THE
TALES OF MOTHER GOOSE
AS FIRST COLLECTED BY
CHARLES PERRAULT IN 1696
_A NEW TRANSLATION BY CHARLES WELSH_

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY
M.V. O'SHEA
PROFESSOR OF EDUCATION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN

ILLUSTRATED BY D.J. MUNRO
AFTER DRAWINGS BY GUSTAVE DORÉ

D.C. HEATH & CO., PUBLISHERS
BOSTON NEW YORK CHICAGO


[Illustration: "SHE MET WITH GAFFER WOLF." p. 80.]




[Transcriber's note: In the story "Riquet of the Tuft,"
the following symbols are used to represent
special characters:
[=e] = the letter "e" with superior macron
[=a] = the letter "a" with superior macron]