Contains different childrens stories.

This 1896 collection of stories for young readers features the title story--updating the fairy tale to New York City during the Gilded Age.

Cinderella and thirty seven other tales are featured in this volume of timeless European tales. Cinderella is a story of a beautiful young girl who lives with her step mother and two vain and selfish sisters. She is made to work day and night in menial chores until her Fairy Godmother magically appears and transforms Cinderella to the young lady she was by birth.

Though journalist Richard Harding Davis was best known for his battlefield reports from the front lines of a number of conflicts, he also produced many amusing short stories over the course of his career. The centerpiece of this collection is "Cinderella," which uses the basic elements of the classic fairy tale and updates them to include the would-be debutante's take on her own transformation.

Cinderella and thirty seven other tales are featured in this volume of timeless European tales. Cinderella is a story of a beautiful young girl who lives with her step mother and two vain and selfish sisters. She is made to work day and night in menial chores until her Fairy Godmother magically appears and transforms Cinderella to the young lady she was by birth.

Six tales — "Cinderella," "The Bronze Ring," "Felicia and the Pot of Pinks," "The White Cat," "The Story of Pretty Goldilocks," and "Snow-white and Rose-red"—will delight young and old. 23 illustrations.

'Cinderella Origins of the Fairy Tales from around the World' contains seven different versions of 'Cinderella', including an in-depth introduction to the fairy tale genre itself, as well as the folkloric provenance of the 'Cinderella' story. It encompasses 'Cendrillon' by Charles Perrault, 'Aschenputtel' by the Brothers Grimm, Andrew Lang s 'The Wonderful Birch', the Indian story of 'Sodewa Bai' and the ancient Egyptian Cinderella 'Rhodopis and Her Little Gilded Sandals'. What is a fairy tale? The 'Origins of Fairy Tales from around the World' series helps to answer this question, by showcasing the amazing breath and diversity involved in classic fairy tales. It focuses on the unusual phenomenon that the same tales, with only minor variations, appear again and again in different cultures across time and geographical space. Traditionally told as short stories for children, and for adults too, these popular fairy tales will be sure to delight both young and old. Beautifully illustrated, these story books combine the best story-telling, with the best art-work, in order that the two may be fully appreciated."

Has 3 fairytales Cinderella, Tom Thumb and Babes in the Wood.