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BEDTIME WONDER TALES
BY
CLIFTON JOHNSON
Hop-o’-My-Thumb The Babes in the Wood The Brave Tin Soldier The Fox and the Little Red Hen Golden Hair and the Three Bears
Cinderella Puss in Boots Jack and the Beanstalk Little Red Riding-Hood The Story of Chicken-Licken
Bluebeard Tom Thumb The Pied Piper The Sleeping Beauty St. George and the Dragon |
Other books will be added to
the series from time to time.
BEDTIME WONDER TALES
BLUEBEARD
BY
CLIFTON JOHNSON
ILLUSTRATED BY
HARRY L. SMITH
NEW YORK
THE MACAULAY COMPANY
PUBLISHERS
Copyright, 1920,
By THE MACAULAY COMPANY
All Rights Reserved
Printed in the U. S. A.
INTRODUCTORY NOTE
The books in this series of Bedtime WonderTales are made up of favorite storiesfrom the folklore of all nations. Suchstories are particularly enjoyed by childrenfrom four to twelve years of age. As heretold they are free from the savagery, distressingdetails, and excessive pathos whichmar many of the tales in the form that theyhave come down to us from a barbaric past.But there has been no sacrifice of the simplicityand humor and sweetness that givethem perennial charm.
The sources of the stories in this volumeare as follows: Page 11, France; 24, Grimm;36, England; 49, Hindustan; 58, Italy; 78,Germany; 90, Scotland; 103, Japan; 118,Ireland; 127, American Negro.