Charles Perrault

“Little Red Riding-Hood.” Old French Fairy Tales, Perrault, Charles, Madame D’aulnoy, Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, [1899], pp. 70-75.

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“Little Red Riding-Hood.” Old French Fairy Tales, Perrault, Charles, Madame D’aulnoy, Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, [1899], pp. 70-75. Anonymous (not verified) Wed, 12/21/2022 - 08:31

Madame D’Aulnoy Charles Perrault

Tale Summary

Red Riding-Hood’s mother asks her to go to her grandmother’s with cakes and butter. She must travel through the woods to get there and while on her way she meets a wolf. The wolf has the desire to eat her but is wary of the woodcutters nearby, so he asks Riding-Hood where she is going. She gives him the details of her grandmother’s house and they part ways. The wolf runs and takes the short route while Red Riding-Hood takes the long route to the house. The wolf arrives at the grandmother’s house first and pretends to be Red Riding-Hood. The grandmother falls for this trick and is eaten in one gulp by the wolf. Later Red Riding-Hood arrives to give her grandmother the gifts and the wolf now dressed as her grandmother lets her in. Red Riding-Hood comments on her grandmother’s big ears, nose, and teeth before she also is eaten by the wolf.

Fairy Tale Title

Little Red Riding-Hood

Fairy Tale Author(s)/Editor(s)

Charles Perrault, Madame D’aulnoy

Fairy Tale Illustrator(s)

Common Tale Type

Little Red Riding Hood

Tale Classification

ATU 333

Page Range of Tale

pp. 70-75

Full Citation of Tale

“Little Red Riding-Hood.” Old French Fairy Tales, Perrault, Charles, Madame D’aulnoy, Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, [1899], pp. 70-75.

Original Source of the Tale

Charles Perrault

Tale Notes

Unlike many versions of this tale, Red Riding-Hood is not saved from the wolf by a woodcutter or a hunter. She is eaten and the story ends. This tale is the first Red Riding-Hood to be published so other authors have adapted it to continue the story and save the girl from the wolf. This tale has some words that are simplified; however, there is no obvious simplification of the tale for young readers. The illustrations are of Riding-Hood and the wolf and are in black and white. There also seem to be two different styles, suggesting that two different illustrators worked on this tale.

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Book Title

Old French Fairy Tales

Book Author/Editor(s)

Charles Perrault, Madame D’aulnoy

Illustrator(s)

Publisher

Little, Brown, and Company

Date Published

1899

Decade Published

1890-1899

Publisher City

Boston

Publisher Country

United States

Language

English

Rights

Public Domain

Digital Copy

Available at the CU Digital Library

Book Notes

The book itself is a standard hardcover book. There is a bit of writing in the cover to suggest it was gifted to a Madame Allen in 1901. The illustrations are in black and white with many different styles suggesting many different illustrators.

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“Tom Thumb.” Tales of Past Times Written for Children, Charles Perrault, illustrated by John Austen, New York: E.P Dutton and Co., 1923, pp. 53-63.

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“Tom Thumb.” Tales of Past Times Written for Children, Charles Perrault, illustrated by John Austen, New York: E.P Dutton and Co., 1923, pp. 53-63. Anonymous (not verified) Thu, 11/17/2022 - 17:23

Charles Perrault

Tale Summary

Once upon a time, there was a poor man and his wife, wood makers by trade, who had seven young boys (the oldest being ten, and the younger being seven years of age). This youngest boy was very small, only being the size of a thumb when he was born (giving him the name Tom Thumb) but was very intelligent. One day during a famine, the man urges his wife that they must get rid of their children in order to survive. Although she protests, she agrees. Tom Thumb overhears this conversation, and the next morning gets up early and collects small white pebbles to fill his pockets. The man and his wife bring the children deep into the forest and abandon them. His siblings cry and fret, but Tom Thumb knows the way back because he has laid a trail of pebbles. The man and his wife, as soon as they get home, receive ten crowns from the lord of the manor which they were owed and were able to buy a large amount of meat to feast on. The woman begs her husband to repent for what they have done and laments for her lost children when they arrive at the door. Sometime later, the money runs out, and once again the man convinces his wife to abandon their children. Tom Thumb overhears this conversation, and the next morning goes out to again search for pebbles but finds that the door is locked. He thinks to use his breakfast instead to leave a trail of breadcrumbs. This does not work, however, as when the children try to find their way back, Tom Thumb realizes that the breadcrumbs have been all eaten by birds. So the children become lost and trek through the forest until they come to a house. A woman greets them, and the children tell her their plight. She weeps, because they are so pitiful and because her husband is an ogre who eats children. Because the children beg, the woman lets them in, thinking she can hide them for one night under the bed. When the ogre comes home he smells fresh meat, and although his wife tries to conceal them, the ogre finds them and decides to eat them the next day while entertaining his friends. Happy with this, he becomes drunk and goes to bed. The ogre has seven daughters, asleep in a bed, each with a golden crown upon her head. The woman puts the seven boys, each with a bonnet on their head, in a bed in the same room. Tom Thumb, fearing that the ogre would kill them as they slept, switched the crowns and bonnets. Sure enough, the drunk ogre comes in, feels for the bonnets, and kills all seven of his daughters. When he leaves again, the children make a run for it. The next day, the wife finds her seven daughters slaughtered, and the ogre swears to get the children, putting on his ‘boots of seven-leagues (which cover seven leagues with each stride), and running off. Tom Thumb hides his siblings under a rock, which the ogre sits on to take a rest and fall asleep on. The children run back to their parent’s house, while Tom Thumb stays and takes the boots, which, because they are fairies, fit themselves to his feet, and runs back to the ogre’s wife. He tells her that her husband has been captured by robbers and that they demand all of his riches in order to release him, so she gives him all that they have. Tom Thumb brings this money back to his parent’s house.

