Books with author Richard Wilford

The fairy tales and legends of olden China have in conmion with the Thousand andO ne Nights an oriental glow and glitter of precious stones and gold and multicolored silks, an oriental wealth of fantastic and supernatural action. And yet they strike an exotic note distinct in itself. The seventy-three stories here presented after original sources, embracing Nursery Fairy Tales, Legends of the Grods, Tales of Saints and Macians, Nature and Animal Tales, Ghost Stories, Historic Fairy Tales, and Literary Fairy Tales, probably represent the most comprehensive and varied collection of oriental fairy tales ever made available for American readers. There is no child who mil not enjoy their novel color, their fantastic beauty, their infinite variety of subject. Yet, like the Arabian Nights, they wiU amply repay the attention of the older reader as well. Some are exquisitely poetic, such as The Mower-E lves, The Lady of theM oon or The Herd Boy and theW eaving Maiden ;others like How Three Heroes Came By Their Deaths Because Of Two Peaches ,carry us back dramatically and powerfully to the Chinese age of Chivalry. The summits of fantasy are scaled in the quasi-religious dramas ofT he A peS un Wu Kung and Notcha, or the wierd sorceries unfolded inT he Kindly Macian(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)About the Publisher Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology.Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst digitally enhancing the aged text. Read books online for free at www.forgottenbooks.org

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