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Cinderella

By SANDVICENSIS.

Referring to Vol. ii., p. 214., allow me to ask in what edition of Perrault's *Fairy Tales* the misprint of *verre* from *vair* first occurs? What is the date of their first publication, as well as that of the translation under the title of *Mother Goose's Tales*? whether Perrault was the originator of *Cinderella*, or from what source he drew the tale? what, moreover, is the authority for identifying *sable* with *vair* for the employment of either in designating the highest rank of princesses?

Topics: Fairy Tales, Cinderella, Literature, Translation