Fairy Tale Title

Thumbling

Fairy Tale Author(s)/Editor(s)

Charles Perrault

Fairy Tale Illustrator(s)

John Austen

Common Tale Type

The Children and the Ogre/Brothers and the Ogre/Boy Steals the Ogre's Treasure

Tale Classification

ATU 327/ATU 327B/ATU 328

Page Range of Tale

pp. 9-12

Full Citation of Tale

“Tom Thumb.” Tales of Past Times Written for Children, Charles Perrault, illustrated by John Austen, New York: E.P Dutton and Co., 1923, pp. 53-63.

Original Source of the Tale

Charles Perrault

Tale Notes

The story gives an alternate ending, which the author seems skeptical of, that Tom Thumb never robbed the ogre, and instead used the seven-league boots to bring news of a far-away army to the King, who in return gave him a large sum of money. He then becomes a famous messenger, amassing wealth, and buys places for his father and brothers at court.

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Book Title

Tales of Past Times Written for Children

Book Author/Editor(s)

Charles Perrault

Illustrator(s)

John Austen

Publisher

E.P Dutton and Co.

Date Published

1923

Decade Published

1920-1929

Publisher City

New York

Publisher Country

United States

Language

English

Rights

Public Domain

Digital Copy

Available at the CU Digital Library

Book Notes

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“The Fairy.” Tales of Past Times Written for Children, Charles Perrault, illustrated by John Austen, New York: E.P Dutton and Co., 1923, pp. 9-12.

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“The Fairy.” Tales of Past Times Written for Children, Charles Perrault, illustrated by John Austen, New York: E.P Dutton and Co., 1923, pp. 9-12. Anonymous (not verified) Thu, 11/17/2022 - 15:51

Charles Perrault

Tale Summary

Once upon a time, there was a very disagreeable widow with two daughters. The eldest was much like her, but the youngest was more like her father and was very beautiful and sweet of temper, and her mother disliked her very much. She made her work constantly and had to twice a day draw water a mile and a half from the house, and bring home a pitcher full. One day, as she was doing this chore, a poor woman came to her and begged her for a drink. The girl agreed, and the woman revealed herself as a fairy, and gave her a gift: for every word she spoke, out of her mouth would come out either a flower or a jewel. When the girl got home and her mother scolded her for being so long, she apologized, and two roses, two pearls, and two diamonds came out of her mouth. She explains what happened, and the mother tells her older daughter to go to the fountain and do the same. The fairy appears to the sister there, this time as a princess, to see how far the girl’s rudeness would go. The girl is very unpleasant, and the fairy gives her this gift: for every word she speaks, out of her mouth will come a snake or a toad. The mother is enraged and goes to punish the younger daughter, who flees into the forest, where she runs into the King’s son. [The book is missing the last page, but from other versions, we can assume it ends with him marrying her, and possibly the death of her stepsister].

Fairy Tale Title

The Fairy

Fairy Tale Author(s)/Editor(s)

Charles Perrault

Fairy Tale Illustrator(s)

John Austen

Common Tale Type

The Kind and the Unkind Girls

Tale Classification

ATU 480

Page Range of Tale

pp. 9-12

Full Citation of Tale

“The Fairy.” Tales of Past Times Written for Children, Charles Perrault, illustrated by John Austen, New York: E.P Dutton and Co., 1923, pp. 9-12.

Original Source of the Tale

Charles Perrault

Tale Notes

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Book Title

Tales of Past Times Written for Children

Book Author/Editor(s)

Charles Perrault

Illustrator(s)

John Austen

Publisher

E.P Dutton and Co.

