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Old-Time Stories By: Charles Perrault (1628-1703) |
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OLD TIME STORIES [Illustration: "THEY REACHED THE HOUSE WHERE THE LIGHT WAS BURNING."]
OLD TIME STORIES told by MASTER CHARLES PERRAULT translated from
the French by
A·E·Johnson
with illustrations
by W·HEATH ROBINSON [Illustration: Decoration] NEW YORK
DODD, MEAD & COMPANY First Published, 1921 Printed in Great Britain PREFATORY NOTE
Of the eleven tales which the present volume comprises, the first eight
are from the master hand of Charles Perrault. Charles Perrault
(1628 1703) enjoyed much distinction in his day, and is familiar to
students of French literature for the prominent part that he played in
the famous Quarrel of the Ancients and Moderns , which so keenly
occupied French men of letters in the latter part of the seventeenth
century. But his fame to day rests upon his authorship of the
traditional Tales of Mother Goose; or Stories of Olden Times , and so
long as there are children to listen spellbound to the adventures of
Cinderella, Red Riding Hood, and that arch rogue Puss in Boots, his
memory will endure. To the eight tales of Perrault three others have been added here.
'Beauty and the Beast,' by Mme Leprince de Beaumont (1711 1781), has a
celebrity which warrants its inclusion, however inferior it may seem, as
an example of the story teller's art, to the masterpieces of Perrault.
'Princess Rosette' and 'The Friendly Frog' are from the prolific pen of
Mme d'Aulnoy (1650 1705), a contemporary of Perrault, whom she could
sometimes rival in invention, if never in dramatic power.
[Illustration: Decoration]
CONTENTS
PAGE THE SLEEPING BEAUTY IN THE WOOD 1 PUSS IN BOOTS 21 LITTLE TOM THUMB 34 THE FAIRIES 55 RICKY OF THE TUFT 61 CINDERELLA 75 LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD 92 BLUE BEARD 99 BEAUTY AND THE BEAST 113 THE FRIENDLY FROG 138 PRINCESS ROSETTE 174
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
COLOURED PLATES 'They reached the house where the light was burning'
(see page 41) Frontispiece FACING PAGE 'The most beautiful sight he had ever seen' 16 'All that remained for the youngest was the cat' 21 '"You must die, madam," he said' 99 'Every evening the Beast paid her a visit' 130 '"Could your father but see you, my poor child"' 152
BLACK AND WHITE ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE 'The king ... at once published an edict' 3 'A little dwarf who had a pair of seven league boots' 7 'The king's son chanced to go a hunting' 10 'All asleep' 12 'They all fell asleep' 13 'As though he were dead' 23 'The cat went on ahead' 26 Puss in Boots 27 'Puss became a personage of great importance' 31 'A good dame opened the door' 37 'He could smell fresh flesh'... Continue reading book >>
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