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There are two little mice who are going to get married tonight.

Hans Tegner, from Andersenovy pohádky (Andersen’s Fairy Tales) vol. 2, by Hans Christian Andersen, Prague, 1902.

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There are two little mice who are going to get married tonight.

Hans Tegner, from Andersenovy pohádky (Andersen’s Fairy Tales) vol. 2, by Hans Christian Andersen, Prague, 1902.

(Source: archive.org)

Wednesday, March 6, 2013
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In the evening a carriage stopped at the door, into which they put the old man’s coffin.

Hans Tegner, from Andersenovy pohádky (Andersen’s Fairy Tales) vol. 2, by Hans Christian Andersen, Prague, 1902.

(Source: archive.org)

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In the evening a carriage stopped at the door, into which they put the old man’s coffin.

Hans Tegner, from Andersenovy pohádky (Andersen’s Fairy Tales) vol. 2, by Hans Christian Andersen, Prague, 1902.

(Source: archive.org)

Wednesday, March 6, 2013
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There, on one of the largest tombstones, Elisa saw some ugly witches.

Hans Tegner, from Andersenovy pohádky (Andersen’s Fairy Tales) vol. 2, by Hans Christian Andersen, Prague, 1902.

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There, on one of the largest tombstones, Elisa saw some ugly witches.

Hans Tegner, from Andersenovy pohádky (Andersen’s Fairy Tales) vol. 2, by Hans Christian Andersen, Prague, 1902.

(Source: archive.org)

Wednesday, March 6, 2013
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Elisa saw a palace almost a mile long.

Hans Tegner, from Andersenovy pohádky (Andersen’s Fairy Tales) vol. 2, by Hans Christian Andersen, Prague, 1902.

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Elisa saw a palace almost a mile long.

Hans Tegner, from Andersenovy pohádky (Andersen’s Fairy Tales) vol. 2, by Hans Christian Andersen, Prague, 1902.

(Source: archive.org)

Wednesday, March 6, 2013
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I had all the twelve will-O’-the wisps in my lap.

Hans Tegner, from Andersenovy pohádky (Andersen’s Fairy Tales) vol. 2, by Hans Christian Andersen, Prague, 1902.

(Source: archive.org)

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I had all the twelve will-O’-the wisps in my lap.

Hans Tegner, from Andersenovy pohádky (Andersen’s Fairy Tales) vol. 2, by Hans Christian Andersen, Prague, 1902.

(Source: archive.org)

Tuesday, March 5, 2013
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There once was a man who knew many new tales.

Hans Tegner, from Andersenovy pohádky (Andersen’s Fairy Tales) vol. 2, by Hans Christian Andersen, Prague, 1902.

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There once was a man who knew many new tales.

Hans Tegner, from Andersenovy pohádky (Andersen’s Fairy Tales) vol. 2, by Hans Christian Andersen, Prague, 1902.

(Source: archive.org)

Tuesday, March 5, 2013
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Mary J. Newill (1860-1947), front cover from The nightingale, by Hans Christian Andersen, New York, 1898.

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Mary J. Newill (1860-1947), front cover from The nightingale, by Hans Christian Andersen, New York, 1898.

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Wednesday, January 9, 2013
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Is there such a bird in my garden?

Mary J. Newill (1860-1947), from The nightingale, by Hans Christian Andersen, New York, 1898.

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Is there such a bird in my garden?

Mary J. Newill (1860-1947), from The nightingale, by Hans Christian Andersen, New York, 1898.

(Source: archive.org)

Wednesday, January 9, 2013