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230 from the old ballad. The two most common forms of Cinderella are Perrault's and Grimm's, either of which is suited to the very little child. Perrault's Cinderella shows about twenty distinct differences from the Grimm tale:—

This contrast shows the Grimm tale to be the more poetical, while it is the more complex, and contains