Date Published

1923

Decade Published

1920-1929

Publisher City

New York

Publisher Country

United States

Language

English

Rights

Public Domain

Digital Copy

Available at the CU Digital Library

Book Notes

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“Sleeping Beauty in the Wood.” Histories or Tales of Past Times Written for Children Told By Mother Goose with Morals, Charles Perrault, edited by J. Saxon Childers, London: The Nonesuch Press., 1925, pp. 41-61.

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“Sleeping Beauty in the Wood.” Histories or Tales of Past Times Written for Children Told By Mother Goose with Morals, Charles Perrault, edited by J. Saxon Childers, London: The Nonesuch Press., 1925, pp. 41-61. Anonymous (not verified) Thu, 11/17/2022 - 15:25

Charles Perrault

Tale Summary

There was once a King and Queen who finally bear a daughter after desperately trying to have a child for years. They invite all the fairies they can find within their kingdom to be godmothers, and they all (7) attend the girl’s christening and later celebrations. One, very old, fairy who was not invited because she was thought to be elsewhere, shows up during the feast, feeling slighted by the King and Queen. Another of the fairies fears she will cast a curse upon the child, so she hides behind a curtain to see what can be done. Each fairy takes turns bestowing gifts of beauty and grace upon the princess until the old fairy declares that the child’s hand will be pierced by a spindle and that she will die of the wound. The fairy who was hiding now appears to counteract this, making it so that the girl will only sleep for one hundred years, at the end of which, a king’s son will wake her. The King orders all spindles destroyed, however, when she is 15 or 16 years old, the princess meets an old woman who had never heard of this ban, pricks her hand on her spindle, and falls into a deep sleep. The fairy who counteracted the curse hears the news and arrives by dragon-drawn chariot, touching everyone in the castle, save the king and queen, with her magic wand to put them in a deep sleep as well, so that when the princess awakens she will not be alone. The King and Queen now leave the castle and put out a proclamation that no one is to go near it, and within a quarter of an hour, a vast number of trees grow up all around it. One day, after 100 years have passed, a prince was hunting nearby and asked the countrymen the story of the place, and one tells him how a beautiful princess has been asleep for one hundred years and waited for a king’s son to wake her. He goes there, and the thicket parts way for him to enter the castle, where he finds everyone, including the princess, asleep. He finds her to be very beautiful, and when she wakes up, they immediately fall in love and are married after supper (now that everyone else is awake, too). The next day, the prince returns to his father and tells him that he got lost, and so for two years, he lies to his parents even though he now has two children by the princess. His mother, the Queen, suspects that he has a lover, but the prince fears telling her the truth. This is because she is an Ogress, whom his father married for her riches, and she has the inclination to eat children. It is only when his father dies and he becomes lord and master that he openly declares his marriage. One summer, the king goes off to war and leaves the kingdom and the care of his wife and children to his mother, who brings them to a country house. She says to the clerk of the kitchen that she would like to eat the older child, named Morning, for dinner. The man is unable to kill the child and instead hides her, instead serving the Ogress a lamb. Eight days afterward, the Ogress demands the younger child, named Day. The clerk hides the little boy just like his sister. One evening, the Ogress says she would like to eat the young Queen. The clerk does not know how to deceive her, and approaches the Queen with a dagger, explaining what her mother-in-law requested. The young Queen encouraged him to do it so that she might again see her children, whom she thought must have died. The clerk explains that they are still alive and well-hid and that she will indeed see them again. Once again he deceives the Ogress. One evening, however, she overhears the children and their mother, and, figuring out she has been tricked, orders a large tub to be filled with toads, vipers, snakes, and other serpents, for the Queen, her children, the clerk, his wife, and his maid, to be thrown into. Just before their execution, the King returns home, and his Ogress mother throws herself headfirst into the tub.

Fairy Tale Title

Sleeping Beauty in the Wood

Fairy Tale Author(s)/Editor(s)

Charles Perrault, J. Saxon Childers

Fairy Tale Illustrator(s)

None listed

Common Tale Type

Sleeping Beauty

Tale Classification

ATU 410

Page Range of Tale

pp. 41-61

Full Citation of Tale

“Sleeping Beauty in the Wood.” Histories or Tales of Past Times Written for Children Told By Mother Goose with Morals, Charles Perrault, edited by J. Saxon Childers, London: The Nonesuch Press., 1925, pp. 41-61.

Original Source of the Tale

Charles Perrault

Tale Notes

This is the moral of the tale:

“To get a Husband rich, genteel and gay,
Of Humour sweet, some Time to stay,
Is natural enough, ‘tis true;
But then to wait a hundred Years,
And all that while asleep, appears
A Thing entirely new.
Now at this Time of Day,
Not one of all the Sex we see
To sleep with such profound Tranquility,
But yet this Fable seems to let us know,
That very often Hymen’s Blisses sweet,
Altho’ some tedious Obstacles they meet,
Which makes us for them a long While to stay,
Are not less happy for approaching slow;
And that we nothing lose by such Delay.
But warm’d by Nature’s lambent Fires,
The Sex so ardently aspires
Of this bless’d State the sacred Joy t’embrace,
And with such earnest Heart pursue ‘em:
I’ve not the Will, I must confess,
Nor yet the Power, nor fine Address,
To preach this Moral to ‘em.”

