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Overview

Wonders of India: rajahs, ogres, magic, Buddhist jatakas, episodes from great epics. 29 complete stories. 46 illus.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9786057876737
Publisher: E-Kitap Projesi & Cheapest Books
Publication date: 01/01/1900
Pages: 312
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.70(d)
Age Range: 3 - 12 Years

About the Author

Joseph Jacobs (29 August 1854 - 30 January 1916) was an Australian folklorist, literary critic, historian and writer of English literature who became a notable collector and publisher of English folklore. His work went on to popularize some of the world's best known versions of English fairy tales including Jack and the Beanstalk, Goldilocks and the three bears, The Three Little Pigs, Jack the Giant Killer and The History of Tom Thumb.




He published his English fairy tale collections: English Fairy Tales in 1890 and More English Fairytales in 1894 but also went on after and in between both books to publish fairy tales collected from continental Europe as well as Jewish, Celtic and Indian Fairytales which made him one of the most popular writers of fairytales for the English language.




Indian Fairy Tales was published in the year 1912.





Jacobs was also an editor for journals and books on the subject of folklore which included editing the Fables of Bidpai and the Fables of Aesop, as well as articles on the migration of Jewish folklore.




He also edited editions of The Thousand and One Nights. He went on to join The Folklore Society in England and became an editor of the society journal Folklore. Joseph Jacobs also contributed to the Jewish Encyclopedia.

Table of Contents

Preface

The Lion and the Crane

How the Raja's Son won the Princess Labam.

The Lambikin

Punchkin

The Broken Pot

The Magic Fiddle

The Cruel Crane Outwitted

Loving Laili

The Tiger, the Brahman, and the Jackal

The Soothsayer's Son

Harisarman

The Charmed Ring

The Talkative Tortoise

A Lac of Rupees for a Bit of Advice

The Gold-giving Serpent

The Son of Seven Queens

A Lesson for Kings

Pride goeth before a Fall

Raja Rasalu.

The Ass in the Lion's Skin

The Farmer and the Money-lender

The Boy who had a Moon on his Forehead and a Star on his Chin

The Prince and the Fakir

Why the Fish Laughed.

The Demon with the Matted Hair

The Ivory City and its Fairy Princess

How Sun, Moon, and Wind went out to Dinner

How the Wicked Sons were Duped.

The Pigeon and the Crow

Notes and References

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