THE
GARNET STORY BOOK
Tales of Cheer Both Old and New
COMPILED AND EDITED BY
ADA M. SKINNER
AND
ELEANOR L. SKINNER
Editors of “The Emerald Story Book” “The Topaz Story Book”
“The Turquoise Story Book” and “The Pearl Story Book”
NEW YORK
DUFFIELD AND COMPANY
1920
Copyright, 1920, by
DUFFIELD & COMPANY
CONTENTS
| PAGE | ||
| The Good-Natured Bear (adapted and abridged) | Richard H. Horne | 3 |
| Christmas Wishes | Louise Chollet | 73 |
| The Man of Snow (adapted) | Harriet Myrtle | 93 |
| Butterwops (adapted) | Edward Abbott Parry | 120 |
| Finikin and His Golden Pippins | Madame De Chatelaine | 138 |
| The Story of Fairyfoot | Frances Browne | 173 |
| The Snow-Queen (abridged) | Hans Christian Andersen | 192 |
| The Merry Tale of the King and the Cobbler (adapted) | From Gammer Gurton’s Historie | 253 |
| The Story of Merrymind | Frances Browne | 267 |
INTRODUCTION
About the middle of the last century therewas printed in England a children’s story withthe attractive title, “The Good Natured Bear.”This story, written by Robert H. Horne, wasreviewed by William Makepeace Thackeray,who at that time signed his criticisms M. A.Titmarsh. Mr. Thackeray wrote an articleentitled “On Some Illustrated Children’sBooks” for Fraser’s Magazine in which hemade the following comment: “Let a wordbe said in conclusion about the admirablestory of ‘The Good Natured Bear,’ one ofthe wittiest, pleasan