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Title: My Book of Favorite Fairy Tales

Author: Edric Vredenburg

Release Date: February 22, 2005 [EBook #15145]

Language: English

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MY BOOK

OF

FAVOURITE FAIRY TALES

ILLUSTRATED BY JENNIE HARBOUR.

[Illustration: From "THE GOOSE GIRL"]

[Illustration: _Painted by Jennie Harbour_
THE GOOSE GIRL]

MY BOOK OF

FAVOURITE FAIRY TALES

RETOLD BY THE EDITOR

& OTHERS

[Illustration]

ILLUSTRATED BY JENNIE HARBOUR

EDITED BY CAPT. EDRIC VREDENBURG

RAPHAEL TUCK &. SONS. LTP

_Publishers in Their Majesties the King & Queen_

LONDON & PARIS

DESIGNED & PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN

PHILADELPHIA

DAVID MCKAY COMPANY

WASHINGTON SQUARE

[Illustration: From "THE SLEEPING BEAUTY"]

CONTENTS

THE OLD, OLD STORIES

THE GOOSE GIRL

LITTLE SNOW-WHITE

CINDERELLA

PRINCESS GOLDENHAIR

LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD

THE WHITE FAWN

HANSEL AND GRETHEL

SNOW-WHITE AND ROSE-RED

THE SLEEPING BEAUTY

PRINCE CHERI

THE WHITE CAT

BLUEBEARD

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST

TUFTY RIQUET

THUMBLING

[Illustration: From "THE WHITE FAWN"]

LIST OF COLOUR PLATES

THE GOOSE GIRL _Frontispiece_

THE MAGIC MIRROR

CINDERELLA

LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD

THE WHITE FAWN

HANSEL AND GRETHEL

SNOW-WHITE AND ROSE-RED

THE SLEEPING BEAUTY

ZELIE AND THE FAIRY CANDIDE

BLUEBEARD

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST

THE BEAUTIFUL PRINCESS

[Illustration: From "PRINCESS GOLDENHAIR"]

[Illustration: From "CINDERELLA"]

THE OLD, OLD STORIES

Here they are again, the old, old stories, the very best; dear
Cinderella, wicked old Bluebeard, tiny Thumbling, beautiful Beauty and
the ugly Beast, and a host of others. But the old stories, I may tell
you, are always new, and always must be so, because there