Czech Folk Tales

by Unknown

CONTENTS

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	[PREFACE]							vii
	[INTRODUCTION]							xiii
	[THE TWELVE MONTHS.] From B.Němcová							1
	[VÍŤAZKO.] From B.Němcová							16
	[BOOTS, CLOAK, AND RING.] From B. M. Kulda							39
	[SILLY JURA.] From B. M. Kulda							55
	[SLEEPY JOHN.] From B. M.Kulda							61
	[THREE DOVES.] From B. M.Kulda							71
	[THE BEAR, THE EAGLE, AND THEFISH.] From Elpl							98
	[KOJATA.] From V. Tille							103
	[SHEPHERD HYNEK.] FromKubín							111
	[THE THREE ROSES.] FromKubín							123
	[THE ENCHANTED PRINCESSES.] FromKubín							129
	[THE TWIN BROTHERS.] From“Český Lid,” xiii. p. 84							142
	[THE WATERNICK.] FromKubín							151
	[THE MAN WHO MET MISERY.] FromKubín							157
	[NINE AT A BLOW.] From“Český Lid,”xiii. p. 130							161
	[A CLEVER LASS.] FromKubín							165
	[THE SOLDIER AND THE DEVIL.]From “Český Lid,” xiii.p. 167							170
	[OLD NICK AND KITTY.] FromKubín							179
	[THE KNIGHT BAMBUS.] FromKubín							182
	[FRANCIS AND MARTIN.] From“Český Lid,” xiii. p.213							186
	[WITCHES AT THE CROSS.] From Kubín							190
	[THE WITCH AND THE HORSESHOES.]From Kubín							191
	[THE HAUNTED MILL.] FromKubín							195

The first two illustrations are copies of pictures by Josef Mánes; the others have been drawn by Mr. E. Staňek, who in some cases has adapted drawings by Mikuláš Aleš.