Gilbert James

“Hansel and Grethel.” A Selection from Grimm’s Fairy Tales, Brothers Grimm, illustrated by Gilbert James, London: Siegle, Hill and Co., [c. 1900], pp. 43-63.

Anonymous — Fri, 09 Aug 2024 13:18:47 +0000

“Hansel and Grethel.” A Selection from Grimm’s Fairy Tales, Brothers Grimm, illustrated by Gilbert James, London: Siegle, Hill and Co., [c. 1900], pp. 43-63. Anonymous (not verified) Fri, 08/09/2024 - 07:18

Tale Summary

There was once a poor woodcutter, who had a wife and two children from a previous marriage, but not enough money to feed them well. When a great famine came, his wife convinced him that they should leave the brother and sister, named Hansel and Grethel, in the woods so as not to have more mouths to feed. The children overheard this, and Hansel snuck outside to gather up white pebbles which shone in the moonlight. The next morning the children were given bread and brought out into the woods, and all along the way he dropped these pebbles under the guise that he was saying goodbye to his cat. Deep into the forest, the woodcutter and his wife told the children to rest, and that they would wake them up when they had finished chopping wood. They thought that they were close by because they could hear an ax, but it was really a branch the woodcutter had tied with a string to make noise in the wind. That night the two followed the glow of the pebbles in the moonlight back to their parent’s house, and their father was very happy. Another famine soon came and the woman talked her husband into the same deed, and although Hansel overheard, he could not leave to gather pebbles because the door was locked. The next morning on their way through the woods, he let fall a trail of crumbs from his bread under the guise that he was saying goodbye to his dove. That night when the children tried to follow the trail back home, they found that birds had eaten all of the crumbs and became very lost. On the third morning after leaving their father’s house, they saw a beautiful white dove who sang a pretty song, and when they followed it they were led to a house made of sweets. They began eating it, and when a voice from inside asked who was there, they said it was the wind and continued eating. A little old woman invited them inside and they had a delicious dinner before going to sleep. The kind woman was, in reality, an evil witch who ate children, and in the early morning she grabbed Hansel and shut him up in a cage. Next she grabbed Grethel and made her cook for her brother until he got fat enough to eat, while she only got morsels. Every morning the witch felt Hansel’s fingers through the bars to see if he was ready, but he always held out a little bone which tricked the witch because she had poor eyesight. After four weeks of this the witch was so impatient that she decided to eat him and began making preparations. She told Grethel to crawl into the oven to see if it was hot enough, wanting to trick her into getting inside so she could bake her. Grethel perceived this and asked if the witch could show her how, and so when she stuck her head in the girl pushed her inside and killed her. She released her brother and the two of them gathered pearls and precious stones from the house before setting off. They walked until they came to a large piece of water with no bridge, but a little white duck carried them across one at a time. They found their house again and their father was overjoyed and told him that his wife had died. The children presented their riches and all of their troubles were gone.

Fairy Tale Title

Hansel and Grethel

Fairy Tale Author(s)/Editor(s)

Brothers Grimm

Fairy Tale Illustrator(s)

Gilbert James

Common Tale Type

Hansel and Gretel

Tale Classification

ATU 327A

Page Range of Tale

pp. 43-63

Full Citation of Tale

“Hansel and Grethel.” A Selection from Grimm’s Fairy Tales, Brothers Grimm, illustrated by Gilbert James, London: Siegle, Hill and Co., [c. 1900], pp. 43-63.

Original Source of the Tale

Brothers Grimm

Tale Notes

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Book Title

A Selection from Grimm’s Fairy Tales

Book Author/Editor(s)

Brothers Grimm

Illustrator(s)

Gilbert James

Publisher

Siegle Hill & Co; The H.B. Claflin Company

Date Published

1900

Decade Published

1900-1909

Publisher City

London
New York

Publisher Country

United Kingdom
United States

Language

English

Rights

Public Domain

Digital Copy

Available at the CU Digital Library

Book Notes

This book includes six tales, most of which are the Grimm Brothers' best-known tales including Sleeping Beauty, The Frog Prince, Rumplestilskin, Hansel and Grethel, The Rabbit’s Bride, and The Shreds. The illustrations are simple but beautiful and a few pages are decorated with floral motifs. It is a very small book that appears adapted for children.

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“The Shreds.” A Selection from Grimm’s Fairy Tales, Brothers Grimm, illustrated by Gilbert James, London: Siegle, Hill and Co., [c. 1900], pp. 29-30.

