The Children's stories in this book have all been adapted from the original stories of A.H. Greenwood, Carmichael Brunton, W. J. L. Kiel, E. Dyke, M. De La Barre & others. None are original to us. The stories were collected into a popular book of fairy Tales for children around 1917. The stories, themselves were most likely written several years earlier. The stories are beautiful examples of the storytellers art and should not pass "silently into the night," but be kept fresh for new generations of children to enjoy.