The Tales of Mother Goose: First Collected in 1696

The eight stories contained in this volume are first found in print in French. The earliest translation into English has been found in a little book containing both the English and French, entitled, “Tales of Passed Times, by Mother Goose. With Morals. The Eight Stories are: Cinderella or the Little Glass Slipper, The Sleeping Beauty in the Woods, Little Thumb, The Master Cat, or Puss in Boots, Riquet with the Tuft, Blue Beard, The Fairy, Little Red Riding-Hood