Brown cloth binding with gilt title and fairies on a pond on the front Board. Gilt title and fairy on the spine.

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The tales contained in this volume have been the delight of many generations of children, and can, in fact, claim a very distant origin, though they were retold in their present form as late as the age of Louis XIV. They are generally supposed to have come from the East, for they are to be found in varied forms in all the countries of Europe that sent forth Crusaders.

Laura Belinda Charlotte Jewry (married name Laura Valentine, pen names Mrs. S. Valentine and Aunt Louisa; 1814–1899), was a Victorian English writer primarily known for her children literature. Her work was often produced in children series including Aunt Louisa’s Toy Books, Aunt Louisa’s Big Picture Series, and The Young Folk’s Shakespeare Series.