Joseph Jacobs

Celtic Fairy Tales - Dover Children's Classics Joseph Jacobs New impression edition

Jacket Description/Back: The two volumes of Celtic folk tales collected by the leading British folklorist Joseph Jacobs (1854-1916) introduced the children of the world to the special vision and color, the unique magic of the Celtic folk imagination. Brief Description: Twenty-six characteristic tales, both romantic and comic, from the folklore of the Celts of the British Isles, collected from both Gaelic and English speaking peasants. Brief Description: Great folklorist's selection of the finest legendary and folk material fromWelsh, Scottish, and Irish sources. 26 medieval and modern stories in all. 46 illustrations. Table of Contents: I. CONNLA AND THE FAIRY MAIDENII. GULEESHIII. THE FIELD OF BOLIAUNSIV. THE HORNED WOMENV. CONAL YELLOWCLAWVI. HUDDEN AND DUDDEN AND DONALD O'NEARYVII. THE SHEPHERD OF MYDDVAIVIII. THE SPRIGHTLY TAILORIX. THE STORY OF DEIRDREX. MUNACHAR AND MANACHARXI. GOLD-TREE AN SILVER-TREEXII. KING O'TOOLE AND HIS GOOSEXIII. THE WOOING OF OLWENXIV. JACK AND HIS COMRADESXV. THE SHEE AN GANNON AND THE GRUAGACH GAIREXVI. THE STORY-TELLER AT FAULTXVII. THE SEA-MAIDENXVII. A LEGEND OF KNOCKMANYXIX. "FAIR, BROWN, AND TREMBLING"XX. JACK AND HIS MASTERXXI. BETH GELLERTXXII. THE TALE OF IVANXXIII. ANDREW COFFEYXXIV. THE BATTLE OF THE BIRDSXXV. BREWERY OF EGGSHELLSXXVI. THE LAD WITH THE GOAT-SKINNOTES AND REFERENCESMarc Notes: Bibliographical references included in Notes and references (p. ([237]-267); Twenty-six characteristic tales, both romantic and comic, from the folklore of the Celts of the British Isles, collected from both Gaelic and English speaking peasants.; Unabridged republication of the work first published in ... 1892.. Jacket Description/Back: The two volumes of Celtic folk tales collected by the leading British folklorist Joseph Jacobs (1854-1916) introduced the children of the world to the special vision and color, the unique magic of the Celtic folk imagination. The 26 stories of "Guleesh," "The Horned Women," "King O'Toole and His Goose," "The Sea-Maiden," "The Shee An Gannon and the Gruagach Gaire," "The Lad with the Goat-Skin," the legendary "Dierdre," "Beth Gellert," and the other wonderful characters, the curses and hexes, the broken promises and granted wishes are accompanied by eight full-page plates, 37 drawings, and decorated capitals and endpieces that help make this book the charming one that generations of youngsters have proclaimed it to be. Publisher Marketing: The two volumes of Celtic folk tales collected by the leading British folklorist Joseph Jacobs (1854-1916) introduced the children of the world to the special vision and color, the unique magic of the Celtic folk imagination. The 26 stories of "Guleesh," "The Horned Women," "King O'Toole and His Goose," "The Sea-Maiden," "The Shee An Gannon and the Gruagach Gaire," "The Lad with the Goat-Skin," the legendary "Dierdre," "Beth Gellert," and the other wonderful characters, the curses and hexes, the broken promises and granted wishes are accompanied by eight full-page plates, 37 drawings, and decorated capitals and endpieces that help make this book the charming one that generations of youngsters have proclaimed it to be.