Books with author Joseph (ed.) Jacobs

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface.We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface.We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface.We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Experience the whimsy, charm and magic of the Celtic imagination in this captivating collection of timeless stories that have enchanted generations of youngsters and adults.Among the eight popular tales included here are "The Fate of the Children of Lir," a haunting narrative of four children turned into swans by a wicked stepmother; "The Shepherd of Myddvai," in which a beautiful woman, risen from the sea, orders her husband-to-be to observe certain rules; and "Beth Gellert," a touching tale of a brave dog that dies after saving a child's life. Five additional stories include "The Tale of Ivan," "Morraha," "The Story of Deirdre," "The Llanfabon Changeling," and "The Sea-Maiden."Reset in large, easy-to-read type, these engaging stories are enhanced by six new illustrations.

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface.We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

This book contains 200 FANTASTIC bedtime stories Your child will fall in love with this children's story collection. This book is for:Sharpen your kid's brain Enhance creativity and stimulate imaginationEmotional developmentThis book includes:A clickable Table of Contents for easy navigationHundreds of illustrations200 fantastic stories for kidsBenefits of Bedtime Stories: Telling bedtime stories is beneficial. Your child will find sleep coming in a peaceful way with a great story in their ears. It engages their imagination while giving them good dream material, and has been shown to calm down a busy child. Children do tend to be worked up at times, especially at night, and a nice story will put their fears to rest and allow them much-needed relaxation. You can make a story that shows them that the monster under their bed is not so bad, or that the shadows on their wall are their friends. The possibilities are endless with creative solutions to any nighttime issue.Here are the stories included in this book:Tom Tit Tot -The Cat and the Mouse - The Three Sillies - The Rose Tree - The Old Woman and her Pig - How Jack went to Seek his Fortune - Mr. Vinegar - Nix Nought Nothing - Jack Hannaford - Binnorie - Mouse and Mouser - Cap o' Rushes - Teeny-Tiny - Jack and the Beanstalk - The Master and his Pupil -Titty Mouse and Tatty Mouse - Jack and his Golden Snuff-Box - The Story of the Three Bears - Jack the Giant-Killer - Henny-Penny - Childe Rowland - Molly Whuppie - The Red Ettin - The Golden Arm - The History of Tom Thumb - Mr. Fox - Lazy Jack- Johnny-Cake - Earl Mar's Daughter - Mr. Miacca - Whittington and his Cat - The Strange Visitor - The Laidly Worm of Spindleston Heugh - The Fish and the Ring - The Magpie's Nest - Kate Crackernuts - The Cauld Lad of Hilton - The Ass, the Table, and the Stick - Fairy Ointment - The Well of the World's End - Master of all Masters - The Three Heads of the Well - The Pied Piper - Hereafterthis - The Golden Ball - My Own Self - Black Bull of Norroway - Yallery Brown - Three Feathers - Sir Gammer Vans - Tom Hickathrift - The Hedley Kow - Gobborn Seer - Lawkamercyme – Tattercoats - The Wee Bannock - Johnny Gloke - Coat o' Clay - The Three Cows - The Blinded Giant – Scrapefoot - The Pedlar of Swaffham - The Old Witch - The Three Wishes - The Buried Moon - The Children in the Wood - The Hobyahs - A Pottle o' Brains - The King of England and his Three Sons - King John and the Abbot of Canterbury - Rushen Coatie - The King o' the Cats – Tamlane- The Stars in the Sky - News! - Puddock, Mousie, and Ratton - The Little Bull-Calf - The Wee, Wee Mannie - Habetrot and Scantlie Mab - Old Mother Wiggle-Waggle – Catskin - Stupid's Cries - The Lambton Worm - The Wise Men of Gotham - Princess of Canterbury - Connla and the Fairy Maiden - Guleesh - The Field of Boliauns - The Horned Women - Conall Yellowclaw - Hudden and Dudden and Donald O'Neary - The Shepherd of Myddvai - The Sprightly Tailor - The Story of Deirdre - Munachar and Manachar - Gold-Tree and Silver-Tree - King O'Toole and His Goose - The Wooing of Olwen - Jack and His Comrades - The Shee an Gannon and the Gruagach Gaire - The Story-Teller at Fault - The Sea-Maiden - A Legend of Knockmany - Fair, Brown, and Trembling - Jack and His Master- Beth Gellert - The Tale of Ivan - Andrew Coffey - The Battle of the Birds - Brewery of Eggshells - The Lad with the Goat-skin - THE CINDER-MAID - ALL CHANGE - THE KING OF THE FISHES – SCISSORS - BEAUTY AND THE BEAST - REYNARD AND BRUIN - THE DANCING WATER, THE SINGING APPLE, AND THE SPEAKING BIRD++ 83 More Stories !>>Grab Your Copy Now! <<Tags: Bedtime stories for kids, books for kids, Children books, Children picture books, Fun stories, Fun stories for kids, Kids, Kid’s books, Kids stories, Kids story, Kids, Scary stories for kids, Short stories for kids, Stories for kids, the kid, fairy tales stories, fairytale stories list

