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FAIRY TALESTHEIR ORIGIN AND MEANINGWith Some Account Of Dwellers In Fairylandby JOHN THACKRAY BUNCELondon
CONTENTSChapter 1
INTRODUCTORY NOTE.The substance of this volume was delivered
as a course of Christmas Holiday Lectures, in 1877, at the Birmingham and
Midland Institute, of which the author was then the senior Vice-president. It
was found that both the subject and the matter interested young people; and
it was therefore thought that, revised and extended, the Lectures might not
prove unacceptable in the form of a Book. The volume does not pretend to
scientific method, or to complete treatment of the subject. Its aim is a very
modest one: to furnish an inducement rather than a formal introduction to the
study of Folk Lore; a study which, when once begun, the reader will pursue,
with unflagging interest, in such works as the various writings of Mr. Max-Müller;
the "Mythology of the Aryan Nations," by Mr. Cox; Mr. Ralston's
"Russian Folk Tales;" Mr. Kelly's "Curiosities of
Indo-European Folk Lore;" the Introduction to Mr. Campbell's
"Popular Tales of the West Highlands," and other publications, both
English and German, bearing upon the same subject. In the hope that his
labour may serve this purpose, the author ventures to ask for an indulgent
rather than a critical reception of this little volume.
Next: Chapter 1
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