Four and Twenty Fairy Tales. Various

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as ancient as the fifteenth century, being one of the seventeen sauces named by Taillevant, chief cook to Charles VII. of France, in 1456.

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See Appendix.

8

This compliment, so deservedly paid to the Countess d'Aulnoy, proves that this story was written after the production of that lady's popular fairy tale entitled "La Princesse Carpillon."

9

Charmes is the French name for that species of elm called the yok elm.