| Description |
286, 1 unnumbered page including color frontispiece, illustrations color plates. 24 cm |
| Note |
Each plate accompanied by leaf, included in the pagination, with descriptive letterpress. |
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Illustrated t.-p. and lining-papers. |
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"Printed in Great Britain." |
| Contents |
Hop-o'-my-thumb / Perrault -- Dick Whittington -- Jack and the Beanstalk -- Beauty and the beast / Madame de Villeneuve -- Henny-Penny -- Story of Sindbad the sailor -- Jack the giant killer -- Ugly duckling / Hans Andersen -- Princess and the pea / Hans Andersen -- Blue Beard /Perrault -- Story of Aladdin, or the wonderful lamp --Sleeping beauty / Perrault -- Barmedice's feast -- Toads and diamonds -- Three bears -- Ali Baba -- Cinderella /Perralt -- Puss in boots / Perrault -- Emperor's new clothes / Hans Andersen -- Rip Van Winkle / Washington Irving -- Little Red Riding-Hood / Perrault -- Hansel and Grethel -- What the old man does is always right /Hans Andersen. |
| Summary |
Twenty-four old favorites gathered from Grimm, Andersen, Arabian nights, Perrault, Washington Irving and other sources. |
| Subject |
Fairy tales.
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