This book has been especially re-published to raise funds for The Great Ormond Street Hospital Children"s Charity By buying this book you will be donating to this great charity that does so much good for ill children and which also enables families to stay together in times of crisis. And what better way to help children than to buy a book of fairy tales. Some have not been seen in print or heard for over a century. 33% of the Publisher"s profit from the sale of this book will be donated to the GOSH Children"s Charity. There was a time when the president of the Folk Lore Society believed it was not acceptable for the editors of the day, Mr Andrew Lang and Mr. Joseph Jacobs, to publish fairy books. Their reply was that they did not see any harm in it, and they were ready to "put themselves on their country," and be tried by a jury of children. As to whether there are really any fairies or not, that is a difficult question. The Editor never saw any himself, but he knew...