Experience the whimsy, charm and magic of the Celtic imagination in this captivating collection of timeless stories that have enchanted generations of youngsters and adults.Among the eight popular tales included here are "The Fate of the Children of Lir," a haunting narrative of four children turned into swans by a wicked stepmother; "The Shepherd of Myddvai," in which a beautiful woman, risen from the sea, orders her husband-to-be to observe certain rules; and "Beth Gellert," a touching tale of a brave dog that dies after saving a child's life. Five additional stories include "The Tale of Ivan," "Morraha," "The Story of Deirdre," "The Llanfabon Changeling," and "The Sea-Maiden."Reset in large, easy-to-read type, these engaging stories are enhanced by six new illustrations.

This book contains a classic children's story that has pleased children of all ages around the world for many years. This is a great story to read to children to help get them interested in the classics. We hope that you enjoy this classic children’s story and that you will enjoy passing the story on to a new generation.Some words within this title may have been changed to reflect a clearer understanding for today’s children.•This title contains an annotation providing information about the story and the author.

Classic fairy tales endure from generation to generation. The source of countless adaptations and reimaginings, this collection is remarkable in its scale and diversity. Featuring familiar tales like "Jack and the Beanstalk," "The History of Tom Thumb," and "The Story of the Three Little Pigs," as well as more obscure gems like "The Old Woman and Her Pig" and "Childe Rowland," this anthology is a treasure trove of outstanding children's literature.

Who says that English folk have no fairy-tales of their own? The present volume contains only a selection out of some 140, of which I have found traces in this country. It is probable that many more exist. A quarter of the tales in this volume, have been collected during the last ten years or so, and some of them have not been hitherto published. Up to 1870 it was equally said of France and of Italy, that they possessed no folk-tales. Yet, within fifteen years from that date, over 1000 tales had been collected in each country. I am hoping that the present volume may lead to equal activity in this country, and would earnestly beg any reader of this book who knows of similar tales, to communicate them, written down as they are told, to me, care of Mr. Nutt. The only reason, I imagine, why such tales have not hitherto been brought to light, is the lamentable gap between the governing and recording classes and the dumb working classes of this country—dumb to others but eloquent among themselves. It would be no unpatriotic task to help to bridge over this gulf, by giving a common fund of nursery literature to all classes of the English people, and, in any case, it can do no harm to add to the innocent gaiety of the nation. A word or two as to our title seems necessary. We have called our stories Fairy Tales though few of them speak of fairies. [Footnote: For some recent views on fairies and tales about fairies, see Notes.] The same remark applies to the collection of the Brothers Grimm and to all the other European collections, which contain exactly the same classes of tales as ours. Yet our stories are what the little ones mean when they clamour for "Fairy Tales," and this is the only name which they give to them. One cannot imagine a child saying, "Tell us a folk-tale, nurse," or "Another nursery tale, please, grandma." As our book is intended for the little ones, we have indicated its contents by the name they use. The words "Fairy Tales" must accordingly be taken to include tales in which occurs something "fairy," something extraordinary—fairies, giants, dwarfs, speaking animals. It must be taken also to cover tales in which what is extraordinary is the stupidity of some of the actors. Many of the tales in this volume, as in similar collections for other European countries, are what the folklorists call Drolls. They serve to justify the title of Merrie England, which used to be given to this country of ours, and indicate unsuspected capacity for fun and humour among the unlettered classes. The story of Tom Tit Tot, which opens our collection, is unequalled among all other folk-tales I am acquainted with, for its combined sense of humour and dramatic power. The first adjective of our title also needs a similar extension of its meaning. I have acted on Molière's principle, and have taken what was good wherever I could find it. Thus, a couple of these stories have been found among descendants of English immigrants in America; a couple of others I tell as I heard them myself in my youth in Australia. One of the best was taken down from the mouth of an English Gipsy. I have also included some stories that have only been found in Lowland Scotch. I have felt justified in doing this, as of the twenty-one folk-tales contained in Chambers' "Popular Rhymes of Scotland," no less than sixteen are also to be found in an English form. With the Folk-tale as with the Ballad, Lowland Scotch may be regarded as simply a dialect of English, and it is a mere chance whether a tale is extant in one or other, or both. I have also rescued and re-told a few Fairy Tales that only exist now-a-days in the form of ballads. There are certain indications that the "common form" of the English Fairy Tale was the cante-fable, a mixture of narrative and verse of which the most illustrious example in literature is "Aucassin et Nicolette."