Added by: jaybeere | Karma: 320.01 | Fiction literature | 1 September 2007
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Folk-lore and Legends, Russian and Polish by C. J. T. (Rare Book Collection)
In this volume selections presented are made from the Russian chap-book literature, and from the works of various Russian and Polish collectors of Folklore — Afanasief, Erben, Wójcicki, Gliński, etc. The chap-book tales, and many of those of Gliński, are, there is little doubt, of foreign origin, but since Russia and Poland are the countries in which these tales have found their home, and since they have there been so adapted by the people as to incorporate the national customs and lore, they appear to belong properly to the present volume.
Langenscheidt - Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan: Tales
complete in English language -original texts
The Horror of the Heights:
A young man and his wife were on a trip to visit his mother. Usually they arrived in time for supper, but they had gotten a late start and now it was getting dark. So they decided to look for a place to stay overnight and go on in the morning. Just off the road they saw a small house in the woods.
The Sealed Room:
The listener is drawn to experience drama, suspense, and ultimately the shock of surprise in this combination of spine-tingling tales set against a background of turn-of-the-century England.
Added by: jaybeere | Karma: 320.01 | Fiction literature | 31 August 2007
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Japanese Fairy Tales compiled by Yei Theodora Ozaki profusely illustrated by Japanese artists (Rare Book Collection)
This is a collection of 22 charming Japanese fairy tales, originally published in 1905, selected and translated by Yei Theodora Ozaki. Included are legends and fairy tales about peasants and kings, god and bad forces, princesses, animals, the sea, and the sky.
Added by: jaybeere | Karma: 320.01 | Fiction literature | 31 August 2007
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Indian Fairy Tales
edited by Joseph Jacobs illustrated by J. D. Batten (Rare Book Collection) From the extreme West, we go to the extreme East. From the soft rain and green turf of Gaeldom, we seek the garish sun and arid soil of the Hindoo. In the Land of Ire, the belief in fairies, gnomes, ogres and monsters is all but dead; in the Land of Ind it still flourishes in all the vigour of animism.
Added by: jaybeere | Karma: 320.01 | Fiction literature | 29 August 2007
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Bengal Fairy Tales by Francis Bradley Bradley-Birt illustrated by Abanindranath Tagore (Rare Book Collection)
This volume written by a British author with illustrations by Abanindranath Tagore includes thirty-two fairy tales (in three parts) from Bengal. Among others, you will find 'The Four Riddles', 'Budhibanta, The Boy Weaver', 'Katmanush, Or The Human Being Who Was Made Of Wood', 'Hati Sing, Or The Vanquisher Of An Elephant' and 'The Redeeming Power Of The Ganges'.
