1920-1929

“Aladdin, or the Wonderful Lamp.” Fairy Tales in Easy Words, Springfield, MA: McLoughlin Brothers, Inc., 1923, pp. 67-98.

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“Aladdin, or the Wonderful Lamp.” Fairy Tales in Easy Words, Springfield, MA: McLoughlin Brothers, Inc., 1923, pp. 67-98. Anonymous (not verified) Wed, 12/21/2022 - 10:21

Tale Summary

Aladdin is a young man from a very poor family whose laziness causes his parents great stress. After his father, Mustapha, dies, his mother seeks to provide for her family through her own hard work. One day, a wizard who claims to be Aladdin’s uncle visits Aladdin and gives him a valuable ring, which the wizard says will protect Aladdin from harm. The wizard then leads Aladdin to a cave and asks Aladdin to retrieve a lamp from it. Aladdin retrieves the lamp; however, after an argument, the wizard becomes enraged and utters a spell that causes the entrance to the cave to close, trapping Aladdin inside. After multiple days in the cave, Aladdin rubs his ring and a genie appears, asking Aladdin what he desires. Aladdin requests to be freed from the cave and after his wish is granted, he goes home. By chance, Aladdin rubs the lamp, and a genie appears and asks what he desires. Aladdin asks for food, and a banquet appears before him. Soon after, Aladdin comes across the daughter of the Sultan, a princess, and falls in love. His mother gives the Sultan a gift of gems, but the Sultan requests that Aladdin give a much larger gift to marry his daughter. Using the genie’s powers, Aladdin gives the Sultan the gift he requests and wishes for many luxurious things such as servants, gems and gold, a horse, and fine clothes. The Sultan, impressed by Aladdin’s incredible wealth, promises his daughter to Aladdin. Once Aladdin and the Sultan meet, Aladdin requests that the Sultan grant him a plot of land and time to build a castle upon it before marriage, to which the Sultan agrees. Aladdin uses the genie’s powers yet again to build a castle more exquisite than even the Sultan’s. Aladdin and the princess enjoy a great feast at his new palace, and Aladdin makes himself well-known to all the nobles and clergymen of the town. However, the wizard finds out about Aladdin’s success and vows to take the lamp from him. The wizard uses trickery to take Aladdin’s lamp from his palace and when he summons to genie, wishes that he, the palace, and the princess be transported to a faraway land. The Sultan, upon seeing the empty land where Aladdin’s palace used to be, becomes angry and requests that Aladdin be brought to him in chains in order to cut off his head. When Aladdin is brought before him, all the townspeople take up arms to defend Aladdin’s life. Upon seeing the love, the people have for Aladdin, the Sultan agrees to give Aladdin 12 days to find the palace. Using his ring, Aladdin finds his palace, poisons the wizard, and takes the princess to be his bride.

Fairy Tale Title

Aladdin, or the Wonderful Lamp

Fairy Tale Author(s)/Editor(s)

None listed

Fairy Tale Illustrator(s)

None listed

Common Tale Type

Aladdin

Tale Classification

ATU 561

Page Range of Tale

pp. 67-98

Full Citation of Tale

“Aladdin, or the Wonderful Lamp.” Fairy Tales in Easy Words, Springfield, MA: McLoughlin Brothers, Inc., [1923], pp. 67-98.

Original Source of the Tale

The French translator of the 1001 Nights, Antoine Galland (1646-1715), added this story to the Arabic collection of tales, claiming he heard it recounted by Hanna Diyab in Paris.

Tale Notes

Interestingly, there are two different genies that are summoned in this tale. As we would expect from modern retellings, one of these genies appears when the lamp is rubbed. However, there is also a second genie that only appears when Aladdin rubs the ring that was given to him by the wizard at the beginning of the story.

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Book Title

Fairy Tales in Easy Words

Book Author/Editor(s)

None listed

Illustrator(s)

None listed

Publisher

McLoughlin Brothers, Inc.

Date Published

[1923]

Decade Published

1920-1929

Publisher City

Springfield, Massachusetts

Publisher Country

United States

Language

English

Rights

Public Domain

Digital Copy

Available on the CU Digital Library

Book Notes

None

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“The Emperor’s New Clothes”. Stories from Hans Andersen with Illustrations by Edmund Dulac, Hans Christian Anderson, New York: George H. Doran Company [1923], pp. 204-218.

