The Little Mermaid

Post date: Jul 28, 2016 2:40:11 AM

The Little Mermaid

In the original short story, the Little Mermaid’s real name is not revealed, but in the 1914 play The Garden of Paradise, she has the name Princess Swanhild.

• • “The Little Mermaid” (»Den lille Havfrue«), by Hans Christian Andersen, in Eventyr, fortalte for Børn, første Samling, tredie Hefte, 1837.

    • “The Mermaid,” trans. Lucie, Lady Duff‐Gordon, Bentley’s Miscellany, vol. 19, no. ?, [Apr.] 1846. (Internet Archive)

    • “The Little Mermaid,” in Danish Fairy Legends and Tales, trans. Caroline Peachey, 1846. (HathiTrust)

    • “The Little Mermaid,” trans. Charles Boner, in The Ugly Duck, and Other Tales, Francis & Co.’s Little Library: For Young Persons of Various Ages, 1854. (Internet Archive)

  • “The Little Mermaid,” in Hans Andersen’s Fairy Tales: A New Translation … Specially Adapted and Arranged for Young People, trans. Mrs. H. B. Paull, 1888. (HathiTrust)

    • “The Little Mermaid,” in The Little Mermaid and Other Stories, trans. Robert Nisbet Bain, 1893. (HathiTrust)* (Google Books)

    • “The Little Mermaid,” in Three Tales of Hans Andersen, illustrated by Linley Sambourne, 1910. (HathiTrust)

  • The Garden of Paradise (play), by Edward Sheldon, 1914. In the play, the Little Mermaid is named Princess Swanhild. (Internet Archive)

    • “A New Experiment with the Fairy Play: A Scenic Revolutionist from Across the Seas Is a Big Factor in the Season’s Most Important Effort,” by Louis V. DeFoe, The Green Book Magazine, vol. 13, no. 2, Feb. 1915. (HathiTrust) (Google Books)