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Book Title

Histories or Tales of Past Times Written for Children Told By Mother Goose with Morals

Book Author/Editor(s)

Charles Perrault, J. Saxon Childers

Illustrator(s)

None listed

Publisher

The Nonesuch Press

Date Published

1925

Decade Published

1920-1929

Publisher City

London

Publisher Country

United Kingdom

Language

English

Rights

Public Domain

Digital Copy

Available at the CU Digital Library

Book Notes

This book includes morals at the end of each tale.

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“The Master Cat; Or, Puss in Boots.” Histories or Tales of Past Times Written for Children Told By Mother Goose with Morals, Charles Perrault, edited by J. Saxon Childers, London: The Nonesuch Press., 1925, pp. 62-71.

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“The Master Cat; Or, Puss in Boots.” Histories or Tales of Past Times Written for Children Told By Mother Goose with Morals, Charles Perrault, edited by J. Saxon Childers, London: The Nonesuch Press., 1925, pp. 62-71. Anonymous (not verified) Sat, 11/12/2022 - 19:34

Charles Perrault

Tale Summary

Once, there was a poor miller, who only had his Mill, his Ass, and his Cat, to leave to his sons. The youngest, inheriting the Cat, was despondent, and the Cat overhears him lamenting his lot (the boy fears he will have to eat his cat and make a muff of his skin). Hearing this, the Cat asks for a bag and a pair of boots. The Cat hunts a young rabbit, which he brings to the King, saying it is a gift from his Lord the Marquis of Carabas. The King is pleased by this, and for several months the Cat goes about bringing him game this way. One day, the Cat knew that the King would be with his daughter (the most beautiful princess in the world) by the riverside, and says to his master to bathe in the river and to leave the rest to him. When the King passes by, the Cat cries out that his Lord Marquis of Carabas is going to be drowned, and recognizing the Cat as the one who brings him such good game, orders his guards to help. The Cat tells them that some rogues came by and took his clothes, so the King gifts him a fine suit. Upon seeing him, the princess takes a liking to him. The Cat goes ahead and tells some countrymen and some reapers that they must tell the King that the meadows and the corn belong to the Lord Marquis of Carabas under threat of being chopped as small as herbs for the pot. They do this, and the King is impressed with the supposed estate of the miller’s son. Next, the Cat comes to a castle belonging to a very wealthy ogre and asks to have a presence with him. The Cat tells him that he has heard of the ogre and that he is able to transform himself into any large animal. To further convince him, the ogre turns into a lion. When he transforms back, the Cat tells him he has also heard that he can turn into a very small animal, but he thinks it must be impossible. To prove him wrong, the ogre turns into a mouse, and the Cat eats him up. The King arrives at the castle, and curious goes inside. The Cat welcomes him, to the castle of his Lord Marquis of Carabas. The King is impressed, gives the miller’s son his daughter’s hand in marriage, and the Cat becomes a great Lord.

Fairy Tale Title

The Master Cat; Or, Puss in Boots

Fairy Tale Author(s)/Editor(s)

Charles Perrault, J. Saxon Childers

Fairy Tale Illustrator(s)

None listed

Common Tale Type

Puss in Boots

Tale Classification

ATU 545B

Page Range of Tale

pp. 62-71

Full Citation of Tale

“The Master Cat; Or, Puss in Boots.” Histories or Tales of Past Times Written for Children Told By Mother Goose with Morals, Charles Perrault, edited by J. Saxon Childers, London: The Nonesuch Press., 1925, pp. 62-71.

Original Source of the Tale

Charles Perrault

Tale Notes

This tale refers to Puss as The Cat for most of the story, then abruptly changes to only referring to him as Puss.
This tale is given two morals:

“How advantageous soe’er it be,
By long Descent of Pedigree,
T’enjoy a great Estate;
Yet Knowledge how to act we see,
Join’d with consummate Industry,
(Nor wonder ye thereat)
Is, for the gen’ral, of itself alone
To be more useful to young People known.”

“If the Song of a Miller so soon gain the Heart
Of a beautiful Princess, and makes her impart
Sweet languishing Glances, Eyes dying for Love,
It must be remark’d of fine Clothhes, how they move,
And that Youth, a good Face, a good Air, with good
Mien,
Are not always indiff’rent Mediums to win
The Love of the Fair, and gentle inspire
The Flames of sweet Passion and tender Desire.”

