Connla of the Fiery Hair was son of Conn of the Hundred Fights. One day as he stood by the side of his father on the height of Usna, he saw a maiden clad in strange attire coming towards him. "Whence comest thou, maiden?" said Connla. "I come from the Plains of the Ever Living," she said, "there where there is neither death nor sin.

Connla of the Fiery Hair was son of Conn of the Hundred Fights. One day as he stood by the side of his father on the height of Usna, he saw a maiden clad in strange attire coming towards him. "Whence comest thou, maiden?" said Connla. "I come from the Plains of the Ever Living," she said, "there where there is neither death nor sin.

Joseph Jacobs complied More English Fairy Tales as a sequel to English Fairy Tales. Many of the stories were in print for the first time. Stories included in this collection are: The Pied Piper of Franchville, Hereafterthis, The Golden Ball, My Own Self, The Black Bull of Norroway, Yallery Brown, Three Feathers, Sir Gammer Vans, Tom Hickathrift, The Hedley Kow, Gobborn Seer, Lawkamercyme, Tattercoats, The Wee Bannock, Johnny Gloke, Coat O Clay, The Three Cows, The Blinded Giant, Scrapefoot, The Pedlar of Swaffham, The Old Witch, The Three Wishes, The Buried Moon, A Son of Adam, The Children...

Over a century ago, Joseph Jacobs began collecting the first known set of English fairy tales, in response to a then popular feeling that "there were no English fairy tales," and so contributing heavily to the field of fairy tale studies. His first book,

Over a century ago, Joseph Jacobs began collecting the first known set of English fairy tales, in response to a then popular feeling that "there were no English fairy tales," and thereby contributing heavily to the field of fairy tale studies. This is boo

For untold generations in countless Irish cottages, in front of peat-fueled fires, some of the gayest, most fanciful, and most sparkling folk tales that ever caused young eyes to grow brighter and young hearts to beat faster were told. Fathers and mothers

This time Joseph Jacobs takes us to mystic, far-off India land of the Hindus. He has compiled legends and tales that have entertained the young people of India for more than a thousand years, tales full of suspense, action, ghosts, magic, wicked stepmo

Over a century ago, Joseph Jacobs began collecting the first known set of English fairy tales. His first book, English Folk and Fairy Tales, was very well received by the English-speaking world and demand for more such stories led to this volume, Europ

Concerned with the continuing, and growing, anti-Semitism of his day, Jacobs laid presented a statement of the Jewish contribution to civilization. Beginning with the convention of Jewish self-recognition as the people of the book, he sketches the relationship between the church and the Jews. He notes that Jews in the Middle Ages were intellectual intermediaries and their works had a profound impact on Medieval thought. Their roles in commerce and capitalism are explored. Noting the contribution throughout history of Jews to the cause of liberality, Jacob makes a profound case for seeing the...