The Complete Fairy Tales & Other Stories
By Hans Christian Andersen - online book

Oxford Complete Illustrated Edition all his stories written between 1835 and 1872.

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220                         THE SWINEHERD
a rattle ; when any person swung this rattle, he could play all the waltzes, hops, and polkas that have been known since the creation of the world.
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* But that is superbe ! * cried the Princess, as she went past. ' I have never heard a finer composition. Hark-ye : go down and ask what the instrument costs ; but I give no more kisses.'
' He demands a hundred kisses from the Princess,' said