| Introduction | xiii |
| Note on the Text | xliii |
| Note on the Translation | xlvii |
| Select Bibliography | liii |
| A Chronology of the Grimm Brothers | lvii |
| The Tales | |
| Preface to the Second Edition (1819) | 3 |
1 | The Frog King, or Iron Henry | 11 |
2 | Cat and Mouse As Partners | 14 |
3 | Our Lady's Child | 16 |
4 | The Tale of the Boy Who Set Out To Learn Fear | 20 |
5 | The Wolf and the Seven Little Goats | 27 |
6 | Faithful John | 30 |
7 | The Good Bargain | 36 |
8 | The Twelve Brothers | 39 |
9 | The Pack of No-good, Low-life Ruffians | 44 |
10 | Little Brother and Little Sister | 45 |
11 | Rapunzel | 51 |
12 | The Three Little Men in the Forest | 54 |
13 | Hansel and Gretel | 58 |
14 | The Tale of the Fisherman and His Wife | 65 |
15 | The Brave Little Tailor | 72 |
16 | Ashypet | 78 |
17 | The Tale of the Mouse, the Bird, and the Sausage | 84 |
18 | Mother Holle of the Snow | 86 |
19 | The Seven Ravens | 88 |
20 | Little Redcap | 91 |
21 | The Bremen Town Band | 94 |
22 | The Singing Bone | 97 |
23 | The Devil With the Three Golden Hairs | 98 |
24 | The Girl With No Hands | 104 |
25 | Clever Hans | 109 |
26 | Sensible Elsie | 111 |
27 | The Table-Lay, the Gold-Donkey, and the Club in the Sack | 114 |
28 | Little Thumb | 122 |
29 | Mrs Fox's Wedding | 127 |
30 | The Robber Bridegroom | 129 |
31 | Godfather Death | 132 |
32 | Thumbling's Travels | 135 |
33 | Fitcher's Bird | 138 |
34 | The Tale of the Juniper Tree | 141 |
35 | Old Sultan | 149 |
36 | The Six Swans | 151 |
37 | Briar-Rose | 155 |
38 | Foundling-Bird | 158 |
39 | Snow-White | 160 |
40 | Knapsack, Hat, and Horn | 168 |
41 | Rumpelstiltskin | 172 |
42 | The Golden Bird | 175 |
43 | The Golden Goose | 181 |
44 | Coat o' Skins | 184 |
45 | Jorinda and Joringel | 189 |
46 | The Three Children of Fortune | 191 |
47 | Six Make Their Way Through the Whole World | 193 |
48 | Grandfather and Grandson | 198 |
49 | The Tale of Little Hen's Death | 198 |
50 | Hans in Luck | 200 |
51 | The Fox and the Geese | 204 |
52 | The Singing, Soaring Lark | 204 |
53 | The Goose-Girl | 209 |
54 | The Young Giant | 215 |
55 | The King of the Golden Mountain | 221 |
56 | The Water of Life | 226 |
57 | The Bearskin Man | 230 |
58 | Tales of Toads and Adders | 235 |
59 | The Jew in the Thorn Bush | 236 |
60 | The Bright Sun Brings It To Light | 240 |
61 | The Wilful Child | 241 |
62 | The Devil and His Grandmother | 241 |
63 | One-Eye, Two-Eyes, and Three-Eyes | 244 |
64 | The Shoes That Were Danced To Tatters | 250 |
65 | Iron John | 253 |
66 | The Lord's Beasts and the Devil's | 260 |
67 | The Little Shepherd Boy | 261 |
68 | The Starry Coins | 261 |
69 | The Stolen Farthing | 262 |
70 | Reviewing the Brides | 263 |
71 | The Tale of Cockaigne | 263 |
72 | A Tall Tale From Diethmarsch | 264 |
73 | A Riddling Tale | 265 |
74 | Snow-White and Rose-Red | 265 |
75 | Sharing Joy and Sorrow | 270 |
76 | The Moon | 271 |
77 | The Messengers of Death | 273 |
78 | The Unequal Children of Eve | 274 |
79 | The Golden Key | 276 |
| Children's Legends | |
80 | St Joseph in the Forest | 276 |
81 | The Rose | 279 |
82 | Our Lady's Goblet | 279 |
Appendix A | Selected Earlier Versions | 280 |
Appendix B | Selected Tales from the First Edition, Removed for the Second and Subsequent Editions | 288 |
Appendix C | Circular Letter Concerning the Collection of Folk Poesy | 294 |
Appendix D | Wilhelm Grimm's Last Reflections on the Marchen | 298 |
| Notes | 305 |