本书汇集了德国的格林兄弟在19世纪初搜集－整理的德国古老传说和民间故事。作者用通俗、质朴、流畅的语言，对神奇童话世界里湛蓝的天空、茂密的森林、英俊的王子、美丽的公主等进行了描写，颂扬了诚实、善良、勤劳、勇敢，批评了懒惰、自私、虚伪、狡猾，体现了德国人民丰富的想象力，优美的内心世界和崇高的道德境界。

1 The Frog-King, or Iron Henry

2 Cat and Mouse in Partnership

3 Our Lady's Child

4 The Story of the Youth Who Went Forth to Learn What Fear Was

5 The Wolf and the Seven Little Kids

6 Faithful John

7 The Good Bargain

8 The Twelve Brothers

9 The Pack of Ragamuffins

10 Little Brother and Little Sister

11 Rapunzel

12 The Three Little Men in the Wood

13 The Three Spinners

14 Hansel and Gretel

15 The Three Snake-Leaves

16 The White Snake

17 The Straw, the Coal, and the Bean

18 The Fisherman and His Wife

19 The Valiant Little Tailor

20 Cinderella

21 The Riddle

22 The Mouse, the Bird, and the Sausage

23 Mother Holle

24 The Seven Ravens

25 Little Red-Cap

26 The Bremen Town-Musicians

27 The Singing Bone

28 The Devil with the Three Golden Hairs 29 Little Louse and little Flea Jacob Grimm (1785-1863) and Wilhelm Grimm (1786-1859),were German academics who were best-known for publishing collec-tions of folk talcs and fairy talcs and for their work in linguistics,relating to how the sounds in words shift over time (Grimm's Law). They arc among the best-known story tellers of novellas from Europe, allowing the wide- spread knowledge of such tales as Snow-White, Rapunzel, Cinderella,and Hansel and Gretel.

30 The Girl Without Hands

31 The Three Languages

32 Clever Elsie

33 The Tailor in Heaven

34 The Wishing-Table, the Gold-Ass, and the Cudgel in the Sack

Thumbling

36 The Wedding of Mrs. Fox

37 The Elves

38 The Robber Bridegroom

39 Herr Korbes

40 The Godfather

41 Frau Trude

42 Godfather Death

43 Thumbling as Journeyman

44 Fitcher's Bird

45 The Juniper-Tree

46 Old Sultan

47 The Six Swans

48 Briar-Rose

49 Fundevogel (Bird-foundling)

50 King Thrushbeard

51 Little Snow-white

52 The Knapsack, the Hat, and the Horn

Rumpelstiltskin

54 Sweetheart Roland

55 The Golden Bird

56 The Dog and the Sparrow

57 Frederick and Catherine

The Two Brothers

59 The Little Peasant

60 The Three Feathers

61 The Golden Goose

Allerleirauh

63 The Twelve Huntsmen

84 The Thief and His Master

65 Jorinda and Joringel

66 The Three Sons of Fortune

67 How Six Men Got On in the World

68 The Wolf and the Man

69 The Wolf and the Fox

70 The Fox and His Cousin

71 The Fox and the Cat

72 The Pink

73 Clever Gretel

74 The Old Man and His Grandson

75 The Water-Nixie

76 The Death of the Little Hen

77 Brother Lustig

78 Gambling Hansel

79 The Gold-Children

80 The Fox and the Geese

81 The Poor Man and the Rich Man

82 The Singing, Soaring Lark ~

83 The Goose-Girl

84 The Young Giant

85 The Gnome

86 The King of the Golden Mountain

87 The Raven

88 The Peasant's Wise Daughter

89 Old Hildebrand

90 The Three Little Birds

91 The Water of Life

92 Doctor Knowall

93 The Spirit'in the Bottle

94 The Devil's Sooty Brother

95 Bearskin

96 The Willow-Wren and the Bear

97 Sweet Porridge

98 Wise Folks

99 Stories About Snakes

100 The Poor Miller's Boy and the Cat

101 The Two Travellers

102 Hans the Hedgehog

105 The Shroud

104 The Jew Among Thorns

105 The Skilful Huntsman

106 The Flail from Heaven

107 The Two Kings' Children

108 The Cunning Little Tailor

109 The Bright Sun Brings It to Light

110 The Blue Light

111 The Wilful Child

112 The Three Army-Surgeons

113 The Seven Swabians

114 The Three Apprentices

115 The King's Son Who Feared Nothing

116 Donkey Cabbages

117 The Old Woman in the Wood

118 The Three Brothers

119 The Lazy Spinner

120 The Four Skilful Brothers

121 One-eye, Two-eyes, and Three-eyes

122 The Shoes That Were Danced to Pieces

123 The Six Servants

124 The White Bride and the Black One

125 Iron John

126 Simeli Mountain

127 Going A-Travelling

128 The Donkey

129The Ungrateful Son

130. The Turnip

131 The Old Man Made Young Again

1J2 The Lord's Animals and the Devil's

133 The Beam

134 The Three Sluggards

/35 The Shepherd Boy

136 The Stolen Farthings

137 Brides on Their Trial

138 Odds and Ends

139 Snow-White and Rose-Red

140 The Glass Coffin

141 Lazy Harry

142 Strong Hans

143 The Peasant in Heaven

144 Sharing Joy and Sorrow

145 The Willow-Wren

146 The Sole

147 The Bittem and the Hoopoe

148 The Owl

149 The Moon

150 The Duration of Life

151 Death's Messengers

152 Master Pfriem (Master Cobbler's Awl)

153 The Goose-Girl at the Well

154 Eve's Various Children

155 The Nixie of the Mill-Pond

156 The Little Folks' Presents

157 The Nail

158 The Poor Boy in the Grave

159 The Spindle, the Shuttle, and the Needle

160 The Peasant and the Devil

161 The Sea-Hare

162 The Master-Thief

163 The Grave-Mound

164 Maid Maleen

165 The Boots of Buffalo-Leather