CONTENTS The Fire-Fly's Lovers The Travels of the Two Frogs The Child of the Thunder The Tongue-Cut Sparrow The Ape and the Crab The Wonderful Tea-Kettle Benkei and the Bell Little Silver's Dream The Magic Frog How the Jelly-Fish Lost his Shell Lord Cuttle-Fish's Concert Raiko and His Guards Raiko Slays the Demons The Ambitious Carp Lord Long-Legs' Procession The Power of Love The Tide-Jewels The Grateful Crane The Idol and the Whale The Gift of Gold Lacquer
CONTENTS The Fire-Fly's Lovers The Travels of the Two Frogs The Child of the Thunder The Tongue-Cut Sparrow The Ape and the Crab The Wonderful Tea-Ket...
Long, long ago, there was a good saint named David, who taught the early Cymric or Welsh people better manners and many good things to eat and ways of enjoying themselves. Now the Welsh folks in speaking of their good teacher pronounced his name Tafid and affectionately Taffy, and this came to be the usual name for a person born in Wales. In our nurseries we all learned that "Taffy was a Welshman," but it was their enemies who made a bad rhyme about Taffy. Wherever there were cows or goats, people could get milk. So they always had what was necessary for a good meal, whether it were...
Long, long ago, there was a good saint named David, who taught the early Cymric or Welsh people better manners and many good things to eat and ways of...
Long, long ago, there was a good saint named David, who taught the early Cymric or Welsh people better manners and many good things to eat and ways of enjoying themselves. Now the Welsh folks in speaking of their good teacher pronounced his name Tafid and affectionately Taffy, and this came to be the usual name for a person born in Wales. In our nurseries we all learned that "Taffy was a Welshman," but it was their enemies who made a bad rhyme about Taffy. Wherever there were cows or goats, people could get milk. So they always had what was necessary for a good meal, whether it were...
Long, long ago, there was a good saint named David, who taught the early Cymric or Welsh people better manners and many good things to eat and ways of...
This vintage book contains a collection of 34 fantastic stories from Japanese folklore. These magical stories full of wit, pun, myth, and riddle will appeal to lovers of Japanese literature and culture, and they would make for fantastic additions to collections of allied literature. Contents include: The Travels of Two Frogs, The Child of the Thunder, The Tongue-cut Sparrow, The Fire-fly's Lovers, The Battle of the Ape and the Crab, The Wonderful Tea-Kettle, Peach-Prince and the Treasure Island, The Fox and the Badger, The Seven Patrons of Happiness, Daikoku and the Oni, Benkei and the Bell,...
This vintage book contains a collection of 34 fantastic stories from Japanese folklore. These magical stories full of wit, pun, myth, and riddle will ...
These they would bring to their queen, or with them richly adorn themselves. Thus the Mermaid Queen and her maidens made a court of beauty -- famed wherever mermaids and merrymen lived. And they often talked of human maids. "How funny it must be to wear clothes " said one. "Well, I should like to be a real woman for a while, just to try it, and see how it feels to walk on legs," said another, rather demurely -- as if afraid the other mermaids might not like her remark. Out rang a lusty chorus, "No No Horrible What an idea Who wouldn't be a mermaid?"
These they would bring to their queen, or with them richly adorn themselves. Thus the Mermaid Queen and her maidens made a court of beauty -- famed...
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republ...
William Ellio Griffis (1843 A 1928) was the author of "The Firefly's Lovers," "The Unmannerly Tiger," "Brave Little Holland," and "Bonnie Scotland." Stories in this collection include The entangled mermaid, The boy who wanted more cheese, The princess with twenty petticoats, The cat and the cradle, Prince Spin Head and Miss Snow White, The boar with the golden bristles, The ice king and his wonderful grandchild, The elves and their antics, The kabouters and the bells, The woman with three hundred and sixty-six children, The oni on his travels, The legend of the wooden shoe, The curly-tailed...
William Ellio Griffis (1843 A 1928) was the author of "The Firefly's Lovers," "The Unmannerly Tiger," "Brave Little Holland," and "Bonnie Scotland." S...
Long ago, in Dutch Fairy Land, there lived a family of mere or lake folks dwelling not far from the sea. Their home was a great pool of water, half salt and half fresh -- for it lay around an island near the mouth of a river.
Swimming out in the salt water, the mermaids would go in quest of pearls, coral, ambergris and other pretty things. These they would bring to their queen, or with them richly adorn themselves. Thus the Mermaid Queen and her maidens made a court of beauty -- famed wherever mermaids and merrymen lived. And they often talked of human maids.
"How funny it must be to...
Long ago, in Dutch Fairy Land, there lived a family of mere or lake folks dwelling not far from the sea. Their home was a great pool of water, half...
Described as a 'hermit nation' because it isolated itself from the rest of the world, Korea remained very little known to English speakers in the late nineteenth century. During his time in Japan, the American author and educator William Elliot Griffis (1843-1928), who did much to foster understanding between the United States and Japan, became fascinated by Korea and its influence on Japanese history and culture. This historical outline of Korea is compiled from printed sources and eyewitness accounts rather than from personal experience since Griffis was yet to visit Korea at this point....
Described as a 'hermit nation' because it isolated itself from the rest of the world, Korea remained very little known to English speakers in the late...
A respected authority on Japan, William Elliot Griffis (1843-1928) did much to foster understanding between the United States and Japan in the late nineteenth century. This was his most popular work on the subject. It is arranged in two sections, with maps and illustrations throughout. The first part is a detailed history of Japan from 660 BCE, covering factual events as well as mythological elements of the Japanese past. This is followed by a personal account of the four years Griffis lived in Japan, during which the country underwent significant modernisation. Highly successful, the work...
A respected authority on Japan, William Elliot Griffis (1843-1928) did much to foster understanding between the United States and Japan in the late ni...
