This beautiful editon is a collection of Selma Lagelöf's books about the boy Nils Holgersson with "The Wonderful Adventures of Nils" and "Further Adventures of Nils Holgersson". "The boy simply could not make himself believe that he had been transformed into an elf. "It can't be anything but a dream - a queer fancy," thought he. "If I wait a few moments, I'll surely be turned back into a human being again." He placed himself before the glass and closed his eyes. He opened them again after a couple of minutes, and then expected to find that it had all passed over - but it hadn't. He was - and remained - just as little. In other respects, he was the same as before. The thin, straw-coloured hair; the freckles across his nose; the patches on his leather breeches and the darns on his stockings, were all like themselves, with this exception- that they had become diminished. No, it would do no good for him to stand still and wait, of this he was certain. He must try something else. And he thought the wisest thing that he could do was to try and find the elf, and make his peace with him." - Taken from "The Wonderful Adventures of Nils and Further Adventures of Nils Holgersson" written by Selma Lagerlöf