[Illustration: ONE COLD MARCH DAY, THE LITTLE MAID RAN DOWN TO THE OUTER COURT, WITH HER NEW SCARLET CLOAK, TO WRAP HER FRIEND THE OLD WATCH DOG IN! LEIGHTON, BROS.] BEAUTY AND THE BEAST. _An Old Tale New-Told, with Pictures, By E. V. B._ LONDON: SAMPSON LOW, MARSTON, LOW, AND SEARLE, CROWN BUILDINGS, 188, FLEET STREET. LONDON: R. CLAY, SONS, AND TAYLOR, PRINTERS, BREAD STREET HILL. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 1.--_Once, on a cold March day, the little maid ran down to the outer court with her new scarlet cloak, to wrap her friend the old watch-dog in!_ 2.--_In the King’s garden the feast is ready and the minstrels wait._ 3.--_The merchant found a little door in the wall, and he opened it and went into the Beast’s garden._ 4.--_Upon the strange prickly leaves some one had curiously carved Beauty’s name._ 5.--_At dawn, a lady came to comfort her._ 6.--_After supper every night, the Beast asked Beauty to be his wife; and every night she said him nay._ 7.--_One sister’s husband, like Narcissus of old, worshipped his own beauty: but the other was full of learning._ 8.--_Only the raven in the brake saw the sisters’ rage, and heard them plot her death._ 9.--_“Ah, dear Beast!” she said; “alas, that my unkindness should thus slay thee!”_ 10.--_Love is the magic that makes all things fair._ [Illustration] BEAUTY AND THE BEAST.