We are absolutely sure (which we scarcely ever are) that this book is a most pleasing volume.—Saturday Review.
The form in which they are presented is admirable, and nothing could be better in their way than Mr. Batten's designs to illustrate them.—North British Daily Mail.
Mr. Jacobs brings home to us in a clear and intelligible manner the enormous influence which Indian Fairy Tales have had upon European literature of the kind.—Gloucester Journal.
Mr. Jacobs is a delightful companion into a land of enchantment, and his successive books are treasures.—Notes and Queries.
The present combination will be welcomed not alone by the little ones for whom it is specially combined, but also by children of larger growth and added years.—Daily Telegraph.
Transcriber's Notes:
3. Minor punctuation errors have been corrected without comment and include missing or end of sentence comma and period errors and missing or misplaced quotation marks.
4. Spelling Corrections:
- p. 17, "yon" to "you" (a gentleman such as you)
- p. 27, "Pwyll" to "Powel" (he returned to Powel)
- p. 42, "Tiernyon" (2) to "Teirnyon" (21) (... said his wife unto Teirnyon) and (... said Teirnyon)
- p. 120 "daugher" to "daughter" (59) (let my daughter go)
- p. 125, "hegoes" to "he goes" (and down he goes to)
- p. 134, "Ill" to "I'll" (I'll try that upon thee)
- p. 138, "daughers" to "daughters" (69) ("Oh," said the daughters)
- p. 236, "bo" to "book" (Get this book if you can;)