, Arabian Nights, vii. p. 227.
Page 297. Hot Bath, see p 276, in this collection; and Afanarsief, v. 23.
THE CROW'S NEST.
The following version is still known to old nurses in Holderness, where I collected it. It is called "Orange and Lemon": "There were once a mother and a father who had two daughters, Orange and Lemon. The mother liked Lemon best, and the father Orange. The mother used to make Orange do all the dirty work, as soon as the father had turned his back. One day she sent her to fetch the milk,