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“The Emperor’s New Clothes”. Stories from Hans Andersen with Illustrations by Edmund Dulac, Hans Christian Anderson, New York: George H. Doran Company [1923], pp. 204-218. Anonymous (not verified) Wed, 12/21/2022 - 09:58

Hans Christian Anderson

Tale Summary

There was once an Emperor who loved new clothes to the point of excess and spent all of his money and time buying and showing them off. One day, two swindlers come to the town disguised as weavers, and claim to be able to make beautiful garments with rich colors and patterns, but which are only visible to those who are worthy of the positions they hold, and are invisible to the impossibly dull and those who are not fit for their jobs. The Emperor is enthralled and gives them a large sum of money in advance to make the clothes. He wishes to check up on their progress, and, having his own reservations, sends his minister to see the weavers in his stead. The faithful old minister finds the two swindlers pretending to be hard at work at their looms, and can’t see a single bit of fabric because it is not really there. He worries that he may not be fit for the position he holds, and does not dare tell the Emperor he cannot see anything, so he pretends to be able to see it. The Emperor sends another official to see the stuff, and the same thing happens to him. Soon, the whole town is talking about how splendid the fabrics are. Wishing to see it for himself before it is taken off of the loom, the Emperor goes accompanied by the two men he had sent to check up on it. He cannot see a thing either and worries that he himself is not worthy of being the emperor. But, he lies, and exclaims that the patterns and the colors are beautiful. Everyone in the suite agrees with him, and the two swindlers are given an order of knighthood. The next day, a very big deal is made out of dressing the Emperor in his new clothes, and they tell him that they are marvelously light so that he will not feel like he is wearing anything at all. They ‘dress’ him, and he starts a procession to show off his new clothes, with chamberlains pretending to be holding up his train while he walked. The entire town pretends, also, to see the clothes, until a little boy shouts that he is naked, and everyone else begins to say the same thing. The Emperor knows that they are right, but continues with the procession anyway.

Fairy Tale Title

The Emperor’s New Clothes

Fairy Tale Author(s)/Editor(s)

Hans Christian Anderson

Fairy Tale Illustrator(s)

Edmund Dulac

Common Tale Type

The Emperor’s New Clothes

Tale Classification

ATU 1620

Page Range of Tale

pp. 204-218

Full Citation of Tale

“The Emperor’s New Clothes”. Stories from Hans Andersen with Illustrations by Edmund Dulac, Hans Christian Anderson, New York: George H. Doran Company [1923], pp. 204-218.

Original Source of the Tale

Tale Notes

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Book Title

Stories from Hans Andersen with Illustrations by Edmund Dulac

Book Author/Editor(s)

Hans Christian Anderson

Illustrator(s)

Edmund Dulac

Publisher

George H. Doran Company

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 Internet Archive

Book Notes

Medium-large sized book with a hardback cover, includes colored illustrations.

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“The Real Princess”. Stories from Hans Andersen with Illustrations by Edmund Dulac, Hans Christian Anderson, New York: George H. Doran Company [1923], pp. 112-113.

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“The Real Princess”. Stories from Hans Andersen with Illustrations by Edmund Dulac, Hans Christian Anderson, New York: George H. Doran Company [1923], pp. 112-113. Anonymous (not verified) Fri, 12/16/2022 - 00:23

Hans Christian Anderson

Tale Summary

There was once a prince who wanted to have his very own real princess. He searches all around the world, meeting many princesses, but with each feels like there is something not quite right about them. He can not figure out if they are real princesses or not. Discouraged, he returns home. One evening, there is a terrible storm, and a princess knocks at the town gate, soaking wet. She says that she is a true princess, but the old Queen has her doubts. Preparing the girl’s bedroom, she places a pea on the bedstead, and on top puts twenty mattresses and twenty feather beds. The next morning, the princess complains that she slept horribly as if she were laying on some hard thing. They know at must that she must be a real princess, and the prince takes her for his wife.

Fairy Tale Title

The Real Princess

Fairy Tale Author(s)/Editor(s)

Hans Christian Anderson

Fairy Tale Illustrator(s)

Edmund Dulac

Common Tale Type

The Princess and the Pea

Tale Classification

ATU 704

Page Range of Tale

pp. 112-113

Full Citation of Tale

“The Real Princess”. Stories from Hans Andersen with Illustrations by Edmund Dulac, Hans Christian Anderson, New York: George H. Doran Company [1923], pp. 112-113.

Original Source of the Tale

Tale Notes

The tale ends with: "Now this is a true story".

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Book Title

Stories from Hans Andersen with Illustrations by Edmund Dulac

Book Author/Editor(s)

Hans Christian Anderson

Illustrator(s)

Edmund Dulac

Publisher

George H. Doran Company

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 Internet Archive

Book Notes

Medium-large sized book with a hardback cover, includes colored illustrations.

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“The Garden of Paradise”. Stories from Hans Andersen with Illustrations by Edmund Dulac, Hans Christian Anderson, New York: George H. Doran Company [1923], pp. 127-157.

