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More English Fairy Tales
This volume is a self‑conscious expansion of the author’s earlier collection, English Fairy Tales, and it…
ReadThe Sacred Tree; Or, the Tree in Religion and Myth
Mrs. J. H. Philpot
The Sacred Tree; or, the Tree in Religion and Myth is a scholarly‑type survey that sets out to collect,…
The Eleusinian Mysteries and Rites
Dudley Wright
The work is a scholarly examination of the Eleusinian Mysteries, presented as the first English‑language…
ReadThe Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (Third Edition, Vol. 06 of 12)
James George Frazer
The work is a scholarly survey of myth, ritual and belief, beginning with an extended meditation on the…
Ibong Adarna Corrido at Buhay na Pinagdaanan nang tatlong Principeng Magcacapatid na Anac nang Haring Fernando at nang Reina Valeriana sa Cahariang Berbania
Anonymous
Ibong Adarna is a Filipino corrido that recounts the trials of three royal brothers, Don Pedro, Don Diego,…
ReadThe Ingoldsby Legends; or, Mirth and Marvels
Thomas Ingoldsby
The Ingoldsby Legends is a collection of witty, macabre tales that sprang from the imagination of Thomas…
ReadMighty Mikko: A Book of Finnish Fairy Tales and Folk Tales
Parker Fillmore
This volume is a collection of Finnish fairy tales and folk narratives assembled by Parker Fillmore, who…
ReadIn Northern Mists: Arctic Exploration in Early Times (Volume 1 of 2)
Fridtjof Nansen
Fridtjof Nansen’s In Northern Mists is a scholarly survey of Arctic discovery that begins with a personal…
The Babylonian Legends of the Creation
Sir E. A. Wallis (Ernest Alfred Wallis) Budge
The work is a scholarly compilation of Babylonian and Assyrian cosmogonic material, assembled by Sir E. A.
ReadThe Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 10 (of 10)
The volume concludes the famed Arabian compilation with a tale that begins in a bustling market where…
ReadThe Land Beyond the Forest: Facts, Figures, and Fancies from Transylvania
E. Gerard
The work is a travel‑essay collection by Emily De Laszowska‑Gerard, assembled from a series of papers she…
ReadSumerian Hymns from Cuneiform Texts in the British Museum
The work is a scholarly monograph that presents a careful transliteration, translation, and commentary on…
ReadSolomon and Solomonic Literature
Moncure Daniel Conway
The work is a scholarly essay that treats Solomon not as a narrative hero but as a focal point for the…
The Violet Fairy Book
Andrew Lang
The Violet Fairy Book is a collection of folk narratives gathered from many cultures and rendered into…
Old Greek Stories
James Baldwin
Old Greek Stories, compiled by James Baldwin, is a juvenile‑focused retelling of the classic myths of ancient…
ReadA House of Pomegranates
Oscar Wilde
The work is a collection of fairy‑tale‑like sketches that blend the courtly imagination of a young monarch…
ReadÆsop's Fables: A Version for Young Readers
J. H. (Jenny H.); Aesop Stickney
The book presents a comprehensive collection of Æsop’s fables adapted for young readers, beginning with a…
ReadThe Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 06 (of 10)
ReadThe Nibelungenlied Revised Edition
The Revised Edition of the Nibelungenlied presents the great German national epic in English translation,…
A Study of Fairy Tales
Laura Fry Kready
The book is a scholarly treatise on the place of fairy tales in elementary education, written by Laura Fry…
ReadSir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Middle-English Arthurian Romance Retold in Modern Prose
Jessie L. Weston
This edition presents Jessie L. Weston’s prose rendering of the medieval poem Sir Gawain and the Green…
ReadThe Story of King Arthur and his Knights
Howard Pyle
The work is a nineteenth‑century retelling of the Arthurian legends, organized into a series of “Books” that…
ReadRobin Hood A collection of all the ancient poems, songs, and ballads, now extant, relative to that celebrated English outlaw. To which are prefixed historical anecdotes of his life.
This volume is a scholarly anthology assembled by the eighteenth‑century antiquarian Joseph Ritson,…
Selections from Ancient Irish Poetry
This volume is a scholarly anthology of English translations of early Irish verse, gathered to showcase the…