Bluebeard's Keys and Other Stories

This volume is from 1902. Between 1866 and 1874 Anne Thackeray Ritchie (1837-1919) published nine revisions of well-known fairy tales. The first four stories ("Sleeping Beauty in the Woods," "Cinderella," "Beauty and the Beast," and "Little Red Riding Hood") and the novella lack the Giant-Killer appeared over a two-year period in The Cornhill Magazine and were collected in Five Old Friends and a Young Prince (1868). Four more such revisions (Bluebeard's Keys, Riquet a la Houppe, Jack and the Bean-Stalk, and The White Cat) were subsequently serialized and collected in Bluebeard's Keys and Other Stories (1874). Contents: Bluebeard's Keys Part I I. Fanny's Work-Basket II. The Terrace Opposite the Church III. Under the Dais IV. A Carriage; a Marquis V. A Trousseau VI. The Secret VII. Bluebeards's Keys Part II VIII. Mrs. Detravers' Dreams IX. Mrs. DeTravers Awake X. A Roman Party XI. Fanny and Barbi XII. The Capuchins' Mass Riquet a la Houppe 1. True Love II. Dorlicote III. Colonel King's Two Daughters IV. Dinner V. Tea Time VI. Some Passages from Sophy's Correspondence VII. More Correspondence VIII. In the Balcony IX. Throught the Village X. Sylle Alone in the Forest XI. An Umbrealla XII. Miss Williamson Tries Her Hand at Description XIII. Old Christine's Oracle Jack and the Bean-Stalk I. Jack's Father II. Jack's Mother III. The Cow IV. The Ogre's Harp V. Jack Meets a Fairy Godmother VI. Beans and Talk VII. Widow Barnes' Hen is Scared VIII. In the Ogre's Castle IX. The Bean-stalk Top Which Jack Tried to Climb X. The Arid Country Towards Which Jack is Climbing XI. Jack Comes to the Ogre's Mansion XII. Jack Carries off the Hen with the Golden Eggs XIII. Jack Hears the Strain of the Harp Music XIV. The Bean-Stalk XV. Jack Starts on his Second Jorney to the Ogre's Castle XVI. Jack Secures the Money Bags XVII. Jack Steals the Golden Harp XVIII. Jack Brings Home the Golden Harp and Cuts the Bean-Stalk The White Cat I. A Friend II. Fairy Latouche Enchants the Castle and the Poor Little White Cat III. The Old King and His Three Sons IV. The Youngest Starts on His Travels in Search of a Dog, Fine Linen and a Fair Bride V. The Grand Entertainment to Which the Prince Accompanies the White Cat VI. The Prince Stays on at the White Cat's Castle VII. The Prince Prepares to Take Leave VIII. The Prince Carries off the French Poodle IX. The Prince at His Father's Court X. The Prince Cuts off the White Cat's Head and Throws it into the Fire