NMLP P-035334 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-09

Wonderful Stories for Children

Hans Christian Andersen; translated by Mary Howitt · Chapman and Hall (London) · 1846

Translated from Danish. Wonderful Stories for Children was the earliest to market of three rival English Andersen translations that all appeared in 1846, preceding both Charles Boner's A Danish Story-Book (Cundall) and Caroline Peachey's Danish Fairy Legends and Tales (William Pickering), making it the true first appearance of Andersen's tales in English.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-035334 for "Wonderful Stories for Children" by Hans Christian Andersen; translated by Mary Howitt (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-035334, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).