Hans Christian Andersen

Fairy Tales and Stories

English Translation: H. P. Paull (1872)
Original Illustrations by
Vilhelm Pedersen and Lorenz Frølich
In this page:
• Introduction
• Chronological List
• About the Artwork
• Dedication
In separate pages:
• Cross Reference: ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWY
• Andersen’s Fairy Tales on Stamps. Slide show.
• Virtual Bookstore / Librarie virtuelle
• Chronology of Andersen’s Life
• Annotated Web-o-graphy
• The Home of Hans Christian Andersen
• I’m Hans Christian Andersen ♫
• Central Park Story-telling
• Index Translationum

Introduction

Below is the complete list of Andersen’s 168 tales, in the chronological order of their original
publication. Title variations and Danish equivalents may be found in the cross reference.
Andersen’s tale “Danish Popular Legends” was first published in The Riverside Magazine
for Young People, Vol. IV, pp. 470-474, New York, October 1870. It has never been published in
Denmark. The hypertext is based on an etext found in the Andersen Homepage of the Danish
National Literary Archive.
It may be somewhat surprising to learn that a number of Andersen’s tales were published in
America even before being published in Andersen’s native Denmark. According to Jean
Hersholt’s introduction to The Andersen-Scudder Letters, University of California Press, 1949,
ten tales were published by Horace Elisha Scudder, Andersen’s American editor, publisher and
translator, in the above mentioned Magazine, in the years 1868-1870. After the Magazine closed
down, Scudder published four other tales, in the years 1871-1873, in Scribner’s Monthly, an
illustrated magazine for the people: “Lucky Peer” (in four installments), “The Great Sea-
Serpent”, “The Gardener and the Manor”, and “The Flea
and the Professor”. The hypertext of these four tales is
based on the images found in the Making of America
collection of Cornell University Library.
127 more tales are given in a hypertext rendition of
Mrs. Paull’s nineteenth century translation, now in the
public domain. Four more tales, contributed by Mike W.
Perry and marked by a (*), are digitized from Fairy Tales
and Other Stories by Hans Christian Andersen, revised
and partly re-translated by W.A. and J. K. Craigie, Oxford
Univ. Press, London, 1914. Mike also contributed the
three tales marked by (**), from Wonder Stories Told for
Children, Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1900. The
remaining 29 tales are given in title only, using Jean
Hersholt’s translation, published in three volumes in
1942-49 by The Heritage Press, and now collectors’
items.

The 30 most popular tales are marked by a . 30

more tales, which Elias Bredsdorff, in his book Hans Christian Andersen: The Story of His Life
and Work: 1805-75, published in 1975 by Phaidon Press and republished in 1994 by Noonday

Press, considers most characteristic and representative, are marked by a . All these tales, and

the 99 marked by a , may be found in the book The Complete Hans Christian Andersen Fairy
Tales, edited by Lily Owens, published in 1981 by Avenel Books and republished in 1993 by
Grammercy Books.
Highly recommended contemporary translations of Andersen’s tales may be found in the
following omnibus editions: Hans Christian Andersen: The Complete Fairy Tales and Stories,
translated by Erik Christian Haugaard (1974, 156 tales); Eighty Fairy Tales, translated by R. P.
Keigwin (1976, 80 tales); Hans Christian Andersen: Fairy Tales, translated by Reginald Spink
(1960, 51 tales); Andersen’s Fairy Tales, translated by Pat Shaw Iversen (1966, 47 tales); Tales
and Stories by Hans Christian Andersen, translated by Patricia L. Conroy and Sven Hakon
Rossel (1980, 27 tales); Hans Andersen’s Fairy Tales: A Selection, translated by L. W. Kinsland
(1959, 26 tales); The Stories of Hans Christian Andersen : A New Translation from the Danish,
translated by Jeffrey Frank and Diana Crone Frank (2003, 22 tales).
All the above books, and other books in English by or about Hans Christian Andersen, may
be found in our virtual bookstore. Books in French may be found in our librairie virtuelle.

