Front matter
Reading edition
FOLK-LORE BOOKS
By WILLIAM E. GRIFFIS
Swiss Fairy Tales
An entirely new sheaf of stories
Dutch Fairy Tales
A mine of legend and child-lore
Belgian Fairy Tales
Showing manners and customs of the people themselves
Fire Fly’s Lovers
Japanese fairy tales
The Unmannerly Tiger
Korean fairy tales
Welsh Fairy Tales
(In preparation)
Each book illustrated in color
THOMAS Y. CROWELL CO., NEW YORK
IT SIMPLY KNOCKED OVER THE OLD TOWER
Swiss Fairy Tales
By WILLIAM ELLIOT GRIFFIS Author of “The Firefly’s Lovers,” “The Unmannerly Tiger,” “Dutch Fairy Tales,” “Belgian Fairy Tales,” etc.
NEW YORK THOMAS Y. CROWELL COMPANY PUBLISHERS
Copyright, 1920, By Thomas Y. Crowell Co.
DEDICATED IN RADIANT MEMORIES OF MY SWISS MATERNAL ANCESTRY NEAR VALLEY FORGE FROM WHOSE LIPS I FIRST HEARD STORIES OF WASHINGTON, LAFAYETTE, STEUBEN AND OF SWITZERLAND THE LAND OF THE EDELWEISS