This book is a wonderfuld collectin of tales from all over the world. Thre are such familiar old favorites as the Story of the Emperor's New Clothes, The tinder-box, How to Tell a True Princess, and the Nightingale. There are less familiar tales by madame d'Aulnoy and fromt he collections of Andersen and Grim. Many of the tales come from Hungary, Poland, and Russia, and there are German, French and English stores, too. Three are traditional tales of the American Indians, and three others come from Iceland.

This collection contains 48 stories, all narrated in the lcear, lively prose for which Lang was famous.