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INTRODUCTION.
Folk lore, legends, myths and fairy tales have followed childhood through the ages, for every healthy youngster has a wholesome and instinctive love for stories fantastic, marvelous and manifestly unreal. The winged fairies of Grimm and Andersen have brought more happiness to childish hearts than all other human creations. Yet the old-time fairy tale, having served for generations,
be classed as "historical" in the children's of newer "wonlibrary; for the time has come for a series der tales" in which the stereotyped genie, dwarf and fairy are eliminated, together with all the horrible and bloodto point a curdling incident devised by their authors fearsome moral to each tale. Modern education includes
morality; therefore the modern child seeks only entertainment in its wondertales and gladly dispenses with all dis-
may now
agreeable incident. Having this thought in mind, the
story of
'The Wonderful ...