THE TALES OF MOTHER GOOSE
AS FIRST COLLECTED BY
CHARLES PERRAULT IN 1696
A NEW TRANSLATION BY CHARLES WELSH
WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY
M.V. O'SHEA
Professor of Education at the University of Wisconsin
ILLUSTRATED BY D.J. MUNRO
After Drawings By Gustave DorÉ
D.C. HEATH & CO., PUBLISHERS
BOSTON NEW YORK CHICAGO
Copyright, 1901,
By D.C. Heath & Co.
Printed in U.S.A.
CONTENTS
List of Illustrations
Introduction by Professor M.V. O'Shea
Cinderella, or the Little Glass Slipper
The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood
Little Thumb
The Master Cat, or Puss in Boots
Riquet of the Tuft
Blue Beard
The Fairy
Little Red Riding-hood
Note
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
"She met with Gaffer Wolf" Frontispiece
"It went on very easily"
"Let me see if I can do it"
"Slipped in under his father's seat"
"The Marquis of Carabas is drowning!"
"I am exact in keeping my word"
"If you open it, there's nothing you may not expect from my anger"
"With all my heart, Goody"
"He fell upon the good woman"
INTRODUCTION
What virtues do these stories possess that havekept them alive for so long a time? They haveto some degree stimulated and nourished qualitiesof supreme worth in individual and sociallife. With the young the struggle against greedand falsehood and pride and cowardice is a veryreal one,