She trusts that, whatever its defects, the Fairy Book will not deserve one criticism, almost the sharpest that can be given to any work—"that it would have been better if the author had taken more pains."

CONTENTS.

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[THE SLEEPING BEAUTY IN THE WOOD][11]
[HOP-O'-MY-THUMB][20]
[CINDERELLA; OR, THE LITTLE GLASS SLIPPER][34]
[ADVENTURES OF JOHN DIETRICH][44]
[BEAUTY AND THE BEAST][67]
[LITTLE ONE EYE, LITTLE TWO EYES, AND LITTLE THREE EYES][87]
[JACK THE GIANT KILLER][97]
[TOM THUMB][117]
[RUMPELSTILZCHEN][126]
[FORTUNATUS][131]
[THE BREMEN TOWN MUSICIANS][145]
[RIQUET WITH THE TUFT][150]
[HOUSE ISLAND][157]
[SNOW-WHITE AND ROSE RED][170]
[JACK AND THE BEAN-STALK][179]
[GRACIOSA AND PERCINET][193]
[THE IRON STOVE][208]
[THE INVISIBLE PRINCE][217]
[THE WOODCUTTER'S DAUGHTER][253]
[BROTHER AND SISTER][279]
[LITTLE RED-RIDING-HOOD][288]
[PUSS IN BOOTS][291]
[THE WOLF AND THE SEVEN YOUNG GOSLINGS][299]
[THE FAIR ONE WITH GOLDEN LOOKS][304]
[THE BUTTERFLY][318]
[THE FROG-PRINCE][340]
[THE WHITE CAT][346]
[PRINCE CHERRY][366]
[LITTLE SNOWDROP][379]
[THE BLUE BIRD][391]
[THE YELLOW DWARF][413]
[THE SIX SWANS][421]
[THE PRINCE WITH THE NOSE][429]
[THE HIND OF THE FOREST][439]
[THE JUNIPER TREE][463]
[CLEVER ALICE][475]

THE

SLEEPING BEAUTY IN THE WOOD.