Celtic Fairy Tales (Dover Children's Classics) - Softcover

Jacobs, Joseph

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0486218260 ISBN 13: 9780486218267

Publisher: Dover, 1968

Synopsis

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.

About this title

About the Author:

Joseph Jacobs (29 August 1854 - 30 January 1916) was folklorist, literary critic and historian. His works included contributions to the Jewish Encyclopaedia, translations of European works, and critical editions of early English literature. Jacobs wrote for journals and books on the subject of folklore and produced a popular series of fairy tales.

About this edition

• Publisher: Dover
• Publication date: 1968
• ISBN 10: 0486218260
• ISBN 13: 9780486218267
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 267