Santa’s Giant Helper? Helpers?

Illustration:  Jack the Giant Killer.  Once Upon a Time.  Edited by Katharine Lee Bates.  Illustrated by Margaret Evans Price.  Rand McNally & Company: Chicago & New York. 1921.

The Giant.

From the story “Jack The Giant Killer.”

Once Upon a Time.

Edited by Katharine Lee Bates.

Illustrated by Margaret Evans Price.

Rand McNally & Company: Chicago & New York. 1921.

Magic Beans!

Illustration:  Magic Beans.  Fairy Tales Every Child Should Know.  Edited by: Hamilton Wright Mabie.  Illustrated and Decorated by: Mary Hamilton Fry.  George Sully & Company: New York. 1915.

“THE BUTCHER OFFERED ALL THE BEANS IN HIS HAT FOR THE COW.”

Fairy Tales Every Child Should Know.

Edited by: Hamilton Wright Mabie.

Illustrated and Decorated by: Mary Hamilton Fry.

George Sully & Company: New York. 1915.

Illustration:  Magic Beans.  Fairy Tales Every Child Should Know.  Edited by: Hamilton Wright Mabie.  Illustrated and Decorated by: Mary Hamilton Fry.  George Sully & Company: New York. 1915.

Jack the Giant Killer!

Illustration:  Cormoran Dead.  Jack The Giant Killer.  W. B. Conkey Company: New York. 1898.

Dead Giant.

Close by there was a huge castle, which belonged to a giant called Cormoran. He was eighteen feet high, and when he was very hungry he would walk down into the village, pick up a man in each hand, and carry them off to broil for his breakfast.

Now Jack determined to put a stop to this, so . . . he struck the giant a heavy blow on his head with the pole-axe and killed him. Then he cut off his head and brought it home to the village, and the peasants were so pleased to see Cormoran dead, that they clubbed together and bought Jack a sword, on which was written in gold letters:

“This is the valiant Englishman,

Who slew the giant Cormoran.”

And after that they gave him the name of “Jack the Giant Killer,” and so he is always called.

Jack The Giant Killer.

W. B. Conkey Company: New York. 1898.

Big Pussy!

Illustration:  Cat & Mice.  Mother Goose’s Nursery Rhymes.  McLoughlin Brothers: New York. Ca 1900.

Pussy & Mice

Some little mice sat in a barn to spin,

Pussy came by, and she popped her head in;

“Shall I come in and cut your threads off?”

“Oh no, kind sir, you will snap our heads off.”

Mother Goose’s Nursery Rhymes.

McLoughlin Brothers: New York. Ca 1900.