Our favourite fairy tales and famous histories
Subtitle: told for the hundredth time
By: by Henry W. Dulcken ; illustrated with three hundred pictures, engraved by the Brothers Dalziel, from original designs by eminent artists
Contributors: Dalziel Brothers
Series: Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Children's Literature and Childhood; Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Children's Literature and Childhood
Publisher: Ward & Lock
Published: 1858
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 414
Subjects: Fairy tales
Other titles: 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.
Description: 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.
Notes: Reproduction of the original from the Baldwin Library of Historical Children's Literature, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida.
Table of contents: title: Tom Thumb; title: The three bears; title: Ali Baba; title: Robin Hood; title: The Sleeping Beauty; title: Puss in Boots; title: Red Riding Hood; title: Jack the Giant-Killer; title: Cinderelia; title: Beauty and the beast; title: Goody Two-Shoes; title: Aladdin and the wonderful lamp; title: Jack and the bean-stalk.