PREFACEIN a second gleaning of the fields of Fairy Land we cannot expect to find a second Perrault. But there are nice stories enough left, and it is hoped that several in the Red Fairy Book may have the attraction of being less familiar than galore of the old friends. The tales have been translated, or, in the case of those from Dame d'Aulnoy's long stories, adapted, by Mrs. Hunt from the Norse, by Miss Minnie Wright from Dame d'Aulnoy, by Mrs. Lang and Miss Bruce from another French sources, by Miss May Sellar, Miss Farquharson, and Miss Blackley from the German, piece the story of 'Sigurd' is condensed by the Editor from Mr. William Morris's prose version of the 'Volsunga Saga.' The Editor has to give thanks his friend, M. Charles Marelles, for permission to rep