Tales of Passed Times
THE
TEMPLE
CLASSICS
FOR
YOUNG
PEOPLE
TALES of
PASSED
TIMES
TOLD BY
MASTER
CHARLES PERRAULT
WITH TWELVE ILLUSTRATIONS
BY
CHARLES ROBINSON
LONDON:
J.M. DENT & COMPANY
ALDINE HOUSE, BEDFORD STREET
COVENT GARDEN.
1900.
It is to Perrault that we owe our acquaintance with the greater numberof good old-fashioned fairy-tales, but an edition of these, although itincludes such intimate friends of our childhood as Blue Beard, theSleeping Beauty, and Little Red Riding-Hood, is hardly complete without"Beauty and the Beast"; a version of this tale, by Mme. Le Prince deBeaumont, has, therefore, been added to this collection. It has alsobeen increased, space permitting it, by the insertion of two tales byMme. la Comtesse d'Aulnoy; her writings, of a less robust class thanthose of Perrault, possess in their atmosphere of hidden magic, thecharm which resides in that special feature of fairyland, and theaddition of "The Benevolent Frog" and "Princess Rosette" will not, wethink, be unwelcome to the youthful reader.
CONTENTS
| PAGE | |
|---|---|
| The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood | 5 |
| Little Red Riding-Hood | 23 |
| Blue Beard | 31 |
| Master Cat; or, Puss in Boots | 43 |
| The Fairies | 55 |
| Cinderella; or, The Little Glass Slipper | 63 |
| Riquet with the Tuft | 77 |
| Little Thumbling | 91 |
| Beauty and the Beast | 109 |
| The Benevolent Frog | 133 |
| Princess Rosette | 169 |