The Classic Fairy Tales

Introduction The History of Tom Thumb / 'The History of Tom Thumbe' Jack the Giant Killer / 'The History of Jack and the Giants' The Yellow Dwarf / 'The Yellow Dwarf' Sleeping Beauty / 'The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood' Little Red Ridinghood / 'The Little Red Riding-Hood' Diamonds and Toads / 'The Fairy' Bluebeard / 'The Blue Beard' Puss in Boots / 'The Master Cat: or Puss in Boots' Cinderella / 'Cinderilla: or, The Little Glass Slipper' Hop o' my Thumb / 'Little Poucet' Beauty and the Beast / 'Beauty and the Beast' The Three Wishes / 'The Tale of the Three Wishes' The Three Heads in the Well / 'The King of Colchester's Daughters' Jack and the Beanstalk / 'The History of Jack and the Bean-Stalk' Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs / 'Snow-drop' The Frog Prince / 'The Frog-Prince' The Twelve Dancing Princesses / 'The Twelve Dancing Princesses' Rumpelstiltskin / 'Rumpel-stilts-kin' Goldilocks and the Three Bears / 'The Story of the Three Bears' The Tinder Box / 'The Tinder Box' The Princess on the Pea / 'The Princess and the Peas' Thumbelina / 'Tommelise' The Swineherd / 'The Swineherd' Hansel and Gretel / 'Hansel and Gretel' Chief commentaries consulted Source of the illustrations Index