Fairy Tales from Old Worlds Across the Sea
TALES OF FOLK AND FAIRIES
By KATHARINE PYLE
Author of
“Wonder Tales Retold,” “In the Green Forest,” etc.
With Illustrations by the author.
From the old worlds across the seas come these fairy tales,—from Scotland and Scandinavia, from the Cossacks and the Russians and the Serbians, from Persia and India and Arabia and Bengal. There are stories of enchanted princes and bewitched princesses, of brave deeds and clever ones, of wonderful things like talking eggs and a magic pipe and a carpet that flew and a turban that made its wearer invisible. There are tales for boys, like that one of the brave lad who killed the “Stoorworm”; there are stories for girls, as that one about the wise girl who could guess the hardest riddle the King could ask. And there are stories about animals and birds for both boys and girls, such as “The Jackal and the Alligator” and the story of the beautiful black horse that befriended the widow’s son.