Unwritten fairy tales—“Child Rowland”—Traditional matter and printed books—_The History of Thomas Hickathrift_—Giants and Dwarfs—Logic and Realism in _Tom Thumb_—Lack of Magic in English Folk-tales—Whittington and his Cat—Perrault’s _Contes_—The partnership between Youth and Age—English versions—“Court” adaptations and “moral” fairy tales—Eastern stories—The “little yellow canvas-covered book”—Nursery criticism—Aladdin and Sinbad—The “Oriental Moralist”—Traditional tales moralised: _Tom Thumb_ and _Robin Goodfellow_—_The Two Children in the Wood_—_The Enchanted Castle_.