The Little Mermaid Card

Stories from Hans Christian Andersen (April 2, 1805 – August 4, 1875), with illustrations by Edmund Dulac (October 22, 1882 – May 25, 1953), London, Hodder & Stoughton,Ltd., 1911. His limbs were numbed, his eyes were closing, and he must have died if the little mermaid had not come to the rescue. It was not long before one of the maidens came up to him. At first she seemed quite frightened, but only for a moment, and then she fetched several others, and the mermaid saw that the prince was coming to life, and that he smiled at all those around him, but he never smiled at her. You see he did not know that she had saved him. She felt so sad that when he was led away into the great building she dived sorrowfully into the water and made her way home to her father's palace. Always silent and thoughtful, she became more so now than ever. Her sisters often asked her what she had seen on her first visit to the surface, but she never would tell them anything. This IMAGE and TEXT are in the public domain because their copyright has expired. This applies to the United States, where Works published prior to 1923 are copyright protected for a maximum of 75 years.S. Copyright Office. Works published before 1923 (in this case 1911) are now in the public domain.