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Mother’s Nursery Tales




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    MOTHER’S
    NURSERY TALES

    _TOLD AND ILLUSTRATED_

    _BY_

    _KATHARINE PYLE_

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    NEW YORK
    E. P. DUTTON & COMPANY
    681 FIFTH AVENUE




    COPYRIGHT, 1918

    BY

    E. P. DUTTON & COMPANY

    _All Rights Reserved_


    _Printed in the United States of America_




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CONTENTS


                                           PAGE
    The Sleeping Beauty                       1
    Jack and the Bean Stalk                  13
    Beauty and the Beast                     31
    Jack-the-Giant-Killer                    47
    The Three Wishes                         71
    The Goose Girl                           75
    The Little Old Woman and Her Pig         92
    The White Cat                           100
    Brittle-Legs                            115
    “I Went Up One Pair of Stairs,” etc.    124
    The Straw, the Coal, and the Bean       128
    The Water-Sprite                        132
    Star Jewels                             139
    Sweet Porridge                          146
    Chicken-Diddle                          152
    A Pack of Ragamuffins                   157
    The Frog Prince                         165
    The Wolf and the Five Little Goats      174
    The Golden Goose                        183
    The Three Spinners                      199
    Goldilocks and the Three Bears          207
    The Three Little Pigs                   215
    The Golden Key                          229
    Mother Hulda                            232
    The Six Companions                      241
    The Golden Bird                         256
    The Nail                                281
    Little Red Riding-Hood                  284
    Aladdin, or the Magic Lamp              291
    The Cobbler and the Fairies             323
    Cinderella                              328
    Jack in Luck                            345
    Puss in Boots                           356
    The Town Musicians                      369




ILLUSTRATIONS


    COLOR PLATES                                          PAGE
    Goldilocks and the Three Bears               _Frontispiece_
    Beauty and the Beast                                    31
    Brittle-Legs                                           115
    The Water-Sprite                                       132
    The Three Spinners                                     199
    Mother Hulda                                           232
    Little Red Riding-Hood                                 284


    BLACK AND WHITE
    Contents (_Headband_)                                    v
    Introduction (_Headband_)                               ix
    The Sleeping Beauty                                     10
    Jack and the Beanstalk (_Half title_)                   13
    Beauty and the Beast (_Tailpiece_)                      46
    The Three Wishes (_Headband_)                           71
    The Goose Girl (_Half title_)                           75
    The Goose Girl (_Tailpiece_)                            91
    “The Pig would not go over the Stile”                   94
    The White Cat                                          105
    The Straw, the Coal, and the Bean (_Headband_)         128
    The Straw, the Coal, and the Bean (_Tailpiece_)        131
    Star Jewels (_Half title_)                             139
    Sweet Porridge (_Headband_)                            146
    “Come little Pot”                                      150
    A Pack of Ragamuffins (_Headband_)                     157
    The Frog Prince (_Headband_)                           165
    The Frog with the Ball                                 167
    The Wolf and the Five Little Goats (_Tailpiece_)       182
    The Golden Goose (_Headband_)                          183
    The Three Little Pigs (_Half title_)                   215
    The Three Little Pigs (_Tailpiece_)                    227
    The Golden Key (_Headband_)                            229
    Mother Hulda (_Tailpiece_)                             240
    The Six Companions (_Half title_)                      241
    The Golden Bird (_Headband_)                           256
    The Golden Bird (_Tailpiece_)                          280
    Aladdin, or the Magic Lamp (_Half title_)              291
    The Cobbler and the Fairies (_Headband_)               323
    Cinderella (_Headband_)                                328
    Cinderella and the Prince                              335
    Cinderella (_Tailpiece_)                               344
    Puss in Boots                                          363
    The Town Musicians (_Tailpiece_)                       376




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INTRODUCTION


These are not new fairy-tales, the ones in this book that has been
newly made for you and placed in your hands. They are old fairy-tales
gathered together, some from one