Joseph Jacobs (1854-1916) has complied this collection of Indian fairy tales. Jacobs was a noted folklorist and creator of the Jewish Encyclopedia. His collections of Fairy Tales include English, Celtic Jewish and Indian tales. Stories in this collection include The Lion and the Crane, How them Raja's Son Won the Princess Labam, The Lambkin, Punchkin, The Broken Pot, The Magic Fiddle, The Cruel Crane Outwitted, Loving Laili, The Tiger, the Brahman and the Jackal, The Soothsayer's Son, Harisarman, The Charmed Ring, The Talkative Tortoise, A Lac of Rupees For a Piece of Advice, The Gold-Giving...

A Child's Anti-Slavery Book Containing a Few Words About American Slave Children and Stories of Slave-Life is a book written for children with an introduction about slave life and several stories by various authors. The introduction explains in simple terms why some children are free while others are born slaves. The language is simple yet conveys the author's message against the wickedness of slavery. Stories included are: Little Lewis - The Story of a slave Boy, Mark and Hasty, Aunt Judy's Story - A Story from Real Life, and Me Neber Give it Up. This would be an excellent book added to an...