Chronological List

1. 1835 The Tinder-Box 85. 1856 The Jewish Maiden

2. 1835 Little Claus and Big Claus 86. 1857 The Bell-Deep

3. 1835 The Princess and the Pea 87. 1857 A String of Pearls
4. 1835 Little Ida’s Flowers 88. 1858 The Bottle Neck

5. 1835 Little Tiny or Thumbelina 89. 1858 Soup from a Sausage Skewer

6. 1835 The Saucy Boy 90. 1858 The Old Bachelor’s Nightcap

7. 1835 The Travelling Companion 91. 1858 Something

8. 1836 This Fable Is Intended for 92. 1858 The Last Dream of the Old Oak
You
93. 1858 The A-B-C Book
9. 1836 The Talisman
94. 1858 The Marsh King’s Daughter
10. 1836 God Can Never Die
95. 1858 The Races
11. 1836 The Little Mermaid
96. 1859 The Philosopher’s Stone
12. 1837 The Emperor’s New Suit
97. 1859 The Story of the Wind
13. 1838 The Goloshes of Fortune
98. 1859 The Girl Who Trod on the Loaf
14. 1838 The Daisy
99. 1859 Ole the Tower-Keeper
15. 1838 The Brave Tin Soldier
100. 1859 Anne Lisbeth
16. 1838 The Wild Swans
101. 1859 Children’s Prattle
17. 1838 The Garden of Paradise
102. 1859 The Child in the Grave
18. 1838 The Flying Trunk
103. 1859 Two Brothers
19. 1838 The Storks
104. 1860 The Pen and the Inkstand
20. 1839 The Elf of the Rose
105. 1860 The Farm-Yard Cock and the
21. 1840 What the Moon Saw Weather-Cock

22. 1840 The Wicked Prince 106. 1860 Beauty of Form and Beauty of
Mind
23. 1842 The Metal Pig
107. 1860 A Story from the Sand-Hills
24. 1842 The Shepherd’s Story of the
 Bond of Friendship
108. 1860 Moving Day
25. 1842 A Rose from Homer’s Grave
109. 1861 The Butterfly
26. 1842 The Buckwheat
110. 1861 The Bishop of Borglum and His
27. 1842 Ole-Luk-Oie, the Dream- Warriors
God
111. 1861 The Mail-Coach Passengers
28. 1842 The Swineherd
112. 1861 The Beetle Who Went on His
29. 1844 The Angel Travels

30. 1844 The Nightingale 113. 1861 What the Old Man Does Is Always
Right
31. 1844 The Ugly Duckling
114. 1861 The Snow Man
32. 1844 The Top and Ball
115. 1861 The Portuguese Duck
33. 1845 The Fir Tree
116. 1861 The New Century’s Goddess
34. 1845 The Snow Queen
117. 1861 The Ice Maiden
35. 1845 The Little Elder-Tree Mother
118. 1861 The Psyche
36. 1845 The Elfin Hill
119. 1861 The Snail and the Rose-Tree
37. 1845 The Red Shoes
120. 1861 The Old Church Bell
38. 1845 The Jumper
121. 1862 The Silver Shilling
39. 1845 The Shepherdess and the
Sweep 122. 1863 The Snowdrop

40. 1845 Holger Danske 123. 1864 The Teapot

41. 1845 The Bell 124. 1865 The Bird of Popular Song

42. 1845 Grandmother 125. 1865 “The Will-o-the Wisp Is in the

Town”, Says the Moor-Woman
43. 1846 The Darning-Needle
126. 1865 The Windmill
44. 1846 The Little Match-Seller
45. 1847 The Sunbeam and the 127. 1865 In the Nursery
Captive
128. 1865 The Golden Treasure
46. 1847 By the Almshouse Window
129. 1865 The Storm Shakes the Shield
47. 1847 The Old Street Lamp
130. 1866 “Delaying Is Not Forgetting”
48. 1847 The Neighbouring Families
131. 1866 The Porter’s Son
49. 1847 Little Tuk
132. 1866 Our Aunt
50. 1847 The Shadow
133. 1866 The Toad
51. 1848 The Old House
134. 1867 Vænø and Glænø
52. 1848 The Drop of Water
135. 1868 The Little Green Ones
53. 1848 The Happy Family
136. 1868 The Goblin and the Woman(**)
54. 1848 The Story of a Mother
137. 1868 Peiter, Peter and Peer
55. 1848 The Shirt-Collar
138. 1868 Godfather’s Picture Book
56. 1849 The Flax
139. 1868 Which is the Happiest?
57. 1850 The Phoenix Bird
140. 1868 The Dryad
58. 1851 A Story
141. 1869 The Days of the Week
59. 1851 The Pigs
142. 1869 The Court Cards(**)
60. 1851 The Puppet-Show Man
143. 1869 Luck May Lie in a Pin(*)
61. 1851 The Dumb Book
144. 1869 Sunshine Stories(**)
62. 1852 The Old Grave-Stone
145. 1869 The Comet
63. 1852 The Conceited Apple-Branch
146. 1869 The Rags
64. 1852 The Loveliest Rose in the
World 147. 1869 What One Can Invent
65. 1852 In a Thousand Years 148. 1869 The Thistle’s Experiences