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Book Title

Histories or Tales of Past Times Written for Children Told By Mother Goose with Morals

Book Author/Editor(s)

Charles Perrault, J. Saxon Childers

Illustrator(s)

None listed

Publisher

The Nonesuch Press

Date Published

1925

Decade Published

1920-1929

Publisher City

London

Publisher Country

United Kingdom

Language

English

Rights

Public Domain

Digital Copy

Available at the CU Digital Library

Book Notes

This book includes morals at the end of each tale.

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“Blue Beard.” Histories or Tales of Past Times Written for Children Told By Mother Goose with Morals, Charles Perrault, edited by J. Saxon Childers, London: The Nonesuch Press., 1925, pp. 30-40.

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“Blue Beard.” Histories or Tales of Past Times Written for Children Told By Mother Goose with Morals, Charles Perrault, edited by J. Saxon Childers, London: The Nonesuch Press., 1925, pp. 30-40. Anonymous (not verified) Fri, 11/11/2022 - 18:05

Charles Perrault

Tale Summary

There was once a rich man who unfortunately had a blue beard, which made him so ugly that women hated him (it did not help, also, that he had several wives before, and no one knew what had become of them). He had a neighbor with two beautiful daughters, neither of which wanted his hand in marriage, so he arranged a whole week in the country with them and other young people, where they had so much fun that the youngest daughter agreed to be his bride. After about a month, Blue Beard told his wife he must leave for six weeks, and gave her the keys to everything within his estate, but warned her not to unlock a certain closet under threat of a great deal of anger and resentment. After he leaves, his wife invites her neighbors and good friends, who are excited to see her house, and they all run through the rooms, which all had much to admire. The wife is so curious about the closet, however, that she leaves the company to unlock it. Inside, she finds that the floor is covered in blood, and there are several bodies of dead women against the walls. She is frightened and leaves, but not before dropping the keys in blood. She is unable to clean the keys because they are a fairy, and when Blue Beard returns, he spies the blood and knows what has happened. He tells her that she must die, and ignores her pitiful pleas for mercy, but agrees to give her half a quarter of an hour to pray. When she is alone, she calls out to her sister to go to the top of the tower to see if her brothers are in view, for they promised they would come, and to signal them to make haste. For some time her sister looks, seeing nothing, as Blue Beard yells for his wife to come down until the two horsemen come into view. At this point, the distressed wife had to go to her husband. Before he is able to strike, her brothers enter and kill him. The wife becomes the mistress of the estate, marries her sister to a young gentleman, buys Captains Commissions for her brothers, and marries herself to a worthy gentleman.

Fairy Tale Title

Blue Beard

Fairy Tale Author(s)/Editor(s)

Charles Perrault, J. Saxon Childers

Fairy Tale Illustrator(s)

None listed

Common Tale Type

Maiden-killer

Tale Classification

ATU 312

Page Range of Tale

pp. 30-40

Full Citation of Tale

“Blue Beard.” Histories or Tales of Past Times Written for Children Told By Mother Goose with Morals, Charles Perrault, edited by J. Saxon Childers, London: The Nonesuch Press., 1925, pp. 30-40.

Original Source of the Tale

Charles Perrault

Tale Notes

This tale is given two morals:

“O Curiosity, thou mortal Bane!
Spite of thy Charms, thou causest often Pain
And spre Regret, of which we daily find
A thousand Instances attend Mankind:
For thou, O may it not displease the Fair,
A fleeting Pleasure art, but lasting Care;
And always costs, alas! too deat the Prize,
Which, in the Moment of Possession, dies.”

“A very little Share of common Sense,
And Knowledge of the World, will soon evince,
That this a story is of Time long past.
No Husbands now such panic Terrors cast;
Nor weakly, with a vain depotic Hand,
Imperious, what’s impossible command:
And be they discontented, or the Fire
Of wicked Jealousy their Hearts inspire,
They softly sing, and of whatever Hue
Their Beards may chance to be, or black, or blue,
Grizzled, or russet, it is hard to say,
Which of the two, the Man or Wife, bears Sway.”

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Book Title

Histories or Tales of Past Times Written for Children Told By Mother Goose with Morals

Book Author/Editor(s)

Charles Perrault, J. Saxon Childers

Illustrator(s)

None listed

Publisher

The Nonesuch Press

Date Published

1925

Decade Published

1920-1929

Publisher City

London

Publisher Country

United Kingdom

Language

English

Rights

Public Domain

Digital Copy

Available at the CU Digital Library

Book Notes

This book includes morals at the end of each tale.

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“The Fairy.” Histories or Tales of Past Times Written for Children Told By Mother Goose with Morals, Charles Perrault, edited by J. Saxon Childers, London: The Nonesuch Press., 1925, pp. 24-29.

