The volume is devoted to a choice collection of standard and new fairy-tales, wonder stories, and fables. They speak truly for themselves, emphasizing their value to young children. Fairy-tales and wonder-stories enrich life, speaking of victory and the magic of living. They help make good and happy children, exposing evil and rewarding goodness. Heroes in these tales impress upon children what nobly has been done. The contents include: - Various old fairy tales like "Cinderella" and "Beauty and the Beast" - Stories by favorite American writers such as "The Wreck of the Hesperus" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and "The Bee-Man of Orn" by Frank R. Stockton.FAIRY THORN By Samuel Ferguson FAIRY DAYS By William Makepeace Thackeray THE FAIRY QUEEN THE SEA PRINCESS LONG AGO THISTLE-TASSEL By Florence Harrison SONG OF THE FAIRY By William Shakespeare THE FAIRIES By William Allingham OH, WHERE DO FAIRIES HIDE THEIR HEADS? By Thomas Haynes Bayly MODERN FAIRY TALES THE ELF OF THE WOODLANDS Retold from Richard Hengist Horne by William Byron Forbush PRINCESS FINOLA AND THE DWARF