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“The Garden of Paradise”. Stories from Hans Andersen with Illustrations by Edmund Dulac, Hans Christian Anderson, New York: George H. Doran Company [1923], pp. 127-157. Anonymous (not verified) Thu, 12/15/2022 - 22:38

Hans Christian Anderson

Tale Summary

There once was a king’s son who had many beautiful books. He could read about everything and see the most beautiful images, but he could not find out where the Garden of Paradise was to be found, and this was what he thought most about. Until he was seventeen, the Prince believed that had he been in the position of Adam and Eve, he would not have caused sin to enter the world. One day the Prince was walking alone in the woods when a great downpour began, soaking him completely. He discovered a big cave where a strong, old woman invited him to warm up, telling him he was in the cavern of the winds. She explained that her sons were the four winds of the world; the Northwind, Zephyr, the Southwind, and the Eastwind. All the sons arrived and the Eastwind explained that he would be returning after a hundred-year-long gap to the Garden of Paradise the next day. The Prince woke up the next day on the back of the Eastwind, who had invited him along to the Garden of Paradise. They flew for some time and finally arrived at the Island of Bliss. The Prince had never seen such beauty in his life before. The Fairy of the Garden was just as gorgeous, and after showing them around, the Prince asked if he could stay there forever. She replied that he could stay if he didn’t allow himself to be tempted to do what was forbidden. She gave him the option of testing himself, saying that he could return with the Eastwind or remain. She explained that every evening when she left him she must say, “Come with me” and beckon him, but he must not, as with every step he took, the longing would grow stronger. If he followed, he would see her sleeping beneath the Tree of Knowledge. She warned if he kissed her, Paradise would sink down into the Earth, and the sharp winds of the wilderness would whistle around him, with sorrow following. The Prince agreed to remain, and the Fairy warned him once again of what would occur that night. Upon her beckoning, the Prince forgot everything and followed, becoming more tempted with each step. He thought to only see her and not kiss her, but saw that she had tears welling up so he kissed away her tears. Immediately the winds harshly blew around him as Paradise sank. At last, his memory came back and he found himself back with the mother of the winds. The story ends with Death promising that he would be laid in his coffin when he expected it least, but first, he must wander about on Earth to expiate his sin and become a better person. Upon his death, he would have the option of entering the Garden of Paradise above if he was holy and good, otherwise, he would sink deeper in his coffin, where Death would only go check once in every thousand years.

Fairy Tale Title

The Garden of Paradise

Fairy Tale Author(s)/Editor(s)

Hans Christian Anderson

Fairy Tale Illustrator(s)

Edmund Dulac

Common Tale Type

Tale Classification

Page Range of Tale

pp. 127-157

Full Citation of Tale

“The Garden of Paradise”. Stories from Hans Andersen with Illustrations by Edmund Dulac, Hans Christian Anderson, New York: George H. Doran Company [1923], pp. 127-157.

Original Source of the Tale

Inspired by the Biblical story of Adam and Eve sinning in the Garden of Eden.

Tale Notes

The colored images for the tale are very exquisite and depict specific moments from the story. The first image is a drawing of the Eastwind flying over a city with the Prince on his back, with the caption “The eagle in the great forest flew swiftly, but the Eastwind flew more swiftly still” (pg 129). The other image is of the Prince looking at the beautiful Fairy amongst the branches of the Tree of Knowledge, with the caption “The Fairy dropped her shimmering garment, drew back into the branches, and a moment after was hidden within their depths” (pg 147). This image depicts the critical moment right before the Prince fully gives into temptation and carries out the forbidden act of kissing the Fairy. From a literary standpoint, this tale clearly draws from the story of Creation from the Bible with a few modifications, as it is the supposed continuation. The same theme of humans giving into temptation and ruining Paradise for themselves is present. However, in this version, the human is not tempted by a serpent and knows exactly what will happen if he does what is directly forbidden. The same concept of humans wishing to become like God is still embedded within the story; the Prince’s longing increases with every step he takes as he feels himself becoming more immortal, although he is naturally deceived. His actions cause him personal sorrow, but the consequences are much smaller than in the Biblical tale, where the entire human race is doomed as a result of the sinful act committed.

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Book Title

Stories from Hans Andersen with Illustrations by Edmund Dulac

Book Author/Editor(s)

Hans Christian Anderson

Illustrator(s)

Edmund Dulac

Publisher

George H. Doran Company

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 Internet Archive

Book Notes

Medium-large sized book with a hardback cover, includes colored illustrations.

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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.

Anonymous — Sun, 13 Nov 2022 02:34:17 +0000

“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.

Anonymous — Sat, 12 Nov 2022 01:05:21 +0000

“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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Kaeli Waggener, 2022

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.

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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 (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.”

AV��ʪ and Curation

Kaeli Waggener, 2022

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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