Books 37-52, short stories by the Grimm Brothers
All are by the Brothers Grimm.
37. The Iron Stove. A fairly traditional Grimm Brothers tale. I've never read this particular story but there are elements from other stories included in here (indeed, I feel as if a lot of stories are combinations of three or more stories mixed together, tweaked and published under a new name). A princess gets lost in the forest and runs across an iron stove, who helps her find her way home but makes her promise to come back and start carving away at the iron. The young maid, understandably, is a bit creeped out but ultimately is made to keep up her end of their agreement. But when she makes a hole in the iron stove, she discovers a handsome prince is inside, who immediately declares his love for her. She gets over being creeped out quickly and agrees, but then breaks another (rather arbitrary) agreement and sets off on another journey to find her prince. This one is a bit goofy but the elements are typical of older fairy tales.
38. The Hut in the Forest. This one will make animal rights lovers cheer. Three sisters, over a period of several days, are sent into the forest with a meal for their woodcutter father, but all three get lost and run across the titular hut in the woods. The first two sisters meet a less than ideal fate but the youngest, due to her kind heart, uncovers the secret of the hut and its occupants.
39. The Hazel-Branch. A neat origin story. The Virgin Mary goes to pick some strawberries for her son when she runs across an adder. She quickly seeks refuge in a hazel bush, and states that a branch of hazel is protective against serpents and other poisonous creatures.
40. The Heavenly Wedding. A young boy takes his local pastor's sermon literally and walks in a straight line until he reaches a grand church, which he thinks is heaven. The kindly priest lets the young boy stay inside the church, and the boy agrees to do work. The child also offers food to the statue of the Virigin Mary. The Virgin, in return, invites the child to the Heavenly Wedding.
41. The Hare's Bride. This was a head-scratcher. Didn't care for it, the ending especially didn't make a lot of sense. Here, a young woman is essentially kidnapped by a hare and is forced to marry him.
42. The Hare and the Hedgehog. This is a different and darker take on The Tortoise and The Hare, and parents may wish to know that the moral is rather questionable here. A hedgehog, angry at being belittled by a haughty hare, challenges the hare to a race. The hare laughs at the thought of racing a hedgehog-- but the smaller creature has an idea on how to win.
43. The Griffin. This one is similar to The Devil with the Golden Hairs, except instead of a devil, there's a griffin. A king has a daughter who is ailing, and is told that her cure lies in eating an apple. A peasant just so happened to own a tree that produced fantastic apples but his two older sons make a mess of things when they try to bring some of the delicious fruit to the princess. The youngest son succeeds but the King, reluctant to marry his daughter to a commoner, gives the young man more tasks before he can wed the princess, including getting a feather from a griffin.
44. The Grave-Mound. An interesting and different tale. A selfish lord, shortly before he dies, shows compassion to a poor man but on the condition that the poor man agrees to guard his grave for three days after he is buried. The poor man agrees, and the rich man dies a short time afterwards. On the third night, the poor man befriends a clever traveler, who helps him when another guest arrives that night.
45. The Goose Girl at the Well. Again, another tale I'm surprised isn't better known. A king has banished his daughter for not flattering him enough, but quickly regrets his decision. Meanwhile, a curious young lord runs across an old woman and gets tricked into carrying her parcels for her to her home. There, he briefly meets the old woman's daughter. The old woman gives the young man a gift. Afterwards, the young lord finds the king's domain and is presented before the rulers. He lays the gift he had received from the old woman - which turns out to be a hint as to where their princess could be.
46. The Goose Girl. I can see this updated and adapted. An elderly queen has sent off her daughter with a lady in waiting to another kingdom, where the princess is betrothed to a prince. However, the lady in waiting takes advantage of the kind and naive (even daft) nature of the princess and winds up convincing the prince that she is the bride and the princess a serving girl. The real princess winds up taking care of the geese in the kingdom. The truth does wind up coming out in the end.
47. The Good Bargain. A mess of a story that's really antisemitic to boot. A peasant makes increasingly iffy bargains through the story as he feels he is being challenged by the town's animals. He somehow manages to come out ahead.
48. The Golden Goose. A funny story. A young man comes in possession of a golden goose, but the greed of three sisters at a nearby inn, plus the curiosity of a host of others, winds up leading to an interesting parade of people. This series of events leads the young man to marrying a lovely princess. An interesting theme I see here and in other stories. Often the youngest is portrayed as the most hopeless-- but the youngest often winds up winning whatever the prize is at the end.
49. The Gold-Children. This one feels like a couple of stories mixed together. A poor man and his wife become fortunate-- temporarily. The wife's constant questions cause them to lose their fortune multiple times but, in the end, the couple has a pair of twin boys made of gold. They go adventuring and in the end, one child has to rescue the other.
50. The Gnome. This feels like several stories I've read mixed together. In this story, a king has a favorite apple tree, and declares that anyone who eats the fruit from the tree will be buried in the earth. This winds up including the king's three daughters, who try an apple and disappear beneath the ground. The king sends out people to look for his daughters. Three brothers take on the challenge. Two wind up running afoul of the titular gnome but the third and youngest brother bests the manikin, who tells him how to rescue the three princesses. The youngest brother also has to face the betrayal of his older brothers as well as the obstacles of rescuing the maidens.
51. The Glass Coffin. I can see this adapted into an anime. A young man is taken by a stag to a site where he finds a beautiful maiden in a glass coffin and several other wonders in glass. She was enchanted by an evil wizard, and the man must figure out not only how to rescue her but her kingdom. This one is a bit exposition heavy but otherwise I liked it.
52. The Girl Without Hands. One of the Grimm Brothers grimmer tales. A poor miller makes a bargain with the devil in exchange for wealth, but unwittingly gives up his daughter in exchange. However, the girl is so innocent the devil cannot touch her, even after the father is forced to cut off her hands. The pious girl eventually goes out on her own and comes to another kingdom. With the help of angels, she is able to eat fruit from a king's garden. The king discovers her and treats her kindly, and eventually marries her. They have a child. However, the devil, still bitter about losing his prize, causes confusion which forces the young woman and child to flee for their lives.