The princess and the tiger

English translation by R. D. Boylan of Das Kind mit dem Löwen, a work originally published in Taschenbuch für Damen auf das Jahr 1801. This translation is reprinted from Novels and tales by Goethe (London : Bell, 1875), in which it was titled: A tale (in the table of contents and where the story appears in the text) and: A nouvelette (on the title page of the book).