from times past HOLME TALES from TIMES PAST

Edited by Bryan Holme

A Studio Book The Viking Press • Newark To Elfrida

Copyright in all countries of the International Copyright Union by Viking Penguin Inc., 1977 All rights reserved First published in 1977 by The Viking Press 625 Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10022 Published simultaneously in Canada by Penguin Books Canada Limited Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Main entry under title: Tales from times past. (A Studio book) SUMMARY: A collection of fairy tales, fables, and rhymes illustrated by well-known illustrators. 1. Fairy tales. (1. Fairy tales. 2. Fables. 3. Nursery rhymes) I. Holme, Bryan, 1913 — PZ8.T149 398.2 774665 ISBN O-67O-69159-3 Printed in Japan

Title page illustration by from “A New Child’s-Play” (1877). In Fairyland. Bryan Holme. Illustrations by Richard Doyle. 7 Thumbelina. Hans Christian Andersen. Illustrated by Eleanor Vere Boyle. 13 Puss in Boots. Charles Perrault. Illustrated by Gustave Dore. 21 The Strong Prince. Hungarian Folk Tale. Illustrated by H. J. Ford. 30 Beauty and the Beast. Jeanne Marie Leprince de Beaumont. Illustrated by Eleanor Vere Boyle. 35 Rumpelstiltskin. Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm. Illustrated by . 46 The Princess and the Peas. Hans Christian Andersen. Illustrated by Edmund Dulac. 49 Bearskin. Written and illustrated by Howard Pyle. 50 The Sleeping Beauty in the JTood. Charles Perrault. Illustrated by . 58 The Frog Prince. Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm. Illustrated by Walter Crane. 63 Snowdrop. Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm. Illustrated by . 69 The W7ater of Life. Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. 76 The Twelve Dancing Princesses. Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm. Illustrated by Kay Nielsen. 81 Cinderella. Charles Perrault. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. 90 The Sivineherd. Hans Christian Andersen. Illustrated by Heath Robinson. 99 The Goosegirl. Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. 105 The Six Sivans. Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm. Illustrated by Walter Crane. 109 The Happy Prince. Oscar Wilde. Illustrated by Walter Crane. 113 The Pied Piper. After Charles Marelies. Illustrated by . 120 The Nightingale. Hans Christian Andersen. Illustrated by Harry Clarke. 128 Rhymes Ride a Cock-Horse. Illustrated by . 136 A Frog He Would A-Wooing Go. Illustrated by Randolph Caldecott. 137 An Uninvited Visitor. J. G. Sowerby. Illustrated by H. H. Emmerson. 140 Going to See Grandmamma. Written and illustrated by Kate Greenaway. 141 The Wind. . Illustrated by E. Mars. 142 The Sugar-Plum Tree. Eugene Field. Illustrated by Maxfield Parrish. 145 Fables from Aesop. Illustrated by Charles H. Bennett. The Daw in Borrowed Plumes 146 The Mole and Her Son 146 The Lobster and His Mother 146 The Fox and the Crow 150 The Lion and the Gnat 150 The Dog in the Manger 152

Biographies 155 Acknowledgements 175