and Grethel_.

1697. _The Tales of Mother Goose_, by Charles Perrault. In
France the collecting of fairy tales began in the
seventeenth century. French, German, and Italian tales were
all derived independently by oral tradition. In 1696, in
_Recueil_, a magazine published by Moetjens, at The Hague,
appeared _The Story of Sleeping Beauty_, by Perrault. In
1697 appeared seven other tales by Perrault. Eight stories
were published in 12mo, under a title borrowed from a
_fabliau_, _Contes de ma Mere l'Oye_. In a later edition
three stories were added, _The Ass's Skin_, _The Clever
Princess_, and _The Foolish Wishes_. The tales of Perrault
were:--

1. The Fairies.
2. The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood.
3. Bluebeard.
4. Little Red Riding Hood.
5. Puss-in-Boots.
6. Cinderella.
7. Rique with the Tuft.
8. Little Thumb.
9. The Ass's Skin.
10. The Clever Princess.
11. The Foolish Wishes.

Immediately afterwards the tales appeared published at Paris
in a volume entitled, _Histoires ou Contes du Temps Passe,
avec des Moralites--Contes de ma Mere l'Oye_. The earliest
translation into English was in a book containing French and
English, _Tales of Passed Times, by Mother Goose, with
Morals. Written in French by M. Charles Perrault and
Englished by R.S., Gent_. An English translation by Mr.
Samber was advertised in the English _Monthly Chronicle_,
March, 1729. Andrew Lang, with an introduction, has edited
these tales from the original edition, published by the
Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1888. These tales made their way
slowly in England, but gradually eclipsed the native English
tales and legends which had been discouraged by Puritan
influence. In Perrault's time, when this influence was
beginning to decline, they superseded the English tales,
crowding out all but _Jack the Giant-Killer, Tom
Hickathrift, Jack and the Beanstalk, Tom Thumb_, and _Childe
Rowland_.

1650-1705. _Fairy Tales_, by Madame D'Aulnoy. In France
there were many followers of Perrault. The most important of
these was Madame D'Aulnoy. She did not copy Perrault. She
was a brilliant, witty countess, and brought into her tales,
entitled _Contes de Fees_, the graces of the court. She