My Book of Favourite Fairy Tales

Here they are again, the old, old stories, the very best; dear Cinderella, wicked old Bluebeard, tiny Thumbling, beautiful Beauty and the ugly Beast, and a host of others. But the old stories, I may tell you, are always new, and always must be so, because there are new children to read them every day, and to these, of course, these old tales might have been written yesterday. And these old stories are new too, because each reader performs them in a unique way that brings a fresh interpretation to the story.

By : Edric Vredenberg (1860 - )

01 - The Goose Girl 02 - Little Snow-White 03 - Cinderella 04 - Princess Goldenhair 05 - Little Red Riding Hood 06 - The White Fawn 07 - Hansel and Grethel 08 - Snow-White and Rose-Red 09 - The Sleeping Beauty 10 - Prince Chéri 11 - The White Cat 12 - Bluebeard 13 - Beauty and the Beast 14 - Tufty Riquet 15 - Thumbling

Here they are again, the old, old stories, the very best; dear Cinderella, wicked old Bluebeard, tiny Thumbling, beautiful Beauty and the ugly Beast, and a host of others. But the old stories, I may tell you, are always new, and always must be so, because there are new children to read them every day, and to these, of course, these old tales might have been written yesterday.

But the stories in this book are new in another way. Look how they are clothed, look at their beautiful setting, the wonderful pictures! Have you ever seen such charming princes and lovely princesses, such dainty grace and delicate feeling?

What would our grandfathers and grandmothers have said of such a book! They would have thought there was magic in the brush and pencil.

Surely we are favoured in this generation when we see before us, the old, old fairy tales, which are ever new, dressed in such a beautiful and splendid fashion!