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1、TheOrangeFairyBookEditedbyAndrewLangCONTENTSPrefaceTheStoryoftheHeroMakomaTheMagicMirrorStoryoftheKingwhowouldseeParadiseHowIsurotheRabbittrickedGuduIan,theSoldier'sSonTheFoxandtheWolfHowIanDireachgottheBlueFalconTheUglyDucklingTheTwoCasketsTheGoldsmith'sFortuneTheEnchantedWreathT
2、heFoolishWeaverTheCleverCatTheStoryofManusPinkeltheThiefTheAdventuresofaJackalTheAdventuresoftheJachal'sEldestSonTheAdventuresoftheYoungerSonoftheJackalTheThreeTreasuresoftheGiantsTheRoverofthePlainTheWhiteDoeTheGirlFishTheOwlandtheEagleTheFrogandtheLionFairyTheAdventuresofCovanth
3、eBrown-hairedThePrincessBella-FlorTheBirdofTruthTheMinkandtheWolfAdventuresofanIndianBraveHowtheStaloswereTrickedAndrasBaiveTheWhiteSlipperTheMagicBook174PREFACEThechildrenwhoreadfairybooks,orhavefairybooksreadtothem,donotreadprefaces,andtheparents,aunts,uncles,andcousins,whogivef
4、airybookstotheirdaughters,nieces,andcousines,leaveprefacesunread.Forwhom,then,areprefaceswritten?Whenanauthorpublishesabook'outofhisownhead,'hewritestheprefaceforhisownpleasure.Afterreadingoverhisbookinprint--tomakesurethatallthe'u's'arenotprintedas'n's,'andallthe'n's'as'u's'inthe
5、propernames--thentheauthorsays,mildly,inhispreface,whathethinksabouthisownbook,andwhathemeansittoprove--ifhemeansittoproveanything--andwhyitisnotabetterbookthanitis.But,perhaps,nobodyreadsprefacesexceptotherauthors;andcritics,whohopethattheywillfindenoughintheprefacetoenablethemto
6、dowithoutreadinganyofthebook.Thisappearstobethephilosophyofprefacesingeneral,andperhapsauthorsmightbemoredaringandcandidthantheyarewithadvantage,andwriteregularcriticismsoftheirownbooksintheirprefaces,fornobodycanbesogoodacriticofhimselfastheauthor--ifhehasasenseofhumour.Ifhehasno
7、t,thelesshesaysinhisprefacethebetter.TheseFairyBooks,however,arenotwrittenbytheEditor,ashehasoftenexplained,'outofhisownhead.'Thestoriesaretakenfromthosetoldbygranniestograndchildreninmanycountriesandinmanylanguages--French,Italian,Spanish,Catalan,Gaelic,Icelandic,Cherokee,African
8、,Indian,Australian,Slavonic,Eskim