Anonymous — Mon, 05 Aug 2024 12:57:37 +0000

“The Shreds.” A Selection from Grimm’s Fairy Tales, Brothers Grimm, illustrated by Gilbert James, London: Siegle, Hill and Co., [c. 1900], pp. 29-30. Anonymous (not verified) Mon, 08/05/2024 - 06:57

Brothers Grimm

Tale Summary

There was once a maiden who was very pretty, but also very lazy. Whenever she tried to spin she would become inpatient, and whenever there was a knot she would rip it out and throw the thread on the ground. Whenever this happened, her servant-girl would gather up the scraps and was eventually able to weave a beautiful dress for herself out of them. A man fell in love with the lazy maiden, but on the evening before the wedding, the servant-girl was twirling in the pretty dress and the bride-to-be let it slip that she had woven it from her scraps. The bridegroom realized that he did not want to be with the lazy maiden, and married the industrious maid instead.

Fairy Tale Title

The Shreds

Fairy Tale Author(s)/Editor(s)

Brothers Grimm

Fairy Tale Illustrator(s)

Gilbert James

Common Tale Type

Tale Classification

Page Range of Tale

pp. 29-30

Full Citation of Tale

“The Shreds.” A Selection from Grimm’s Fairy Tales, Brothers Grimm, illustrated by Gilbert James, London: Siegle, Hill and Co., [c. 1900], pp. 29-30.

Original Source of the Tale

Brothers Grimm

Tale Notes

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Book Title

A Selection from Grimm’s Fairy Tales

Book Author/Editor(s)

Brothers Grimm

Illustrator(s)

Gilbert James

Publisher

Siegle Hill & Co; The H.B. Claflin Company

Date Published

1900

Decade Published

1900-1909

Publisher City

London
New York

Publisher Country

United Kingdom
United States

Language

English

Rights

Public Domain

Digital Copy

Available at the CU Digital Library

Book Notes

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“Rumpelstiltskin.” A Selection from Grimm’s Fairy Tales, Brothers Grimm, illustrated by Gilbert James, London: Siegle, Hill and Co., [c. 1900], pp. 15-24.

Anonymous — Wed, 02 Nov 2022 01:43:26 +0000

“Rumpelstiltskin.” A Selection from Grimm’s Fairy Tales, Brothers Grimm, illustrated by Gilbert James, London: Siegle, Hill and Co., [c. 1900], pp. 15-24. Anonymous (not verified) Tue, 11/01/2022 - 19:43

Brothers Grimm

Tale Summary

When a poor Miller must speak with the King, he tells him that his daughter has the ability to spin straw into gold to make himself seem more notable. The king demands the presence of the girl. The miller’s daughter is shut into a large room filled with straw and is ordered to spin it all into gold by the end of the night, under penalty of death. Weeping, she does not know what to do, when a strange little man offers his services in return for whatever she can give him. She hands over her necklace, and he spins the straw into gold. The king is amazed, and shuts her in another, larger room, and demands the same thing of her again. The little man appears that night, and the girl offers her ring, and the straw is again spun into gold. The next morning, the king promises the girl she will be Queen if she succeeds one more time, and will die if she fails. She has nothing left to give the little man, so when he asks her firstborn child if she becomes Queen, she agrees, and he spins the straw into gold. A year later, the Miller’s daughter (now the Queen) gives birth to a child. The little man shows up and demands what he is owed, but the Queen is so distraught, he takes pity and says she may keep the child if she guesses his name within three days. She sends a messenger to search for names across the land, and in the meantime spends the first day guessing more conventional names, and the second day asking strange and more ridiculous names. On the third day, the messenger comes back and tells the queen something useful. He tells of a strange little man, living in a house on the edge of the forest, dancing around a fire, boasting that no one knows his name is ‘Rumpelstiltskin’. The Queen guesses this name, and out of anger the little man strikes the ground with his right foot so hard it gets stuck, and then comes off when pulls on his left leg too hard. Rumpelstiltskin is no longer a problem for the Queen.

Fairy Tale Title

Rumpelstiltskin

Fairy Tale Author(s)/Editor(s)

Brothers Grimm

Fairy Tale Illustrator(s)

Gilbert James

Common Tale Type

The Name of the Supernatural Helper

Tale Classification

ATU 500

Page Range of Tale

pp. 15-24

Full Citation of Tale

“Rumpelstiltskin.” A Selection from Grimm’s Fairy Tales, Brothers Grimm, illustrated by Gilbert James, London: Siegle, Hill and Co., [c. 1900], pp. 15-24.

