Fairy Tales. [Illustration: PERRAULT] FOUR AND TWENTY FAIRY TALES. SELECTED FROM THOSE OF PERRAULT, AND OTHER POPULAR WRITERS. TRANSLATED BY J. R. PLANCHÉ. WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY GODWIN, CORBOULD, AND HARVEY. LONDON: G. ROUTLEDGE & CO., FARRINGDON STREET. NEW YORK: 18, BEEKMAN STREET. 1858. [_This Translation is Copyright._] LONDON: SAVILL AND EDWARDS, PRINTERS, CHANDOS STREET, COVENT GARDEN. TO THE AUTHOR OF "A TRAP TO CATCH A SUNBEAM," THIS VOLUME Is Inscribed, BY HER AFFECTIONATE FATHER, J. R. PLANCHÉ. CONTENTS. PAGE PREFACE ix BLUE BEARD 3 THE SLEEPING BEAUTY IN THE WOOD 8 MASTER CAT; OR, PUSS IN BOOTS 17 CINDERELLA; OR, THE LITTLE GLASS SLIPPER 22 RIQUET WITH THE TUFT 28 LITTLE THUMBLING 35 PERFECT LOVE 47 ANGUILLETTE 75 YOUNG AND HANDSOME 108 THE PALACE OF REVENGE 131 THE PRINCE OF LEAVES 145 THE FORTUNATE PUNISHMENT 163 FAIRER THAN A FAIRY 183 THE GOOD WOMAN 203 THE STORY OF BEAUTY AND THE BEAST 225 PRINCESS MINUTE AND KING FLORIDOR 329 THE IMPOSSIBLE ENCHANTMENT 336 BLEUETTE AND COQUELICOT 358 PRINCESS CAMION 375 PRINCESS LIONETTE AND PRINCE COQUERICO 416 PRINCE DÉSIR 477 PRINCE CHÉRI 483 THE WIDOW AND HER TWO DAUGHTERS 494 PRINCE FATAL AND PRINCE FORTUNÉ 498 APPENDIX 509 PREFACE.