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The Mother and the Dead Child

Hans Andersen

First published 1898
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story


{{tr|H. W. Dulcken, Ph.D.}} Published in 1864 as "The Story of a Mother", Stories and Tales, pp. 211-16 expected. (The matching text has been viewed at HathiTrust as pp. 211-16 in a George Routledge & Sons edition, catalogued as "[1864?]", whose undated title page credits Dulcken. But the 1864 publisher must be Routledge, Warne, Routledge.)

"From the Danish of Hans Andersen." is displayed below the line (title and page number) in the 1898 (and the 1981 Castle Books reprint) Contents list. There is no annotation where the story begins. One of the few Acknowledgments is "The Story of a Mother. By kind permissionof Messrs George Routledge & Sons, Ltd."

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
1898 Cover The Eerie Book J. Shiells & Co. Anthology 31
1981 Cover The Eerie Book Castle Books Anthology 31