Anonymous — Sat, 12 Nov 2022 00:04:14 +0000

“The Fairy.” Histories or Tales of Past Times Written for Children Told By Mother Goose with Morals, Charles Perrault, edited by J. Saxon Childers, London: The Nonesuch Press., 1925, pp. 24-29. Anonymous (not verified) Fri, 11/11/2022 - 17:04

Charles Perrault

Tale Summary

Once upon a time, there was a very disagreeable widow with two daughters. The eldest was much like her, but the youngest was more like her father and was very beautiful and sweet of temper, and her mother disliked her very much. She made her work constantly and had to twice a day draw water a mile and a half from the house, and bring home a pitcher full. One day, as she was doing this chore, a poor woman came to her and begged her for a drink. The girl agreed, and the woman revealed herself as a fairy, and gave her a gift: for every word she spoke, out of her mouth would come out either a flower or a jewel. When the girl got home and her mother scolded her for being so long, she apologized, and two roses, two pearls, and two diamonds came out of her mouth. She explains what happened, and the mother tells her older daughter to go to the fountain and do the same. The fairy appears to the sister there, this time as a princess, to see how far the girl’s rudeness would go. The girl is very unpleasant, and the fairy gives her this gift: for every word she speaks, out of her mouth will come out a snake or a toad. The mother is enraged and goes to punish the younger daughter, who flees into the forest, where she runs into the King’s son. She tells him all which has happened and he falls in love and decides to marry her because of her valuable gift. Her older sister became so hated that her own mother abandoned her, and died alone in the woods.

Fairy Tale Title

The Fairy

Fairy Tale Author(s)/Editor(s)

Charles Perrault, J. Saxon Childers

Fairy Tale Illustrator(s)

None listed

Common Tale Type

The Kind and the Unkind Girls

Tale Classification

ATU 480

Page Range of Tale

pp. 24-29

Full Citation of Tale

“The Fairy.” Histories or Tales of Past Times Written for Children Told By Mother Goose with Morals, Charles Perrault, edited by J. Saxon Childers, London: The Nonesuch Press., 1925, pp. 24-29.

Original Source of the Tale

Charles Perrault

Tale Notes

This tale gives two morals:

“Money and Jewels still we find
Stamp strong Impressions on the Mind;
However, sweet Discourse does yet much more,
Of greater Value is, and greater Pow’r.”

“Civil Behaviour costs indeed some Pains,
Requires of Complaisance some little share;
But soon or late its due Reward it gains,
And meets it often when we’re not aware.”

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Book Title

Histories or Tales of Past Times Written for Children Told By Mother Goose with Morals

Book Author/Editor(s)

Charles Perrault, J. Saxon Childers

Illustrator(s)

None listed

Publisher

The Nonesuch Press

Date Published

1925

Decade Published

1920-1929

Publisher City

London

Publisher Country

United Kingdom

Language

English

Rights

Public Domain

Digital Copy

Available at the CU Digital Library

Book Notes

This book includes morals at the end of each tale.

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“Little Red Riding-Hood.” Histories or Tales of Past Times Written for Children Told By Mother Goose with Morals, Charles Perrault, edited by J. Saxon Childers, London: The Nonesuch Press., 1925, pp. 19-23.

Anonymous — Fri, 11 Nov 2022 23:33:26 +0000

“Little Red Riding-Hood.” Histories or Tales of Past Times Written for Children Told By Mother Goose with Morals, Charles Perrault, edited by J. Saxon Childers, London: The Nonesuch Press., 1925, pp. 19-23. Anonymous (not verified) Fri, 11/11/2022 - 16:33

Charles Perrault

Tale Summary

There was once a pretty country girl who was loved dearly by her mother and grandmother, who gifted her a red riding hood, which is how the girl’s nickname “Little Red Riding-Hood” came to be. One day, Little Red’s mother made some custards and instructed the girl to carry them and a pot of butter to her grandmother, who was ill and lived on the other side of the wood. As she is walking in the forest, Little Red comes across Gaffer Wolf, who wants to eat her up but can’t because of nearby woodsmen. He asks where she is going, and she tells him because she does not realize the danger. The wolf suggests that they each take separate paths to see who can get there faster. Little Red takes a longer time, as she is distracted by flowers and butterflies, and Gaffer Wolf makes it there first. He knocks on the door, pretending to be Little Red, and then eats up the grandmother. By the time Little Red arrives, he is waiting for her in bed. She is tricked and remarks on how different her grandmother looks. When she gets close enough and notices what big teeth ‘she’ has, the wolf eats her up.

Fairy Tale Title

Little Red Riding-Hood

Fairy Tale Author(s)/Editor(s)

Charles Perrault, J. Saxon Childers

Fairy Tale Illustrator(s)

None listed

Common Tale Type

Little Red Riding Hood

Tale Classification

ATU 333

Page Range of Tale

pp. 31-36

Full Citation of Tale

“Little Red Riding-Hood.” Histories or Tales of Past Times Written for Children Told By Mother Goose with Morals, Charles Perrault, edited by J. Saxon Childers, London: The Nonesuch Press., 1925, pp. 19-23.

