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1 1 Arthur Rackham Kay Nielsen Edmund Dulac Hodder & Stoughton The Arabian Nights Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch The Sleeping Beauty and Other Fairy Tales from the Old French In the East, in a city not far from Baghdad 44

2 2 Ann Conolly Hughey Omar 45

3 3 Khayyam Mr. Hodder Ernest, what is this pagan book you have dared to publish over my imprint? J.E.H.W. Why, Grandfather, that is one of the great classics of all time. Mr. Hodder Classics or no classics, I will not tolerate the publication of such heathen rubbish. J.E.H.W. Grandfather, it is beautifully illustrated by one of the very greatest artists of our day it is a proud production. Mr. Hodder The artist only abets the author, whoever he is, in the presentation of a purely pagan and disgusting book. I will have none of it. Driven into a corner by this Moses-like wrath of a modern patriarch, J.E.H.W. was at his wits end for adequate defence. Finally he had the inspiration of three generations of commercial wisdom and quietly said, But Grandfather, we have made a profit of 800 on that book. The violence of wrath subsided. Gradually a peaceful expression came over the old man s face back came the benign and disarming smile. Patting his grandson gently on the shoulder, he admonished him: You will be careful, Ernest boy, won t you? The incident was closed. J.E.H.W 46

4 4 Charles Perrault Le conte de Perrault Madame de Villeneuve retold My own share in this volume is, perhaps, less easily defended. I began by translating Perrault s tales, very nearly word for word; because to me his style has always seemed nearly perfect for its purpose; and the essence of `style in writing is propriety to its purpose. On the other hand the late M. Ferdinand Brunetière has said that Perrault s is `devoid of charm, and on this subject M. Brunetière s opinion must needs out-value mine ten times over. Certainly the translations, when finished, did not satisfy me, and so I turned back to the beginning and have 47

5 5 rewritten the stories in my own way, which (as you may say with the Irish butler) `may not be the best claret, but tis the best ye ve got. I have made bold, too, to omit Perrault s conclusion of La Belle au Bois Dormant. Further, I have condensed Madame de Villeneuve s narrative and obliterated its feeble ending. In taking each of these liberties I have the warrant of tradition, which in the treatment of fairy-tales speaks with a voice more authoritative than the original author s, for it speaks with the united voices of many thousands of children, his audience and best critics. so they children have decreed the story of The Sleeping Beauty to end with the Prince s kiss, and that of Beauty and the Beast with the Beast s transformation. And as Beauty and the Beast is really but a variant of the immortal fable of Cupid and Psyche you that the children s taste is here, as usually, right and classical. In the East, in a city not far from Baghdad King Edward VII Professor of English 48

6 6 Brother Copas Once upon a time In the East, in a city not far from Baghdad Tater 49

7 7 The Popular Story of Bluebeard or, Female Curiosity Bluebeard In the East, in a city not far from Baghdad In the East, in a city not far from Baghdad, there lived a man who had many possessions and might have been envied by all who knew him had these possessions been less by one. He had fine houses in town and country, retinues of servants, gold and silver plate in abundance, coffers heaped with jewels, costly carpets, embroidered furniture, cabinets full of curiosities, gilded coaches, teams of Arab horses of the purest breed. The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault Barbe Bleue There was a man who had fine houses, both in town and country, a deal of silver and gold plate, embroidered furniture, and coaches gilded all over with gold. 50

8 8 Il était une fois un homme qui avait de belles maisons à la ville et à la campagne, de la vaisselle d or et d aegent, des meubles en broderie, et des carrosses tout dorés ; mais par malheur cet homme avait la barbe bleue : cela le rendait si laid et si terrible, qu il n était ni femme ni fill qui ne s enfuit de devant lui. wife Sister Anne MORAL (For Curious Wives) Wives should have one lord only. Some have reckon d In Curiousity t enjoy a second. But Scripture says we may not serve two masters, And little keys have opened large disasters. Another (For Chastising or Correcting Husbands) 51

9 9 The very best sermon that ever was preach d Was a thought less effective the longer it reached. The Moral O curiosity thos mortal bane! Spite of thy charms, thos causest often pain And sore regret, of which we daily find A thousand instance attend mankind : A fleeting pleasure art, but lasting care. And always proves, alas! too dear the prize, Which, in the moment of possession, dies. Another A very little share of common sense, And knowledge of the world, will soon evince That this a story is of No husbands now such panic terror cast ; Nor weakly, with a vain despotic hand, And be they discontented, or the fire Of wicked jealousy their hearts inspire, They softly sing ; and of whatever hue Their beards may chance to be, or black, or blue, Grizeld, or russet, it is hard to say Which of the two, the man or wife, beards sway. In the East, in a city not far from Baghdad 52

10 10 John Attenborough, A LIVING MEMORY Hodder and Stoughton Publishes , p.p

11 11 Mr. Hodder The book was a joy and a treasure. Its public acceptance was immediate and great. A LIVING MEMORY Hodder and Stoughton Publishes p.56 p.331 p.p Since Perrault, who is usually accepted as the fountainhead of these charming French fairy-tales, belong almost entirely to the seventeenth century, it may be asked why Mr. Dulac has chosen to depict his Prince and Princess in costumes of the eighteenth? Well, for my part, I hold that he has obeyed a just instinct in choosing the period when the literature he illustrates was at the acme of its vogue. I heard Brother Copas say, if you want to feel how great anything is, you have to take it deep-ways, layer below layer. In the East, in a city not far from Baghdad Once upon a time in a country a long way from here, Maria Tatar, Secrets beyond the Door, p.p p.14 p.16 p.17 p.22 Retold by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch, illustrated by Edmund Dulac, The Sleeping 54

12 12 Beauty and Other Fairy Tales from the old French, Hodder & Stoughton, Ltd., London, Illustrated by Harry Clarke, The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault, George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., London, Colin White, Edmund Dulac, Studio Vista, London, John Attenborough, A LIVING MEMORY Hodder and Stoughton Publishes , Hodder and Stoughton Ltd., London, Maria Tatar, Secrets beyond the Door The Story of Bluebeard and his wives, Prinston University Press, New Jersey, Charles Perrault, Jacob et Wilhelm Grimm, Hans Christian Andersen, Mille ans de contes classiques, Milan, Toulouse, ( ) p.p The Sleeping Beauty and Other Fairy Tales from the Old French,

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