Tales of Wonder Every Child Should Know
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TALES
OF WONDER
EVERY CHILD SHOULD KNOW
Edited by
KATE DOUGLAS WIGGIN
and NORA ARCHIBALD SMITH
Published by Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc., for
THE PARENTS' INSTITUTE, INC.
Publishers of "The Parents' Magazine"
52 Vanderbilt Avenue, New York
COPYRIGHT, 1909, BY DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY
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PUBLISHER'S NOTE
Doubleday, Page & Company wish to make acknowledgment of theirindebtedness to the following publishers:
G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York and London, for permission to use "TheFive Queer Brothers," "The Two Melons" and "What the Birds Said," from"Chinese Nights' Entertainment," by Adele M. Fielde; "The Lac ofRupees," from "Indian Fairy Tales," by Joseph Jacobs; "TheSea-maiden," from "Celtic Fairy Tales," by Joseph Jacobs; "The BlackHorse" and "The Farmer of Liddesdale," from "More Celtic Fairy Tales,"by Joseph Jacobs; and "The Buried Moon," from "More English FairyTales," by Joseph Jacobs.
T. Y. Crowell & Company, New York, for permission to use "TheGrateful Crane" from "The Fire-fly's Lovers," by William ElliotGriffis.
Joseph McDonough, Albany, for permission to use "Little Surya Bai,""The Jackal, the Barber and the Brahmin," "Truth's Triumph," "TheRaksha's Palace," and "Panch-Phul Ranee," from "Old Deccan Days," byM. Frere.
Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, for permission to use "TheDeserter," "Steelpacha" and "The Watch-tower Between Earth andHeaven," from "The Russian Grandmother's Wonder Tales," by L. S.Houghton.
Macmillan & Company, London, for permission to use "The GratefulFoxes" and "The Badger's Money," from "Tales of Old Japan," by A. B.Mitford.
The Review of Reviews Company, London, for permission to use "TheFeast of Lanterns" and "The Lake of Gems," from "Books for theBairns," edited by W. T. Stead.
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We also wish to express our appreciation to Mr. Seumas MacManus forthe use of his stories, "The Amadan of the Dough," "Hookedy-Crookedy,""Billy Beg and the Bull," and "The Queen of the Golden Mines," from"Donegal Fairy Stories," and "In Chimney Corners," published by us.
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