Original Source of the Tale

Charles Perrault

Tale Notes

This is the moral of the tale:

"From this short Story easy we discern,
What Conduct all young People ought to learn.
But above all, young growing Misses fair,
Whose orient rosy Blooms begin t’appear:
Who, Beauties in the fragrant Spring of Age,
White pretty Airs young Hearts are apt t’engage,
Ill do they listen to all Sorts of Tongues,
Since some enchant and lure like Syrens’ Songs.
No wonder therefore, ‘tis, if over-powered,
So many of them has the Wolf devour’d.
The Wolf, I say, for Wolves too sure there are
Of every Sort, and every Character.
Some of them mild and gentle humour’d be,
Of Noise and Gall, and Rancour wholly free;
Who tame, familiar, full of Complaisance,
Ogle and lear, languish, cajole, and glance;
With luring Tongues, and Language wond’rous
Sweet,
Follow young Ladies as they walk the Street,
Ev’n to their very Houses, nay, beside,
And artful, tho’ their true Designs they hide:
Yet ah! These simpering Wolves, who does not see,
Most dang’rous of all Wolves in fact they be?"

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Book Title

Histories or Tales of Past Times Written for Children Told By Mother Goose with Morals

Book Author/Editor(s)

Charles Perrault, J. Saxon Childers

Illustrator(s)

None listed

Publisher

The Nonesuch Press

Date Published

1925

Decade Published

1920-1929

Publisher City

London

Publisher Country

United Kingdom

Language

English

Rights

Public Domain

Digital Copy

Available at the CU Digital Library

Book Notes

This book includes morals at the end of each tale.

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“Puss in Boots.” Tales of Past Times Written for Children, Charles Perrault, illustrated by John Austen, New York: E.P Dutton and Co., 1923, pp. 31-36.

Anonymous — Thu, 10 Nov 2022 03:04:48 +0000

“Puss in Boots.” Tales of Past Times Written for Children, Charles Perrault, illustrated by John Austen, New York: E.P Dutton and Co., 1923, pp. 31-36. Anonymous (not verified) Wed, 11/09/2022 - 20:04

Charles Perrault

Tale Summary

There was once a poor miller, who died and had only his mill, his ass, and his cat to leave to his three sons. The youngest of the boys, inheriting the cat, lamented aloud his misfortune, and how he must eat the cat and make a muff with its skin (neither, he concluded, would save him from starvation). The cat devises a plan and asks his new master for a bag and a pair of boots. Puss catches a young rabbit in the woods using the bag, and brings it to the King, giving it to him as a gift from the Marquis of Carabas. He continues to bring him game like this for several months, which pleases the King. One day, Puss knew that the King would be out with his daughter (the most beautiful princess in the world) along the river, and asked his master to follow his advice and bathe in the water and leave the rest to him. When the king passes by, Puss cries out that the marquis of Carabas is going to be drowned, and, recognizing him as the cat who brings him such good game, commands his guards to help. Puss tells them that rogues had stolen the marquis’ clothes while he washed, and the king gives him a wonderful new suit to wear. The princess sees him and takes a liking to him. The cat sets out ahead of the rest, and tells some countrymen that if they do not tell the King that the meadow they are mowing belongs to the marquis of Carabas, they will be “chopped as small as herbs for the pot”. He similarly threatens some reapers, demanding that they tell the King that all of the corn belongs to the marquis. The King is delighted with the young man and his apparent prowess. Puss comes to a vast castle belonging to a rich ogre and devises a plan. He asks to meet with the owner of the palace and says that he had heard he had the ability to change his form into all sorts of large creatures. The ogre replies that yes, he can do this, and he will change into a lion to further convince him. After changing back, Puss says he also heard the ogre could change into a small creature such as a mouse, but thought it was impossible. The ogre sets out to prove him wrong, and when he becomes a rodent, the cat eats him up. The King now arrives at the castle and is so stunned he wishes to enter. Upon hearing the car say that the place belongs to the marquis of Carabas, the King gives the young man his daughter’s hand in marriage, and Puss becomes a great lord.

Fairy Tale Title

Puss in Boots

Fairy Tale Author(s)/Editor(s)

Charles Perrault

Fairy Tale Illustrator(s)

John Austen

Common Tale Type

Puss in Boots

Tale Classification

ATU 545B

Page Range of Tale

pp. 31-36

Full Citation of Tale

“Puss in Boots.” Tales of Past Times Written for Children, Charles Perrault, illustrated by John Austen, New York: E.P Dutton and Co., 1923, pp. 31-36.

Original Source of the Tale

Charles Perrault

Tale Notes

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Kaeli Waggener, 2022

Book Title

Tales of Past Times Written for Children

Book Author/Editor(s)

Charles Perrault

Illustrator(s)

John Austen

Publisher

E.P Dutton and Co.

