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Celtic Fairy Tales Joseph Jacobs

Celtic Fairy Tales By Joseph Jacobs

Celtic Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs

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Includes such stories as - Conal Hammerclaw, 'The Story of Deirdre, Gold-Tree and Silver-Tree, The Wooing of Olwen, Jack and His Comrades, The Sea Maiden, Fairm Brown and Trembling, The Battle of the Birds, Brewery of Eggshells and many others.

Celtic Fairy Tales Summary

Celtic Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs

Joseph Jacobs (1854-1916) was a noted literary and folklorist. He edited a number of books of fairy tales, including this work and its sequel, More Celtic Fairy Tales. It includes the famous stories Conal Hammerclaw, The Story of Deirdre, Gold-Tree and Silver-Tree, The Wooing of Olwen, Jack and His Comrades, The Sea Maiden, Fairm Brown and Trembling, The Battle of the Birds, Brewery of Eggshells and many others.

John D. Batten (1860-1932) was inspired by mythology and his drawings derive partly from German woodcuts and partly from the arts and crafts book decoration of William Morris and his followers.

With an Introduction by Marcus Clapham.

About Joseph Jacobs

Joseph Jacobs was a Jewish historian and leading folklorist whose special passion was fairy tales. He was born in Australia and attended the University of Sydney where he won a scholarship for classics, mathematics and chemistry. He completed his studies at St John's College, Cambridge. He became secretary of the Society of Hebrew Literature from 1878 to 1884, and in 1882 came to prominence as the writer of a series of articles in The Times on the persecution of Jews in Russia. This led to the formation of the Mansion House Fund and Committee, of which Jacobs was secretary from 1882 to 1900. During these years he gave much time to anthropological studies in connection with the Jewish race, and became an authority on this subject. But his interests were varied. From 1899-1900 he edited the journal Folklore, and from 1890 to 1912 he edited five collections of fairy tales: English Fairy Tales, More English Fairy Tales, Celtic Fairy Tales, More Celtic Fairy Tales, and European Folk and Fairy Tales, in 1906 he moved to New York and became registrar and professor of English at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America. He died in January 1916.

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GOR013637871
9781907360183
1907360182
Celtic Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs
Joseph Jacobs
Used - Like New
Hardback
Pan Macmillan
20110401
248
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Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
The book has been read, but looks new. The book cover has no visible wear, and the dust jacket is included if applicable. No missing or damaged pages, no tears, possible very minimal creasing, no underlining or highlighting of text, and no writing in the margins

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