Ebook {Epub PDF} More English Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs

14 rows ·  · Jacobs, Joseph, Title. English Fairy Tales. Contents. Tom tit tot -- The three Compiler: Jacobs, Joseph, One of the more important folklorists in the late s was Joseph Jacobs, who in two volumes, English Fairy Tales () and More English Fairy Tales () collected some 87 tales from around the British Isles, primarily from England/5. So, I know I enjoyed this more than the first collection of English fairy tales by Jacobs, and while listening I was thinking that the stories felt more varied than the original. Certainly there's repeats of Grimm and Andersen tales, but not much of repeats within the book itself/5(18).

English Fairy Tales. Joseph Jacobs. out of 5 stars. Hardcover. 7 offers from $ More English Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs: Illustrator by John Dickson Batten. Joseph Jacobs. Sir Gammer Vans is a very popular English fairy tale. It was collected by Joseph Jacobs and first published in his book More English Fairy Tales in The writer was inspired in his work by Brothers Grimm, he wanted English children to have access to English fairy tales. This tale is written in a very florid unusual style. 'More English Fairy Tales' is a collection of stories written by Joseph Jacobs, accompanied by the masterful black-and-white illustrations of John D. Batten. It includes such tales as 'The Pied Piper', 'Tattercoats', 'The Golden Ball', 'Coat O'Clay', 'The Children in the Wood', 'The King of England and his Three Sons', and 'The King of Cats.'.

English Fairy Tales - Joseph Jacobs - Joseph Jacobs He published his English fairy tale collections: English Fairy Tales in and More English Fairy Tales in From the Preface:'WHO says that English folk have no fairy tales of their own? The present volume contains only a selection out of some , of which I have found traces in this country. It is probable that many more exist. A. Joseph Jacobs () was a folklorist and a scholar of Jewish history and culture. Though a prolific writer and literary critic, he is best remembered today for his works on folklore and fairy tales. In , he published English Fairy Tales and in , More English Fairy Tales. These included such perennials as ‘Jack the Giant Killer. But since the publication of English Fairy Tales, I have been specially fortunate in obtaining access to tales entirely new and exceptionally well told, which have been either published during the past three years or have been kindly placed at my disposal by folk-lore friends. Among these, the tales reported by Mrs. Balfour, with a thorough.