degrimm1-4, Exercise 2: 1812 to 1815 and 1825

Model answer (check each detail):

Readers: the first edition was meant for scholars and adult readers; the 1825 Small Edition was aimed at a general readership, including families and children.
Content: the first edition was larger, had scholarly notes and kept some material that was thought unsuitable for children; the Small Edition was a selection of about fifty tales, with the notes left out.
Appearance: the first edition was plain; the Small Edition had illustrations by Ludwig Emil Grimm.
Purpose: the first edition aimed to record and preserve tales as a piece of cultural scholarship; the Small Edition aimed to make a pleasant and saleable book, and it did well commercially.

The contrast shows that the brothers handled the same material in two ways, one for scholarship and one for the market (check).