Date Published

1923

Decade Published

1920-1929

Publisher City

New York

Publisher Country

United States

Language

English

Rights

Public Domain

Digital Copy

Available at the CU Digital Library

Book Notes

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“Sleeping Beauty.” Tales of Past Times Written for Children, Charles Perrault, illustrated by John Austen, New York: E.P Dutton and Co., 1923, pp. 19-30.

Anonymous — Tue, 08 Nov 2022 21:40:40 +0000

“Sleeping Beauty.” Tales of Past Times Written for Children, Charles Perrault, illustrated by John Austen, New York: E.P Dutton and Co., 1923, pp. 19-30. Anonymous (not verified) Tue, 11/08/2022 - 14:40

Charles Perrault

Tale Summary

Once upon a time, a King and Queen finally bear a daughter after desperately trying to have a child for years. They invite all the fairies they can find within their kingdom to be godmothers, and they all (7) attend the girl’s christening and later celebrations. One, very old, fairy was forgotten, and shows up during the feast, feeling slighted. Another of the fairies fears she will cast a curse upon the child, so she hides behind a curtain to see what can be done. Each fairy takes turns bestowing gifts of beauty and grace upon the princess until the old fairy declares that the child’s hand will be pierced by a spindle and that she will die of the wound. The fairy who was hiding now appears to counteract this, making it so that the girl will only sleep for one hundred years, at the end of which, a king’s son will wake her. The King orders all spindles destroyed, however, when she is 15 or 16, the princess meets an old woman who had never heard this, pricks her hand on her spindle, and falls into a deep sleep. The fairy who counteracted the curse hears the news and arrives in a dragon-drawn chariot, touching everyone in the castle, except for the king and queen, with her magic wand to put them in a deep sleep as well. As a hundred years pass, people begin to forget the castle, in part because a thick hedge grows around it. One day, a prince was hunting nearby and asked the countrymen the story of the place, and one tells him how a beautiful princess has been asleep for one hundred years and waits for a king’s son to wake her. He pushes through the thicket into the castle, where he finds everyone, including the princess, asleep. He finds her to be very beautiful, and when she wakes up, they immediately fall in love and are married after supper (now that everyone else is awake, too). The next day, the prince returns to his father and tells him that he got lost, and so for two years, he lies to his parents even though he now has two children by the princess. His mother, the Queen, suspects that he has a lover, but the prince fears telling her the truth. This is because she is an Ogress, whom his father married for her riches, and she has an inclination to eat children. It is only when his father dies and he becomes lord and master that he openly declares his marriage. One summer, the king goes off to war and leaves the kingdom and the care of his wife and children to his mother, who brings them to a country house. She says to the clerk of the kitchen that she would like to eat the older child, named Morning, for dinner. The man is unable to kill the child and instead hides her, instead serving the Ogress a lamb. Eight days afterward, the Ogress demands the younger child, named Day. The clerk hides the little boy just like his sister. One evening, the Ogress says she would like to eat the young Queen. The clerk does not know how to deceive her, and approaches the Queen with a dagger, explaining what her mother-in-law requested. The young Queen encouraged him to do it so that she might again see her children, whom she thought must have died. The clerk explains that they are still alive and well-hid and that she will indeed see them again. Once again he deceives the Ogress. One evening, however, she overhears the children and their mother, and, figuring out she has been tricked, orders a large tub to be filled with toads, vipers, snakes, and other serpents, for the Queen, her children, the clerk, his wife, and his maid, to be thrown into. Just before their execution, the King returns home, and his Ogress mother throws herself headfirst into the tub.

Fairy Tale Title

Sleeping Beauty

Fairy Tale Author(s)/Editor(s)

Charles Perrault

Fairy Tale Illustrator(s)

John Austen

Common Tale Type

Sleeping Beauty

Tale Classification

ATU 410

Page Range of Tale

pp. 19-30

Full Citation of Tale

“Sleeping Beauty.” Tales of Past Times Written for Children, Charles Perrault, illustrated by John Austen, New York: E.P Dutton and Co., 1923, pp. 19-30.

Original Source of the Tale

Charles Perrault

Tale Notes

The ‘gifts’ given to the princess by the fairies are these: She is the most beautiful person in the world, she has the wit of an angel, she has a wonderful grace in all that she does, she dances perfectly well, she sings like a nightingale, she can play all kinds of music perfectly.

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Kaeli Waggener, 2022

Book Title

Tales of Past Times Written for Children

Book Author/Editor(s)

Charles Perrault

Illustrator(s)

John Austen

Publisher

E.P Dutton and Co.

Date Published

1923

Decade Published

1920-1929

Publisher City

New York

Publisher Country

United States

Language

English

Rights

Public Domain

Digital Copy

Available at the CU Digital Library

Book Notes

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