SOURCE: Contributed by Blakeway to Malone's Variorum Shakespeare (1790), to illustrate Benedick's remark in Much Ado About Nothing (I, i, 146): 'Like the old tale, my Lord, "It is not so, nor t'was not so, but, indeed, God forbid it should be so" '; which clearly refers to the tale of Mr Fox. 'The Forbidden Chamber' has been studied by Mr Hartland, Folk-Lore Journal, iii, 193 seq. 'Be bold' is Britomart's motto in the Faërie Queene, and one may also refer to 'Bloody Jack' (Ingoldsby Legends).
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 1890 | English Fairy Tales | David Nutt | Collection | |27 | |
| 1967 |
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The House of the Nightmare: And Other Eerie Tales | The Bodley Head | Anthology | 61 |
| 1968 |
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The House of the Nightmare and Other Eerie Tales | Farrar, Straus and Giroux | Anthology | 61 |
| December 1970 |
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The House of the Nightmare: And Other Eerie Tales | Puffin / Penguin Books (UK) | Anthology | 57 |
| 1974 |
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The House of the Nightmare & Other Eerie Tales | Heinemann Educational Books | Anthology | 65 |
| 1975 | The House of the Nightmare: And Other Eerie Tales | Farrar, Straus and Giroux | Anthology | 61 | |
| 1979 | Stories of Surprise and Wonder | Globe Book Company | Anthology | 131 | |
| 1986 |
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Favorite Folktales from Around the World | Pantheon Books | Anthology | 87 |
| 1990 |
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The Old Wives' Fairy Tale Book | Pantheon Books | Anthology | 8 |
| December 1991 | The Old Wives' Fairy Tale Book | Pantheon Books | Anthology | 8 | |
| December 2006 |
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Outfoxing Fear: Folktales from Around the World | W. W. Norton & Company | Anthology | 158 |