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Published: 2015-06-16
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Excerpt from Finding List of Fairy Tales and Folk Stories, in Books at the Branches of the Public Library of the City of Boston The following index is a finding list for the fairy tales and folk stories used in the children's rooms at the Branch Libraries. In general, only the old and familiar fairy tales and traditional folk stories have been included, though exceptions have been made in the case of a few collections of modern stories. The stories are indexed by title only. All titles beginning "Story of ...", "Legend of ...", etc., will be found entered under the next word of the title. When the same story has been published under the best known or most characteristic title, and references are made from all others. The occasional cross-references from one story to another are not based on the "parallels" recognized by students of folk-lore, but on a similiarity which may be useful to a story-teller. For example, if none of the books containing "Rumpelstiltzkin" can be found, "Tom Tit Tot" may prove a substitute. In a number of cases references are given in the notes for other accounts of the origin and characteristics of certain birds, animals, etc. No attempt has been made to include all editions and translations of the Grimm and Andersen stories. Two collections of each have been chosen, the most nearly complete of those in use at the Branches. All these stories may be found at the Central Library also, in collections bearing different shelf numbers. This index was prepared by Miss Louise Prouty, Custodian of the Brighton Branch. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.