The first compilation of the full first-edition texts of the classic fairy tale collections by Joseph Jacobs, with Jacobs' original prefaces and annotations.
American folklorist and scholar of Medieval literature Crane (1844-1927) gleaned his tales from over 40 works and strove to document them in his 1885 anthology published by Houghton Mifflin. Series ed
Originally published in 1887 by W. Blackwood & Sons (Edinburgh), this text presents a comparative study of European folk tales. Journalist and scholar Clouston grouped the stories according to common