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Indian Fairy Tales (1892)

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A selection of Indian folk and fairy tales. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Joseph Jacobs
Illustrator(s): John D. Batten

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More English Fairy Tales (1894)

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Confounding the critics, the author produces another collection of English fairy tales. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Joseph Jacobs
Illustrator(s): John D. Batten

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The Yellow Fairy Book (1894)

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A multitudinous collection of fairy tales from many lands. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Leonora Blanche Alleyne Lang
Et al
Illustrator(s): H. J. Ford

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Beauty and the Beast (1895)

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The classic tale of a daughter who redeems her father and saves her husband. Read for free online at Internet Archive.

Author(s): Anonymous
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane

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The Fairy Tales of Madame D’Aulnoy (1895)

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This new edition has a cover illustration by Walter Crane. Read for free online at Toronto Public Library. NOTE: that link downloads a very large file.... View More

Author(s): Marie-Catherine D’Aulnoy
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane
Clinton Peters

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The Forty Thieves (1895)

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This is the reissue. A boy is cutting firewood in the forest. He overhears some thieves open the way into a cave with the words “open sesame.” This is one of the best-known tales from the Arabian Nights. Read for free online at Internet A... View More

Author(s): Anonymous
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane

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The Frog Prince (1895)

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This is the later reissue. Would you kiss a frog? Read for free online at Internet Archive.

Author(s): Anonymous
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane

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More Celtic Fairy Tales (1895)

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A second selection from the vast riches of the Celtic folk and fairy tale. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Joseph Jacobs
Illustrator(s): John D. Batten

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Old English Fairy Tales (1895)

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A collection of the older English fairy tales. Read for free online at Internet Archive.

Author(s): S. Baring-Gould
Illustrator(s): F. D. Bedford

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Reynard the Fox (1895)

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The medieval beast fable of how Reynard the Fox tricked the King of beasts and his court. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Anonymous
Henry Cole
Illustrator(s): W. Frank Calderon

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The Yellow Dwarf (1895)

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A selfish princess is cured and marries her prince. This is a later reissue. Read for free online at Toronto Public Library. NOTE: that link downloads a very large file.... View More

Author(s): Anonymous
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane

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Cinderella Picture Book (1897)

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An omnibus containing Cinderella, Puss in Boots and Valentine and Orson. Read for free online at Internet Archive.... View More

Author(s): Anonymous
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane

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The Pink Fairy Book (1897)

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A collection of fairy tales from many lands. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Leonora Blanche Alleyne Lang
Et al
Illustrator(s): H. J. Ford

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The Arabian Nights Entertainments (1898)

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Tales selected from The Thousand Nights and a Night. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Anonymous
Illustrator(s): H. J. Ford

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The Fairy Book (1898)

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A large collection of traditional fairy tales. Read for free online at the University of Florida.

Author(s): Dinah Maria Mulock
Illustrator(s): E. Boyd Smith

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Grimm’s Fairy Tales (1898)

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Twenty-eight tales from the Brothers Grimm. Read for free online at the University of Florida.... View More

Author(s): Brothers Grimm
Jacob Grimm
Wilhelm Grimm
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane
Edward Henry Wehnert

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Red Riding Hood’s Picture Book (1898)

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An omnibus containing The Forty Thieves, Jack and the Beanstalk, and Little Red Riding Hood. Read for free online at Toronto Public Library. NOTE: that link downloads a very large file.... View More

Author(s): Anonymous
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane

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Bluebeard’s Picture Book (1899)

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An omnibus containing Baby’s Own Alphabet, Bluebeard, and The Sleeping Beauty. Read for free online at Internet Archive.... View More

Author(s): Various
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane

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Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm (1900)

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A large collection of the Grimm’s tales. Color frontis, other illustrations are in black and white. Read for free online at HathiTrust.... View More

Author(s): Brothers Grimm
Jacob Grimm
Wilhelm Grimm
Illustrator(s): Arthur Rackham

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The Grey Fairy Book (1900)

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A collection of fairy stories from around the world. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Leonora Blanche Alleyne Lang
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Illustrator(s): H. J. Ford

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