The Blue Fairy: With Lovely Original Woodcut Illustrations

The Blue Fairy Book (1889)


The first edition consisted of 5000 copies, which sold for 6 shillings each. The book assembled a wide range of tales, with seven from the Brothers Grimm, five from Madame d'Aulnoy, three from the Arabian Nights, and four Norse stories, among other sources.

* The Bronze Ring
* Prince Hyacinth and the Dear Little Princess
* East of the Sun and West of the Moon
* The Yellow Dwarf
* Little Red Riding Hood
* The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood
* Cinderella or the Little Glass Slipper
* Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp
* The Tale of a Youth Who Set Out to Learn What Fear Was
* Rumpelstiltskin
* Beauty and the Beast
* The Master Maid
* Why the Sea Is Salt
* The Master Cat or Puss in Boots
* Felicia and the Pot of Pinks
* The White Cat
* The Water-lily. The Gold-spinners
* The Terrible Head
* The Story of Pretty Goldilocks



* The History of Whittington
* The Wonderful Sheep
* Little Thumb
* The Forty Thieves
* Hansel and Gretel
* Snow-White and Rose-Red
* The Goose-girl
* Toads and Diamonds
* Prince Darling
* Blue Beard
* Trusty John
* The Brave Little Tailor
* A Voyage to Lilliput
* The Princess on the Glass Hill
* The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy
Paribanou
* The History of Jack the Giant-killer
* The Black Bull of Norroway
* The Red Etin