MY BOOK OF FAVOURITE FAIRY TALES - 16 Illustrated Children's Fairy Tales E-Book

Anon E. Mouse

• Herausgeber: Abela Publishing
• Kategorie: Fantasy und Science-Fiction
• Sprache: Englisch

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2017

Beschreibung

Here they are again, the old, old stories, the very best; dear Cinderella, wicked old Bluebeard, tiny Thumbling (also known as Thumbelina,) beautiful Beauty and the ugly Beast, and a host of others. But the old stories are always new, and always must be so, because there are always new children to read them to every day, and to these, of course, these old tales might have been written yesterday. But the stories in this book are new in another way. Look how the Princes and Princesses are clothed, look at their beautiful setting in the 12 wonderful, colour pictures and 75 pen and ink drawings by Jennie Harbour! Have you ever seen such charming princes and lovely princesses, such dainty grace and delicate feeling? What would our grandfathers and grandmothers have said of such a book! They would have thought there was magic in the brush and pencil. Surely we are the favoured generation when we see before us, the old, old fairy tales, which are ever new, dressed in such a beautiful colour and splendid fashion! The 15 stories in this volume are: 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 Chéri The White Cat Bluebeard Beauty And The Beast Tufty Riquet Thumbling  

Leseprobe

MY BOOK OF

FAVOURITE FAIRY TALES

Edited And Retold by Capt. Edric Vredenburgand Others

Illustrated ByJennie Harbour

Originally printed byRAPHAEL TUCK &. SONS. LTP, LONDON

Resurrected byABELA PUBLISHING, LONDON[2017]

THE GOOSE GIRLPainted by Jennie Harbour

From "THE GOOSE GIRL"

From "THE SLEEPING BEAUTY"

From "THE WHITE FAWN"

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 Chéri

The White Cat

Bluebeard

Beauty and the Beast

Tufty Riquet

Thumbling

From "PRINCESS GOLDENHAIR"

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

Zélie And The Fairy Candide

Bluebeard

Beauty And The Beast

The Beautiful Princess

Plus 75 pen and ink drawings also by Jennie Harbour.

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 are new children to read them every day, and to these, of course, these old tales might have been written yesterday.

But the stories in this book are new in another way. Look how they are clothed, look at their beautiful setting, the wonderful pictures! Have you ever seen such charming princes and lovely princesses, such dainty grace and delicate feeling?

What would our grandfathers and grandmothers have said of such a book! They would have thought there was magic in the brush and pencil.

Surely we are favoured in this generation when we see before us, the old, old fairy tales, which are ever new, dressed in such a beautiful and splendid fashion!

Edric Vredenburg.

From "HANSEL AND GRETHEL"

THE GOOSE GIRL

An old queen, whose husband had been dead some years, had a beautiful daughter. When she grew up, she was betrothed to a prince who lived a great way off; and as the time drew near for her to be married, she got ready to set off on her journey to his country. Then the queen, her mother, packed up a great many costly things—jewels, and gold, and silver; trinkets, fine dresses, and, in short, everything that became a royal bride; for she loved her child very dearly: and she gave her a waiting-maid to ride with her, and give her into the bridegroom's hands; and each had a horse for the journey. Now the princess's horse was called Falada, and could speak.