Swiss Fairy Tales

SWISS FAIRY TALES

By

WILLIAM ELLIOT GRIFFIS

Author of “The Firefly’s Lovers,” “The Unmannerly Tiger,” “Dutch Fairy Tales,” “Belgian Fairy Tales,” etc.

NEW YORK THOMAS Y. CROWELL COMPANY PUBLISHERS

DEDICATED IN RADIANT MEMORIES OF MY SWISS MATERNAL ANCESTRY NEAR VALLEY FORGE FROM WHOSE LIPS I FIRST HEARD STORIES OF WASHINGTON, LAFAYETTE, STEUBEN AND OF SWITZERLAN...