The Russian Grandmother's Wonder Tales
by Friedrich S. Krauss Louise Seymour Houghton
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Chapters (69)
- PREFACE
- CONTENTS
- ILLUSTRATIONS
- The Russian Grandmother’s Wonder-Tales CHAPTER I THE LITTLE BOY AND THE GRANDMOTHER
- THE WOLF AS A ROMAN
- CHAPTER II THE MOTHER’S FÊTE-DAY
- THE SICK LION
- CHAPTER III SATURDAY AFTERNOON
- “WHITELING’S WAR WITH ISEGRIM?”
- CHAPTER IV THE FIRE OF SHAVINGS
- THE BEAR, THE BOAR, AND THE FOX
- CHAPTER V FROST-BITTEN TOES
- THE MAN, THE HARE, THE FOX, AND THE BEAR
- CHAPTER VI AFTER SUPPER
- REINECKE’S REVENGE ON ISEGRIM
- CHAPTER VII THE SNOWY DAY
- “THE BIRD, THE FOX, AND THE DOG?”
- “THE FOX AND THE DOVE”
- CHAPTER VIII THE ELECTION MEETING
- “THE FOX AND THE HEDGEHOG”
- “MASTER REINECKE AND GOCKELING, THE COCK”
- THE DISAPPOINTED BEAR
- CHAPTER IX CAT AND DOG
- “WHY THE DOG CANNOT ENDURE THE CAT, NOR THE CAT THE MOUSE”
- CHAPTER X A PLEASANT SURPRISE
- “THE FOX AND THE BADGER”
- THE STAG AND THE HEDGEHOG
- CHAPTER XI THE PATIENT LITTLE BOY
- “THE COCK AND THE HEN”
- CHAPTER XII THE SHEEP-PLAY
- THE BEG AND THE FOX
- CHAPTER XIII GETTING READY
- “THE SEVEN STARS”
- CHAPTER XIV MOTHER’S-MOTHER
- “THE VILA OF MUHLENBERG”
- CHAPTER XV THE LITTLE BOY HOMESICK
- A SHORT STORY
- THE GOLDEN APPLE-TREE AND THE NINE PEAHENS
- THE WONDERFUL STORY
- THE YOUTH AND THE VILA
- CHAPTER XVI THE LITTLE BOY SLEEPLESS
- THE VILA IN THE GOLDEN CASTLE
- CHAPTER XVII HOME AGAIN
- PRINCE HEDGEHOG
- CHAPTER XVIII THE BETROTHAL
- THE DESERTER
- CHAPTER XIX IN THE FIELDS
- “THE HUNTER?”
- “THE WATCH-TOWER BETWEEN EARTH AND HEAVEN”
- THE BRIDGE
- CHAPTER XX TRINITY-MONDAY
- SO BORN, SO DIE
- THE ENCHANTED LAMBS
- THE KNOT-GRASS
- CHAPTER XXI THRESHING-TIME
- “THE THREE EELS.”
- CHAPTER XXII THE KOROWAI
- MORNING-DEW
- CHAPTER XXIII THE WEDDING
- “YOUNG NEVERFULL.”
- THE BASIL-PLANT
- CHAPTER XXIV AFTER THE WEDDING
- STEELPACHA
- Colophon
- Availability
- Encoding
- Revision History
- External References
- Corrections
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