66. 1852 The Swan’s Nest 149. 1869 Poultry Meg’s Family

67. 1852 The Story of the Year 150. 1870 The Candles(*)

68. 1852 On Judgment Day 151. 1870 Great-Grandfather

69. 1852 “There Is No Doubt About 152. 1870 The Most Incredible Thing(*)
It.”
153. 1870 Danish Popular Legends
70. 1852 A Cheerful Temper
154. 1870 What the Whole Family Said
71. 1853 A Great Grief
155. 1870 Lucky Peer
72. 1853 Everything in the Right
Place 156. 1871 Dance, Dance, Doll of Mine!

73. 1853 The Goblin and the Huckster 157. 1871 The Great Sea-Serpent

74. 1853 Under the Willow-tree 158. 1871 The Gardener and the Manor

75. 1853 The Pea Blossom 159. 1872 What Old Johanne Told

76. 1853 She Was Good for Nothing 160. 1872 The Gate Key

77. 1854 The Last Pearl 161. 1872 The Cripple(*)

78. 1854 Two Maidens 162. 1872 Aunty Toothache

79. 1855 “In the Uttermost Parts of 163. 1873 The Flea and the Professor
the Sea”
164. 1926 Croak
80. 1855 The Money-Box
165. 1926 The Penman
81. 1855 A Leaf from Heaven
166. 1949 Folks Say—
82. 1855 Jack the Dullard
167. 1949 The Poor Woman and the Little
83. 1855 Ib and Little Christina Canary Bird

84. 1856 The Thorny Road of Honor 168. 1949 Urbanus

 About the Artwork
Andersen’s tales in this collection are illustrated by the “official” Andersen illustrators, i. e., the
Danish artists chosen by Andersen to illustrate the collected Danish editions of his tales: The
naval officer Lieutenant Vilhelm Pedersen (1820-59), who illustrated the 1849 edition (45 tales,
125 illustrations) and continued to illustrate Andersen’s work for the next ten years, and Lorenz
Frølich (1820-1908), who illustrated Andersen’s work between 1867 and 1874. See also the
chapter “Hans Christian Andersen and his Illustrators”, in Fairy Tales From Hans Christian
Andersen—A Classic Illustrated Edition, Russel Ash and Bernard Higton (eds.), Chronicle
Books, 1992.
The background of these pages is reproduced from a
paper cutting made by Andersen himself. Elias Bredsdorff
explains:
“The items on the pierrot’s tray... represent some of the stages
in Andersen’s life: his birthplace in Odense, the old grammar
school in Slagelse, the windmill man (a fairy-tale motif), Saint
Canute’s Church in Odense, and the ugly duckling
transformed into a swan.”
Johan de Mylius, in his book H. C. Andersen Paper Cuts,
Aschehoug Dansk Forlag, 2000, elaborates:
“...a frog-like gnome, dancer, or circus performer, his mouth
open in a shriek. And like mythological Atlas, he carries above
him visible reality, the urban world and a segment of the world
of poetry and nature. This could be the hidden and infernal
side of the artist, who—brought to his knees by normalcy—
presents on a tray the side of realty that we know and wish and
acknowledge. How long can he hold it? When will it tip
over?”
See also the book The Amazing Paper Cuttings of Hans Christian Andersen by Beth Wagner
Brust, Ticknor & Fields, 1994 (paperback reprint edition, 2003).
In 2 March 2005, the same paper cutting appeared on a Danish stamp issued for Andersen’s
Bicentennial, to represent Hans Christian Andersen the artist.
All the above books, and other books in English by or about Hans Christian Anderen, may
be found in our virtual bookstore. Books in French may be found in our librairie virtuelle.
Andersen’s 1875 photograph by Georg E. Hansen and many more are available from the
Picture Database of the Danish Royal Library.

Dedication
Then her husband asked, “From whence hast thou all at once derived such strength and
comforting faith?”
And as she kissed him and her children, she said, “It came from God, through my child in the
grave.”
 In Memoriam of My Beloved Son
Gilead Har’El (1977-1996)

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