This book deals with the life and works of Hans Christian Andersen, a great Danish writer, poet and fabulist, born at Odense, in 1805. In the spring of 1872 Andersen had an awkward accident, falling out of bed and severely hurting himself. He was never again quite well, but he lived till the 4th of August 1875, when he died in the house called Rolighed, near Copenhagen.