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SLAV TALES
Publisher's Device
A woman sits holding an apple.
From“The Plentiful Tablecloth,” p. 351.
Fairy Tales of the
Slav Peasants and
Herdsmen
From
the
French of Alex. Chodsko
Translated
and
Illustrated by Emily J.
Harding
London: George Allen
156 Charing Cross Road
1896
Printed by Ballantyne, Hanson & Co.
At the Ballantyne Press
NOTE BY THE PUBLISHER
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, principally, they are intended. It is hoped that older readers will find some additional interest in tracing throughout the many evidences of kinship between these stories and those of more pronounced Eastern origin.
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 illustrations speak for themselves, and are what might have been expected from the artist who designed those for the “Lullabies of
Many Lands,” issued last Christmas.
November 1895.
CONTENTS
THE ABODE OF THE GODS— PAGE
I. THE TWO BROTHERS 3
II. TIME AND THE KINGS OF THE ELEMENTS 10
III. THE TWELVE MONTHS 17
THE SUN; OR, THE THREE GOLDEN HAIRS OF THE OLD MAN
VSÉVÈDE 29
KOVLAD—
I. THE SOVEREIGN OF THE MINERAL KINGDOM 51
II. THE LOST CHILD 60
THE MAID WITH HAIR OF GOLD 73
THE JOURNEY TO THE SUN AND THE MOON 93
THE DWARF WITH THE LONG BEARD 103
THE FLYING CARPET, THE INVISIBLE CAP, THE GOLD-GIVING RING,
AND THE SMITING CLUB 121
THE BROAD MAN, THE TALL MAN, AND THE MAN WITH EYES OF
FLAME 155
THE HISTORY OF PRINCE SLUGOBYL; OR, THE INVISIBLE KNIGHT
173
THE SPIRIT OF THE STEPPES 185
THE PRINCE WITH THE GOLDEN HAND 207
IMPERISHABLE 231
OHNIVAK 265
TEARS OF PEARLS 293
THE SLUGGARD 311
KINKACH MARTINKO 323
THE STORY OF THE PLENTIFUL TABLECLOTH, THE AVENGING
WAND, THE SASH THAT BECOMES A LAKE, AND THE TERRIBLE
HELMET 333
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