English Fairy Tales
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Chapters (78)
- ENGLISH FAIRY TALES
- RETOLD BY FLORA ANNIE STEEL
- Illustrated by Arthur Rackham
- First published by Macmillan & Co. 1918
- Mr. and Mrs. Vinegar at home (page 190.)
- CONTENTS
- ILLUSTRATIONS
- IN COLOUR
- IN TEXT
- ST. GEORGE OF MERRIE ENGLAND
- THE STORY OF THE THREE BEARS
- "Somebody has been at my porridge, and has eaten it all up!"
- TOM-TIT-TOT
- THE GOLDEN SNUFF-BOX
- TATTERCOATS
- Tattercoats dancing while the gooseherd pipes.
- THE THREE FEATHERS
- LAZY JACK
- The giant Cormoran was the terror of all the country-side.
- JACK THE GIANT-KILLER
- I
- II
- III
- Taking the keys of the castle, Jack unlocked all the doors.
- IV
- V
- VI
- VII
- The giant Galligantua and the wicked old magician transform the duke's daughter into a white hind.
- THE THREE SILLIES
- THE GOLDEN BALL
- THE TWO SISTERS
- "Tree of mine! O Tree of mine! Have you seen my naughty little maid?"
- THE LAIDLY WORM
- TITTY MOUSE AND TATTY MOUSE
- JACK AND THE BEANSTALK
- "Fee-fi-fo-fum, I smell the blood of an Englishman."
- THE BLACK BULL OF NORROWAY
- CATSKIN
- She went along, and went along, and went along.
- THE THREE LITTLE PIGS
- NIX NAUGHT NOTHING
- MR. AND MRS. VINEGAR
- And that is the story of Mr. and Mrs. Vinegar.
- THE TRUE HISTORY OF SIR THOMAS THUMB
- HENNY-PENNY
- They thanked her and said good-bye, and she went on her journey.
- THE THREE HEADS OF THE WELL
- MR. FOX
- Many's the beating he had from the broomstick or the ladle.
- DICK WHITTINGTON AND HIS CAT
- When Puss saw the rats and mice she didn't wait to be told.
- THE OLD WOMAN AND HER PIG
- THE WEE BANNOCK
- HOW JACK WENT OUT TO SEEK HIS FORTUNE
- THE BOGEY-BEAST
- "Well!" she chuckled, "I am in luck!"
- LITTLE RED RIDING-HOOD
- CHILDE ROWLAND
- THE WISE MEN OF GOTHAM
- OF BUYING OF SHEEP
- OF HEDGING A CUCKOO
- OF SENDING CHEESES
- OF DROWNING EELS
- OF SENDING RENT
- OF COUNTING
- CAPORUSHES
- She sate down and plaited herself an overall of rushes and a cap to match.
- THE BABES IN THE WOOD
- THE RED ETTIN
- THE FISH AND THE RING
- LAWKAMERCYME
- MASTER OF ALL MASTERS
- MOLLY WHUPPIE AND THE DOUBLE-FACED GIANT
- THE ASS, THE TABLE, AND THE STICK
- The fisherman and his wife had no children, and they were just longing for a baby.
- THE WELL OF THE WORLD'S END
- THE ROSE TREE
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