They are not in any sense academic translations, but vivid renditions by a man who, besides being a student of folklore, was an accomplished story-teller in his own right.

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THE SHOEMAKER'S APRON

A Second Book of Czechoslovak
Fairy Tales and Folk Tales

RETOLD BY
PARKER FILLMORE

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS
AND DECORATIONS BY
JAN MATULKA

NEW YORK