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Title

Curious stories about fairies, and other funny people : with illustrations by Billings.

Publication

Boston : Ticknor and Fields, MDCCCLVI [1856]

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Details

Additional Authors

• Austin, Sarah, 1793-1867
• Billings, Hammatt, 1818-1874
• Andrew, John, 1815-1870
• Ruskin, John, 1819-1900.
• Horne, R. H. (Richard H.), 1802-1884.
• Carové, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1789-1852.
• Browning, Robert, 1812-1889.
• Sinclair Hamilton Collection of American Illustrated Books NjP
• Ticknor and Fields, publisher.
• Thurston and Torry, printer.

Description

[4], 303, [1] p., [6] leaves of plates : ill.; 18 cm.

Subject

• Children's stories
• Fairies
• Children's stories, German
• Children's poetry
• Histoires pour enfants
• Fées
• Histoires pour enfants allemandes
• Poésie enfantine

Genre/Form

• fairy tales.
• Fairy tales.
• Juvenile literature – 1856.
• Fairy tales – 1856.
• Poems – 1856.
• Contes de fées.

Note

• "Cambridge : Thurston and Torry, Printers."--t.p. verso.
• Added t.p., engraved.
• With 6 illustrations by H. Billings, engraved on wood by John Andrew.

Indexed In (note)

• Hamilton, S. American book illustrators (1968 ed.)

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

The king of the Golden River [by John Ruskin]--The heroic life and exploits of Siegfried the dragon-slayer <an old German story>.--The good-natured bear, a tale, by R.H. Horne.--The story without an end. Translated from the German [of F.W. Carové] by Sarah Austin.--The glow-worm.--Sir Calidore.--The pied piper of Hamelin, by Robert Browning.

OCLC

• ocn197897891
• 197897891
• SCSB-223821

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library