this volume is the most revised of the nesthäkchen books. in the original, anne marie's school year goes by the old count: in the eighth grade she advances to the seventh. in later editions, it is her third year and she advances to her fourth year. in the 1921 edition anne marie's friend gerda was from breslau, the capital of lower silesia. after 1945 gerda was from munich, capital of bavaria. in the original "princess heinrich" (that is, princess irene of hesse and by rhine, 1866–1953, wife of prince heinrich, brother of kaiser wilhelm ii) visited the island and the children's sanitorium. in later editions princess heinrich became the young queen of denmark.