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Title: The Tales of Mother Goose
As First Collected by Charles Perrault in 1696

Author: Charles Perrault

Annotator: M. V. O'Shea

Illustrator: D. J. Munro

Translator: Charles Welsh

Release Date: December 3, 2005 [EBook #17208]

Language: English

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THE
TALES OF MOTHER GOOSE
AS FIRST COLLECTED BY
CHARLES PERRAULT IN 1696
_A NEW TRANSLATION BY CHARLES WELSH_

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY
M.V. O'SHEA
PROFESSOR OF EDUCATION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN

ILLUSTRATED BY D.J. MUNRO
AFTER DRAWINGS BY GUSTAVE DORE

D.C. HEATH & CO., PUBLISHERS
BOSTON NEW YORK CHICAGO

[Illustration: "SHE MET WITH GAFFER WOLF." p. 80.]

[Transcriber's note: In the story "Riquet of the Tuft,"
the following symbols are used to represent
special characters:
[=e] = the letter "e" with superior macron
[=a] = the letter "a" with superior macron]

CONTENTS

PAGE

INTRODUCTION BY PROFESSOR M.V. O'SHEA vii

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS ix

CINDERELLA, OR THE LITTLE GLASS SLIPPER 1

THE SLEEPING BEAUTY IN THE WOOD 13

LITTLE THUMB 29

THE MASTER CAT, OR PUSS IN BOOTS 45

RIQUET OF THE TUFT 54

BLUE BEARD 66

THE FAIRY 75

LITTLE RED RIDING-HOOD 80

NOTE 85

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

"She met with Gaffer Wolf" _Frontispiece_

PAGE

"It went on very easily" 11

"Let me see if I can do it" 15

"Slipped in under h