English Fairy Tales

About this eBook

Compiler

Jacobs, Joseph, 1854-1916

Credits

Text file produced by Charles Franks, Delphine Lettau and the people at DP HTML file produced by David Widger

Language

English

LoC Class

PN: Language and Literatures: Literature: General, Criticism, Collections

Subject

Fairy tales -- England

Category

Text

eBook-No.

7439

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/7439

Release Date

February 1, 2005

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.ENGLISH FAIRY TALES
2. 2.By Anonymous — COLLECTED BY JOSEPH JACOBS
3. 3.HOW TO GET INTO THIS BOOK. — TO MY DEAR LITTLE MAY
4. 4.PREFACE — JOSEPH JACOBS.
5. 5.TOM TIT TOT — “NIMMY NIMMY NOT, YOUR NAME'S TOM TIT TOT!”
6. 6.THE THREE SILLIES
7. 7.THE ROSE-TREE
8. 8.THE OLD WOMAN AND HER PIG
9. 9.HOW JACK WENT TO SEEK HIS FORTUNE
10. 10.MR. VINEGAR
11. 11.NIX NOUGHT NOTHING
12. 12.JACK HANNAFORD
13. 13.BINNORIE
14. 14.MOUSE AND MOUSER
15. 15.CAP O' RUSHES
16. 16.TEENY-TINY
17. 17.JACK AND THE BEANSTALK
18. 18.THE STORY OF THE THREE LITTLE PIGS
19. 19.THE MASTER AND HIS PUPIL
20. 20.TITTY MOUSE AND TATTY MOUSE — Titty Mouse and Tatty Mouse both lived in a house,
21. 21.JACK AND HIS GOLDEN SNUFF-BOX
22. 22.THE STORY OF THE THREE BEARS
23. 23.JACK THE GIANT-KILLER — JACK THE GIANT-KILLER
24. 24.HENNY-PENNY
25. 25.CHILDE ROWLAND
26. 26.MOLLY WHUPPIE
27. 27.THE RED ETTIN
28. 28.THE GOLDEN ARM — “THOU HAST IT!”
29. 29.THE HISTORY OF TOM THUMB
30. 30.MR. FOX — BE BOLD, BE BOLD. — BE BOLD, BE BOLD, BUT NOT TOO BOLD. — BE BOLD, BE BOLD. — BE BOLD, BE BOLD, BUT NOT TOO BOLD.
31. 31.LAZY JACK
32. 32.JOHNNY-CAKE
33. 33.EARL MAR'S DAUGHTER
34. 34.MR. MIACCA
35. 35.WHITTINGTON AND HIS CAT
36. 36.THE STRANGE VISITOR
37. 37.THE LAIDLY WORM OF SPINDLESTON HEUGH
38. 38.THE CAT AND THE MOUSE
39. 39.THE FISH AND THE RING
40. 40.THE MAGPIE'S NEST
41. 41.KATE CRACKERNUTS
42. 42.THE CAULD LAD OF HILTON
43. 43.THE ASS, THE TABLE, AND THE STICK
44. 44.FAIRY OINTMENT
45. 45.THE WELL OF THE WORLD'S END
46. 46.MASTER OF ALL MASTERS
47. 47.THE THREE HEADS OF THE WELL
48. 48.OYEZ-OYEZ-OYEZ — THE ENGLISH FAIRY TALES — ARE NOW CLOSED — LITTLE BOYS AND GIRLS — MUST NOT READ ANY FURTHER
49. 49.NOTES AND REFERENCES — I. TOM TIT TOT. — II. THE THREE SILLIES. — III. THE ROSE TREE. — IV. OLD WOMAN AND PIG. — V. HOW JACK SOUGHT HIS FORTUNE. — VI. MR. VINEGAR. — VII. NIX NOUGHT NOTHING. — VIII. JACK HANNAFORD. — IX. BINNORIE. — X. MOUSE AND MOUSER. — XI. CAP O' RUSHES. — XII. TEENY-TINY. — XIII. JACK AND THE BEANSTALK. — XIV. THREE LITTLE PIGS. — XV. MASTER AND PUPIL — XVI. TATTY MOUSE AND TATTY MOUSE. — XVII. JACK AND HIS SNUFF-BOX. — XVIII. THE THREE BEARS. — XIX. JACK THE GIANT-KILLER. — XX. HENNY-PENNY. — XXI. CHILDE ROWLAND. — XXII. MOLLY WHUPPIE. — XXIII. RED ETTIN. — XXIV. GOLDEN ARM. — XXV. TOM THUMB. — XXVI. MR. FOX. — XXVII. LAZY JACK. — XXVIII. JOHNNY-CAKE. — XXIX. EARL MAR'S DAUGHTER. — XXX. MR. MIACCA. — XXXI. DICK WHITTINGTON. — XXXII. THE STRANGE VISITOR — XXXIII. THE LAIDLY WORM. — XXXIV. CAT AND MOUSE. — XXXV. THE FISH AND THE RING. — XXXVI. THE MAGPIE'S NEST. — XXXVII. KATE CRACKERNUTS. — XXXVIII. THE CAULD LAD OF HILTON. — XXXIX. ASS, TABLE AND STICK. — XL. FAIRY OINTMENT. — XLI. THE WELL OF THE WORLD'S END. — XLII. MASTER OF ALL MASTERS. — XLIII. THE THREE HEADS OF THE WELL.

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