Our favourite fairy tales and famous histories : told for the hundredth time / by Henry W. Dulcken ; illustrated with three hundred pictures, engraved by the Brothers Dalziel, from original designs by eminent artists.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dulcken, H. W. (Henry William), 1832-1894, author.

Contributor:

Dalziel Brothers, engraver.

Series:

Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Children's Literature and Childhood.

Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Children's Literature and Childhood

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fairy tales.

Genre:

Novels.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (414 pages, 2 unnumbered pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

London : Ward and Lock, 1858.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Each story is followed by a page of original note from Mr. Dulcken to explain the origin of the story, its historical importance in literature, and the implication of moral content.

Contents:

Tom Thumb

The three bears

Ali Baba

Robin Hood

The Sleeping Beauty

Puss in Boots

Red Riding Hood

Jack the Giant-Killer

Cinderelia

Beauty and the beast

Goody Two-Shoes

Aladdin and the wonderful lamp

Jack and the bean-stalk.

Notes:

Reproduction of the original from the Baldwin Library of Historical Children's Literature, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida.

Local Notes:

Scanned copy imperfect: foxed throughout.

Contains:

Tom Thumb.

Goldilocks and the three bears.

Ali Baba (Folk tale)

Robin Hood (Legend)

Sleeping Beauty.

Puss in Boots.

Jack the Giant-Killer.

Cinderella.

Beauty and the beast.

Goody Two-Shoes.

Aladdin.

Jack and the beanstalk.

OCLC:

905309747

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.