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• xvii • Introduction (Fairy Tales for the Disillusioned) • essay by Gretchen Schultz and Lewis Seifert
• 3 • Fairies' Gifts • poem by Charles Baudelaire (trans. of Les dons des fées 1869)
• 6 • Fairies of France • short story by Alphonse Daudet (trans. of Les fées de France: Conte fantastique 1873)
• 11 • Dreaming Beauty • short story by
  Catulle Mendès^?Catulle Mendes
  (trans. of La Belle au bois rêvant 1885)
• 13 •  La Belle au bois dormant [1] • (1867) • interior artwork by
  Gustave Doré^?Gustave Dore
• 17 • Isolina / Isolin • short story by
  Catulle Mendès^?Catulle Mendes
  (trans. of Isoline-Isolin 1885)
• 22 • The Way to Heaven • short story by
  Catulle Mendès^?Catulle Mendes
  (trans. of Le chemin du paradis 1885)
• 27 • An Unsuitable Guest • short story by
  Catulle Mendès^?Catulle Mendes
  (trans. of Le mauvais convive 1885)
• 31 • The Three Good Fairies • short story by
  Catulle Mendès^?Catulle Mendes
  (trans. of Les trois bonnes fées 1885)
• 35 •  La forêt de Brocéliande • (1868) • interior artwork by
  Gustave Doré^?Gustave Dore
• 36 • The Last Fairy • short story by
  Catulle Mendès^?Catulle Mendes
  (trans. of La dernière fée 1885)
• 41 • The Lucky Find • short story by
  Catulle Mendès^?Catulle Mendes
  (trans. of La bonne trouvaille 1888)
• 45 • The Wish Granted, Alas! • short story by
  Catulle Mendès^?Catulle Mendes
  (trans. of
  Le vœu, hélas ! accompli^?Le voeu, hélas ! accompli
  1890)
• 48 • The Suitors of Princess Mimi • short story by Jules Lemaître (trans. of Les amoureux de la princesse Mimi 1890)
• 59 •  Les amoureux de la princesse Mimi • (1890) • interior artwork by E. Loevy
• 60 • Liette's Notions • short story by Jules Lemaître (trans. of Les idées de Liette 1905)
• 64 •  Little Red Riding Hood • (1909) • interior artwork by Arthur Rackham
• 68 • On the Margins of Perrault's Fairy Tales: The White Rabbit and the Four-Leaf Clover • short story by Jules Lemaître (trans. of Le lapin blanc et les trèfles à quatre feuilles 1914)
• 72 • The Ogresses • short story by
  Paul Arène^?Paul Arene
  (trans. of Les ogresses 1891)
• 77 • Fairy Morgane's Tales: Nocturne II • short story by Jules Ricard (trans. of Les contes de la fée Morgane, Nocturne II 1894)
• 84 • Bluebeard's Little Wife • short story by Marcel Schwob (trans. of La petite femme de Barbe-Bleue 1894)
• 86 •  La Barbe Bleue [1] • (1867) • interior artwork by
  Gustave Doré^?Gustave Dore
• 88 • The Green She-Devil • short story by Marcel Schwob (trans. of Bûchette 1894)
• 92 • Cice • short story by Marcel Schwob (trans. of Cice 1894)
• 95 • Mandosiane • short story by Marcel Schwob (trans. of Mandosiane 1894)
• 101 • Fairy Tales for the Disillusioned • short story by Willy (trans. of Mécomptes de fées 1894)
• 105 •  Riquet with the Tuft • (1867) • interior artwork by
  Gustave Doré^?Gustave Dore
• 108 • The Living Door Knocker • short story by Henri de Régnier (trans. of Le heurtoir vivant 1897)
• 115 • The Mortis • short story by Rachilde (trans. of Le Mortis 1899)
• 121 •  Doktor Schnabel von Rom • (1656) • interior artwork by
  Paul Fürst^?Paul Fuerst
• 128 • Sleeping Beauty Didn't Wake Up • short story by Jacques d'Adelswärd-Fersen (trans. of La Belle au bois dormant ne s'est pas réveillée 1901)
• 133 •  La Belle au bois dormant [2] • (1867) • interior artwork by
  Gustave Doré^?Gustave Dore
• 137 • Princess of the Red Lilies • short story by Jean Lorrain (trans. of La princesse aux lys rouges 1894)
• 142 • Princess Snowflower • short story by Jean Lorrain (trans. of La princesse Neigefleur 1894)
• 148 • Mandosiane in Captivity • short story by Jean Lorrain (trans. of Mandosiane captive 1894)
• 152 • Prince Charming • short story by
  Renée Vivien^?Renee Vivien
  (trans. of Le Prince Charmant 1904)
• 157 • The Story of the Prince of Valandeuse • short story by Albert Mockel (trans. of Histoire du prince de Valandeuse 1908)
• 159 •  Fée Novéliane • (1908) • interior artwork by Auguste Donnay
• 165 • The Pleasant Surprise • short story by Albert Mockel (trans. of L'heureuse surprise 1903)
• 171 •  La vieille loyaliste • (1908) • interior artwork by Auguste Donnay
• 173 • The Last Fairy • short story by Pierre Veber (trans. of La dernière fée 1908)
• 183 • The Seven Wives of Bluebeard • (1920) • novelette by Anatole France (trans. of Les sept femmes de la Barbe-Bleue 1909)
• 187 •  La Barbe Bleue [2] • (1867) • interior artwork by
  Gustave Doré^?Gustave Dore
• 210 • The Story of the Duchess of Cicogne and of Monsieur de Boulingrin • (1920) • short story by Anatole France (trans. of Histoire de la duchesse de Cicogne et de M. de Boulingrin qui dormirent cent ans en compagnie de la Belle-au-Bois-dormant 1909)
• 226 • The 28-Kilometer Boots • short story by Emile Bergerat (trans. of Les bottes de vingt-huit kilomètres 1909)
• 227 •  La 628-E8 • (1907) • interior artwork by Pierre Bonnard
• 232 •  L'ogre allemand et le petit Poucet français • (1919) • interior artwork by Marcel Capy
• 233 • Cinderella Arrives by Automobile • short story by Emile Bergerat (trans. of Cendrillon en automobile 1909)
• 238 • Cinderella Continued, or the Rat and the Six Lizards • (1984) • short story by Guillaume Apollinaire (trans. of La suite de Cendrillon, ou Le rat et les six lézards 1919)
• 241 •  Cendrillon • (1919) • interior artwork by Gerda Wegener
• 243 • Cinderella, the Humble and Haughty Child • short story by Claude Cahun (trans. of Cendrillon, l'enfant humble et hautaine 2006)