1818. _Fairy Tales, or the Lilliputian Cabinet_, collected
by Benj. Tabart, London. This was a new edition of the
collection of 1809, and contained twenty-four stories. A
full review of it may be seen in the _Quarterly Review_,
1819, No. 41, pp. 91-112. The tales included translations
from Perrault, Madame D'Aulnoy, Madame de Beaumont, tales
from _The Thousand and One Nights_, and from _Robin Hood_;
and the single tales of _Jack the Giant-Killer, Tom Thumb_,
and _Jack and the Bean-Stalk_.
1824, 1826. _German Popular Stories_, translated by Edgar
Taylor, with illustrations by Cruikshank, published by
Charles Tilt, London. A new edition, introduction by Ruskin,
was published by Chatto & Windus, 1880.
The above are the main collections of fairy tales in England. Many
individual publications show the gradual development of fairy tale
illustration in England:[6]--
1713-1767. John Newbery's _Books for Children_. Among these
were _Beauty and the Beast_, by Charles Lamb, 1765, and
_Sinbad the Sailor_, 1798.
1778. _Fabulous Histories of the Robins_. Mrs. Sarah
Trimmer. Cuts designed by Thomas Bewick, engraved by John
Thompson, Whittingham's Chiswick Press.
1755-1886. _Life and Perambulations of a Mouse_; and
_Adventures of a Pin-Cushion_. Dorothy Kilner.
1785. Baron Munchausen's _Narratives of His Famous Travels
and Campaigns in Russia_. Rudolf Raspe.
1788. _Little Thumb and the Ogre_. Illustrated by William
Blake; published by Dutton.
1790. _The Death and Burial of Cock Robin_. Illustrated by Thomas
Bewick. Catnach.
1807. _Tales from Shakespeare_. Charles and Mary Lamb. W.J.
Godwin and Co. William Blake illustrated an edition of these
tales, probably the original edition.
1813. Reprints of forgotten books, by Andrew Tuer: _Dame
Wiggins of Lee; The Gaping Wide-Mouthed Waddling Frog: The
House that Jack Built. Dame Wiggins of Lee_ was first
printed by A.K. Newman and Co., Minerva Press. Original cuts
by Stennet or Sinnet. Reprinted by Allen, 1885, with
illustrations added by Kate Greenaway.
1841. _King of the Golden River_. John Ruskin. Illustrated
by Richard Doyle, 1884.
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