ILLUSTRATIONS

THE SNOW QUEEN
          
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One day he was in a high state of delight because he had invented a mirror 5

Many a winter’s night she flies through the streets 11

Then an old, old woman came out of the house 23

She has read all the newspapers in the world, and forgotten them again, so clever is she 37

‘It is gold, it is gold!’ they cried 51

Kissed her on the mouth, while big shining tears trickled down its face 63

The Snow Queen sat in the very middle of it when she sat at home 71

THE NIGHTINGALE

Even the poor fisherman ... lay still to listen to it 81

‘Is it possible?’ said the gentleman-in-waiting.  ’I should never have thought it was like that’ 89

Took some water into their mouths to try and make the same gurgling, ... thinking so to equal the nightingale 95

The music-master wrote five-and-twenty volumes about the artificial bird 101

Even Death himself listened to the song 109

THE REAL PRINCESS

’I have hardly closed my eyes the whole night!  Heaven knows what was in the bed.  I seemed to be lying upon some hard thing, and my whole body is black and blue this morning.  It is terrible!’ Frontispiece

THE GARDEN OF PARADISE

His grandmother had told him ... that every flower in the
Garden of Paradise was a delicious cake 117

The Eastwind flew more swiftly still 131

The Fairy of the Garden now advanced to meet them 139

The Fairy dropped her shimmering garment, drew back the
branches, and a moment after was hidden within their depths 147

THE MERMAID

The Merman King had been for many years a widower 155

He must have died if the little mermaid had not come to
the rescue 169

At the mere sight of the bright liquid 183

The prince asked who she was and how she came there 189

Dashed overboard and fell, her body dissolving into foam 199

THE EMPEROR’S NEW CLOTHES

The poor old minister stared as hard as he could, but he
could not see anything 209

Then the Emperor walked along in the procession under the gorgeous canopy, and everybody in the streets and at the windows exclaimed, ’How beautiful the Emperor’s new clothes are!’ 215