Excerpt from Favorite Fairy Tales, Vol. 1: The Childhood Choice of Representative Men and Women

It has happened naturally that more than one vote has been cast for the same story. For example, the presi dent Of Yale, in his selection Of Jack the Giant-killer, had the companion ship Of the president of Columbia and Of the editor Of H arper's Magazine, who are really represented, therefore, by a second choice. The three stories pre ferred by the Chairman Of the Wiscon sin Free Library Commission had all been preferred by others.

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