Celtic Fairy Tales

by Joseph Jacobs, 1st World Library (Editor), 1stworld Library (Editor)

Overview

26 enchanting stories assembled from Welsh, Scottish and Irish sources, including 'King O'Toole and His Goose,' 'The Lad with the Goat Skin, 'The Sea Maiden,' more with illustrations from their original editions. 37 drawings.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781421817835
Publisher:	1st World Library
Publication date:	05/22/2006
Edition description:	REV
Pages:	312
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.81(d)

About the Author

Joseph Jacobs (1854–1916) was a folklorist, critic, and historian. He is the editor of numerous fairy tale collections, including English Fairy Tales, Indian Fairy Tales, and European Folk and Fairy Tales. He is now deceased.
John D. Batten (1860–1932) was a book illustrator and printer as well as a painter. He contributed illustrations to a number of Joseph Jacobs’s fairy tale collections, including English Fairy Tales, Indian Fairy Tales, and European Folk and Fairy Tales. He is now deceased.

Table of Contents

I. CONNLA AND THE FAIRY MAIDEN
II. GULEESH
III. THE FIELD OF BOLIAUNS
IV. THE HORNED WOMEN
V. CONAL YELLOWCLAW
VI. HUDDEN AND DUDDEN AND DONALD O'NEARY
VII. THE SHEPHERD OF MYDDVAI
VIII. THE SPRIGHTLY TAILOR
IX. THE STORY OF DEIRDRE
X. MUNACHAR AND MANACHAR
XI. GOLD-TREE AN SILVER-TREE
XII. KING O'TOOLE AND HIS GOOSE
XIII. THE WOOING OF OLWEN
XIV. JACK AND HIS COMRADES
XV. THE SHEE AN GANNON AND THE GRUAGACH GAIRE
XVI. THE STORY-TELLER AT FAULT
XVII. THE SEA-MAIDEN
XVII. A LEGEND OF KNOCKMANY
XIX. "FAIR, BROWN, AND TREMBLING"
XX. JACK AND HIS MASTER
XXI. BETH GELLERT
XXII. THE TALE OF IVAN
XXIII. ANDREW COFFEY
XXIV. THE BATTLE OF THE BIRDS
XXV. BREWERY OF EGGSHELLS
XXVI. THE LAD WITH THE GOAT-SKIN
NOTES AND REFERENCES