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Very few of the 20 fairy tales included in this volume have been presented before in an English dress; this will doubtless enhance their value in the eyes of the young folk, for whom, principally, they are intended. Herein you will find tales like THE TWELVE MONTHS - the story of Marouckla, who is set seemingly impossible tasks by her stepmother, but with the help of the Twelve Months overcomes and succeeds. THE LOST CHILD - the story of a childless Noble couple who pray earnestly for a child. Their wish is granted with one condition - that that the child's feet never touched the earth until it was twelve years old...... Then you have the stories of THE SOVEREIGN OF THE MINERAL KINGDOM, OHNIVAK, TEARS OF PEARLS, KINKACH MARTINKO and many, many more. These tales have been translated and illustrated by EMILY J. HARDING. The accompanying 55 illustrations and headpieces speak for themselves, and are what might have been expected from the artist of her calibre. The translation has been carefully revised by a well-known writer, who has interfered as little as possible with the original text, except in those instances where slight alterations were necessary. The Slav race is considerably diverse, both genetically and culturally. Famous Slavs in recent times are Pope John Paul II, the first human astronaut Yuri Gagarin, former President of Russia Mikhail Gorbachev and electrician/inventor Nikola Tesla. In earlier times Slavic groups also migrated as far North as Scandinavia, and constituted elements amongst the Vikings; whilst at the other geographic extreme, Slavic mercenaries fighting for the Byzantines and Arabs settled Asia Minor and even as far East as Syria. So sit back in a comfy chair with a cup of hot chocolate and enjoy these forgotten tales, lost to Western readers for over 100 years.

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Very few of the twenty fairy tales included in this volume have been presented before in an English dress; this will doubtless enhance their value in the eyes of the young folk, for whom they are principally intended. It is hoped that older readers will find some additional interest in tracing throughout the many evidence of kinship between these stories and those of more pronounced Eastern origin.

Very few of the twenty fairy tales included in this volume have been presented before in an English dress; this will doubtless enhance their value in the eyes of the young folk, for whom they are principally intended. It is hoped that older readers will find some additional interest in tracing throughout the many evidence of kinship between these stories and those of more pronounced Eastern origin.

Aleksander Borejko Chodzko/Chodsko coat of arms Kozciesza was a Polish poet, Slavist and Iranologist. He was a Native of Krzywicze in the Polish- Lithuanian Commonwealth. Chodsko was an Alumnus of the University of Vilnius, and a friend of poet Adam Mickiewicz. He was an Alumnus of the Institute of Oriental Studies that was attached to the Ministry of Foreign Affaires of the Russian Empire in Saint-Petersburg. From 1830 until 1844, he worked as a Russian diplomat in Iran. From 1852 until 1855, he worked for the Ministry of Foreign Affaires of France. From 1857 until 1883 he succeeded Adam Mickiewicz in the chair of Slavic languages and literature in the College de France. Chosdsko was a Member of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland and the Societe de Linguistique de Paris. He spoke many languages such as: French, English, Russian, Persian, Arabic, Turkish, Polish and German. His works include: Popular Poetry of Persia, Specimens of the Popular Poetry of Persia, Theatre Persan, Polish-English and English-Polish Dictionary and Fairy Tales of the Slav Peasants and Herdsmen.

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Excerpt from Fairy Tales of the Slav Peasants and HerdsmenThe translation has been carefully revised by a well known writer, who has interfered as little as possible with the original text, except in those instances where slight alterations were necessary.The illustrations speak for themselves, and are what might have been expected from the artist who designed those for Lullabies Many Lands, issued last Christmas.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.