“A LOVELY PRINCESS STOOD BEFORE HIM.”
From the story “The White Cat.”
Mother’s Yellow Fairy Tale Book.
Arranged by Laura Dent Crane.
Henry Altemus Company: Philadelphia. 1905.
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Wow, looks like quite the uplifting children’s book.
It is uplifting if you are an enchanted princess! The cat has to be killed in order for her to come back. I would rather have a cat, but this was the prince’s call and he wanted a princess!
Elephant
Continuing a previous discussion, I read one article from 1936 by George Orwell, that :”Modern books for children are rather horrible things, especially when you see them in the mass. Personally I would sooner give a child a copy of Petronius Arbiter than Peter Pan, but even Barrie seems manly and wholesome compared with some of his later imitators.” And it has a lot of bitterly funny stories in this collection of articles published by Penguin under the title “Books v. Cigarettes”
Orwell was right – children’s books were horrible! Pressing the poor kids and worrying them. I don’t know Books vs. Cigarettes – I will look it up. Really, I think you understand the nightmare of old children’s books – they did attempt to mold the mind of kids in a very harsh way!
Elephant
I chopped a bunny’s head off and magically my husband appeared–so worth it.
Good for you – bad for the bunny!
Elephant
Oh, I don’t like this picture at all. Chopping up animals is horrible, no matter how much you hate cats.
Well, I hate it too, but the dead cat turns into a princess so . . . the magic ones say chop that cat’s head off! Killing something then getting a mate happens a great deal in fairy tales.
Elephant
oh my! Beautiful princess but poor cat. Is this saying something about life’s hard choices? Princess? Cat? Cat? Princess? Can’t have both it seems.
Life can be tough in a fairy tale!
Elephant
=) True that… Where do you find these illustrations?
I find the old books in various places, I buy them and I try in my simple way to restore the images in Photoshop. It is nice to keep these images “alive” – old books fall apart and deteriorate no matter how much we wish it didn’t happen.
Elephant
Yeah… Some of them are really beautiful, especially that one with cinderella, I think? Maybe you won’t know what I’m talking about, because there are a lot of them. Its great that you’re finding a way to share them. 🙂
I do know the “Cinderella one(s)”! I know my books. It is very special that you have looked so closely at my posts. Maybe it is a small thing, but it is a pleasure for me to focus on one special thing.
Thank you for your comments – very nice!
Elephant
This picture is rather disturbing. Poor kids! :-)))
Yes, but we must teach through the fear!
Hi Ho,
Elephant