Original Source of the Tale

Brothers Grimm

Tale Notes

What the messenger overhears Rumplestiltskin shouting as he danced around the fire is this:

"To-day I'll stew, and then I'll bake
To-morrow I shall the Queen's child take;
Ah! how famous it is that nobody knows
That my name is Rumpelstiltskin"

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Book Title

A Selection from Grimm’s Fairy Tales

Book Author/Editor(s)

Brothers Grimm

Illustrator(s)

Gilbert James

Publisher

Siegle Hill & Co; The H.B. Claflin Company

Date Published

1900

Decade Published

1900-1909

Publisher City

London
New York

Publisher Country

United Kingdom
United States

Language

English

Rights

Public Domain

Digital Copy

Available at the CU Digital Library

Book Notes

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“The Rabbit's Bride.” A Selection from Grimm’s Fairy Tales, Brothers Grimm, illustrated by Gilbert James, London: Siegle, Hill and Co., [c. 1900], pp. 25-28.

Anonymous — Tue, 01 Nov 2022 01:15:19 +0000

“The Rabbit's Bride.” A Selection from Grimm’s Fairy Tales, Brothers Grimm, illustrated by Gilbert James, London: Siegle, Hill and Co., [c. 1900], pp. 25-28. Anonymous (not verified) Mon, 10/31/2022 - 19:15

Brothers Grimm

Tale Summary

Once upon a time, a woman was pestered by a rabbit who was eating all of her fine cabbages, and so she tells her daughter to hunt it. She asks the rabbit to please stop eating the crops, and he asks her to climb on his tail and accompany him to his house. It continues like this for three days until she agrees. When she arrives, the rabbit asks her to cook him green lettuce and bran, and also tells her that there are wedding guests. He asks her three times to get up for their wedding, and on the third ask, distraught, the girl made a straw doll out of her own clothes (with lipstick and everything). She returns back home to her mother, but the rabbit finds the lifeless doll and believes his bride to be dead.

Fairy Tale Title

The Rabbit's Bride

Fairy Tale Author(s)/Editor(s)

Brothers Grimm

Fairy Tale Illustrator(s)

Gilbert James

Common Tale Type

Rescue by the sister

Tale Classification

ATU 311

Page Range of Tale

pp. 25-28

Full Citation of Tale

“The Rabbit's Bride.” A Selection from Grimm’s Fairy Tales, Brothers Grimm, illustrated by Gilbert James, London: Siegle, Hill and Co., [c. 1900], pp. 25-28.

Original Source of the Tale

Brothers Grimm

Tale Notes

All of the wedding guests are rabbits, except the parson, who is a crow, and the clerk, who is a fox. The altar is under the rainbow. Also, it is similar to the frog prince (of this same selection of tales) in that the girl is horrified by her potential partner and acts against them to prevent a relationship.

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Book Title

A Selection from Grimm’s Fairy Tales

Book Author/Editor(s)

Brothers Grimm

Illustrator(s)

Gilbert James

Publisher

Siegle Hill & Co; The H.B. Claflin Company

Date Published

1900

Decade Published

1900-1909

Publisher City

London
New York

Publisher Country

United Kingdom
United States

Language

English

Rights

Public Domain

Digital Copy

Available at the CU Digital Library

Book Notes

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“The Frog Prince.” A Selection from Grimm’s Fairy Tales, Brothers Grimm, illustrated by Gilbert James, London: Siegle, Hill and Co., [c. 1900], pp. 3-14.

Anonymous — Sat, 29 Oct 2022 01:54:39 +0000

“The Frog Prince.” A Selection from Grimm’s Fairy Tales, Brothers Grimm, illustrated by Gilbert James, London: Siegle, Hill and Co., [c. 1900], pp. 3-14. Anonymous (not verified) Fri, 10/28/2022 - 19:54

Brothers Grimm

Tale Summary

In olden times, the king had a beautiful young daughter, who often amused herself by sitting at the side of a fountain in the woods and throwing a golden ball up in the air to catch. One day, she drops it and loses it in the water. A voice soothes her when she cries and tells her that if she promises to love him (eat with him, play with him, drink with him, and sleep with him, all by extension), he will retrieve her ball for her. She makes a promise and immediately breaks it once the ball is returned, and runs back to the castle. The next day, the frog arrives. The princess explains, mortified, to the king about her unkept promise, and he urges her to fulfill it. She eats with him, but when he demands to sleep with her, she grabs him and throws him against the wall. He then turns into a handsome prince, who explains he was transformed into a frog by an evil witch. The prince and princess become betrothed and start off toward his kingdom. Henry, the servant of the prince, had bound three iron bands around his heart for fear it would break, and now, the bands broke out of joy for his return.

