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The tales in the Grey Fairy Book are derived from many countries —
Lithuania, various parts of Africa, Germany, France, Greece, and other
regions of the world. They have been translated and adapted by Mrs. Dent,
Mrs. Lang, Miss Eleanor Sellar, Miss Blackley, and Miss hang. 'The Three
Sons of Hali' is from the last century 'Cabinet des Fees,' a very large
collection. The French author may have had some Oriental original before
him in parts; at all events he copied the Eastern method of putting tale
within tale, like the Eastern balls of carved ivory. The stories, as usual,
illustrate the method of popular fiction. A certain number of incidents are
shaken into many varying combinations, like the fragments of coloured glass
in the kaleidoscope. Probably the possible combinations, like possible
musical combinations, are not unlimited in number, but children may be less
sensitive in the matter of fairies than Mr. John Stuart Mill was as regards
music. (Summary from the preface)

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