The 1810 Grimm Manuscripts

Before the Brothers Grimm published their now world famous Childrens and Household Tales in 1812 they had sent their manuscript containing approximately 51 tales to their friend Clemens Brentano who also wanted to publish children's tales. The brothers asked him to return their manuscript when he was finished with it but he never did. While they went on to publish their tales their own copies of the original manuscripts for the first volume of the tales do not exist anymore. By accident or fortunate circumstance the manuscript they sent to Brentano survived and can be read today. The 1810 Grimm Manuscripts is the first English language translation of the Grimms Kinder- und Hausmärchen as they were in the Fall of 1810. It is the first written documentation of the tales as the brothers heard and saw them. It shows the very first written documentation of the Grimms versions of Snow White Sleeping Beauty The Frog King and many other tales.