BEAUTY AND THE BEAST.

A TALE

FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT OF

JUVENILE READERS.

Ornamented with Elegant Engravings.



by Marie Le Prince de Beaumont



[Illustration: FRONTISPIECE The Beast Attacking the Merchant]


BEAUTY

AND

THE BEAST.

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There was once a very rich merchant, who had six children, three sons,
and three daughters; being a man of sense, he spared no cost for their
education, but gave them all kinds of masters. His daughters were