Old-Time Stories. Charles Perrault

       'They reached the house where the light was burning' (see page 41) Frontispiece

       FACING PAGE

       'The most beautiful sight he had ever seen' 16

       'All that remained for the youngest was the cat' 21

       '"You must die, madam," he said' 99

       'Every evening the Beast paid her a visit' 130

       '"Could your father but see you, my poor child"' 152

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       'The king … at once published an edict' 3

       'A little dwarf who had a pair of seven-league boots' 7

       'The king's son chanced to go a-hunting' 10

       'All asleep' 12

       'They all fell asleep' 13

       'As though he were dead' 23

       'The cat went on ahead' 26

       Puss in Boots 27

       'Puss became a personage of great importance' 31

        'A good dame opened the door' 37

       'He could smell fresh flesh' 43

       'He set off over the countryside' 47

       'Laden with all the ogre's wealth' 51

       'Lifting up the jug so that she might drink the more easily' 57

       'She could not set four china vases on the mantelpiece without breaking one of them' 63

       'Graceful and easy conversation' 65

       Ricky of the Tuft 71

       'The haughtiest, proudest woman that had ever been seen' 77

       'Her godmother found her in tears' 81

       'Away she went' 83

       'She rose and fled as nimbly as a fawn' 85

       'They tried it first on the princesses' 89

       Little Red Riding Hood 93

       'She met old Father Wolf' 95

       'Making nosegays of the wild flowers' 96

       'Come up on the bed with me' 97

       Blue Beard 101

       'She washed it well' 104

       Sister Anne 105

       'Brandishing the cutlass aloft' 109

       'At first she found it very hard' 115

       '"Look

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