Fairy Tale Title

The Frog Prince

Fairy Tale Author(s)/Editor(s)

Brothers Grimm

Fairy Tale Illustrator(s)

Gilbert James

Common Tale Type

Tale Classification

Page Range of Tale

pp. 3-14

Full Citation of Tale

“The Frog Prince.” A Selection from Grimm’s Fairy Tales, Brothers Grimm, illustrated by Gilbert James, London: Siegle, Hill and Co., [c. 1900], pp. 3-14.

Original Source of the Tale

Brothers Grimm

Tale Notes

This tale names none of the characters except for the servant, Henry. It also places a significant emphasis on the way that the princess did not want anything to do with the frog prince, to the point of violence. Unlike similar stories involving monstrous bridegrooms, The Frog Prince's heroine does not reveal her handsome prince by being an exemplary wife, but by the exact opposite.

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Book Title

A Selection from Grimm’s Fairy Tales

Book Author/Editor(s)

Brothers Grimm

Illustrator(s)

Gilbert James

Publisher

Siegle Hill & Co; The H.B. Claflin Company

Date Published

1900

Decade Published

1900-1909

Publisher City

London
New York

Publisher Country

United Kingdom
United States

Language

English

Rights

Public Domain

Digital Copy

Available at the CU Digital Library

Book Notes

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Brothers Grimm. “The Sleeping Beauty.” A Selection from Grimm’s Fairy Tales, illustrated by Gilbert James, London: Siegle, Hill and Co., [c. 1900], pp. 31-42.

Anonymous — Mon, 29 Nov 2021 17:06:14 +0000

Brothers Grimm. “The Sleeping Beauty.” A Selection from Grimm’s Fairy Tales, illustrated by Gilbert James, London: Siegle, Hill and Co., [c. 1900], pp. 31-42. Anonymous (not verified) Mon, 11/29/2021 - 10:06

Brothers Grimm

Tale Summary

This tale starts with the princess being born and all of the fairies presenting her with birthday wishes. One fairy, who had not been invited to the party, cursed her and said that during her fifteenth year she would prick her finger and fall asleep for 100 years. Another fairy, who had not yet bestowed her blessing, said she would not die but would fall asleep. When she finally pricked her finger at fifteen, the entire kingdom fell asleep. Princes from all over the world tried to get into the kingdom to wake the princess, but they would die in the thorns surrounding the kingdom. Finally, after 100 years, the prince who would win her heart walked up to the fence with all of the dead corpses in its branches, and the plants on the fence opened for the prince to walk through. He kissed her and the entire kingdom woke up. They lived happily ever after.

Fairy Tale Title

The Sleeping Beauty

Fairy Tale Author(s)/Editor(s)

Brothers Grimm

Fairy Tale Illustrator(s)

Gilbert James

Common Tale Type

Sleeping Beauty

Tale Classification

ATU 410

Page Range of Tale

pp. 31-42

Full Citation of Tale

Brothers Grimm. “The Sleeping Beauty.” A Selection from Grimm’s Fairy Tales, illustrated by Gilbert James, London: Siegle, Hill and Co., [c. 1900], pp. 31-42.

Original Source of the Tale

Brothers Grimm

Tale Notes

This is a simplified version of the tale that was clearly intended for children.

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Book Title

A Selection from Grimm’s Fairy Tales

Book Author/Editor(s)

Brothers Grimm

Illustrator(s)

Gilbert James

Publisher

Siegle Hill & Co; The H.B. Claflin Company

Date Published

1900

Decade Published

1900-1909

Publisher City

London
New York

Publisher Country

United Kingdom
United States

Language

English

Rights

Public Domain

Digital Copy

Available at the CU Digital Library

Book Notes

This book includes six tales, most of which are the Grimm Brothers' best known tales including Sleeping Beauty, The Frog Prince, Rumplestilskin, Hansel and Grethel, The Rabbit’s Bride, and The Shreds. The illustrations are simple but beautiful and a few pages are decorated with floral motifs. It is a very small book that appears adapted for children.

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