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1、THEYELLOWFAIRYBOOKEditedbyANDREWLANGDedicationTOJOAN,TODDLES,ANDTINYBooksYellow,Red,andGreenandBlue,Alltrue,orjustasgoodastrue,Andhere'stheYellowBookforYOU!HardisthepathfromAtoZ,Andpuzzlingtoacurlyhead,YetleadstoBooks--Green,Blue,andRed.Foreverychildshouldun
2、derstandThatlettersfromthefirstwereplannedToguideusintoFairyLandSolabouratyourAlphabet,ForbythatlearningshallyougetTolandswhereFairiesmaybemet.Andgoingwherethispathwaygoes,Youtoo,atlast,mayfind,whoknows?TheGardenoftheSingingRose.PREFACETheEditorthinksthatchi
3、ldrenwillreadilyforgivehimforpublishinganotherFairyBook.WehavehadtheBlue,theRed,theGreen,andhereistheYellow.Ifchildrenarepleased,andtheyaresokindastosaythattheyarepleased,theEditordoesnotcareverymuchforwhatotherpeoplemaysay.Now,thereisonegentlemanwhoseemstot
4、hinkthatitisnotquiterighttoprintsomanyfairytales,withpictures,andtopublishtheminredandbluecovers.HeisnamedMr.G.LaurenceGomme,andheispresidentofalearnedbodycalledtheFolkLoreSociety.Onceayearhemakeshisaddresstohissubjects,ofwhomtheEditorisone,andMr.JosephJacob
5、s(whohaspublishedmanydelightfulfairytaleswithprettypictures)[1]isanother.Fancy,then,thedismayofMr.Jacobs,andoftheEditor,whentheyheardtheirpresidentsaythathedidnotthinkitveryniceinthemtopublishfairybooks,aboveall,red,green,andbluefairybooks!Theysaidthattheydi
6、dnotseeanyharminit,andtheywerereadyto'putthemselvesontheircountry,'andbetriedbyajuryofchildren.And,indeed,theystillseenoharminwhattheyhavedone;nay,likeFatherWilliaminthepoem,theyareready'todoitagainandagain.'[1]YoumaybuythemfromMr.Nutt,intheStrand.Whereisthe
7、harm?ThetruthisthattheFolkLoreSociety--madeupofthemostclever,learned,andbeautifulmenandwomenofthecountry--isfondofstudyingthehistoryandgeographyofFairyLand.Thisiscontainedinveryoldtales,suchascountrypeopletell,andsavages:'LittleSiouxandlittleCrow,Littlefrost
8、yEskimo.'Thesepeoplearethoughttoknowmostaboutfairylandanditsinhabitants.But,intheYellowFairyBook,andtherest,aremanytalesbypersonswhoareneithersavagesnorrustics,suchasMadameD'AulnoyandHerrHansChr
