[CONTENTS.]
| PAGE | ||
| Preface | [v] | |
| Introduction | [vii] | |
| Contents | [lxx] | |
| TALES AND NOTES. | ||
| I.— | Prince Csihan | [1] |
| Notes | [303] | |
| II.— | Stephen the Murderer | [7] |
| Notes | [306] | |
| III.— | The Lamb with the Golden Fleece | [13] |
| Notes | [312] | |
| IV.— | Fisher Joe | [15] |
| Notes | [313] | |
| V.— | Luck and Bliss- | [22] |
| Notes | [317] | |
| VI.— | The Lazy Cat | [23] |
| VII.— | Handsome Paul | [25] |
| Notes | [317] | |
| VIII.— | The Travels of Truth and Falsehood | [36] |
| Notes | [322] | |
| IX.— | The Hunting Princes | [39] |
| Notes | [324] | |
| X.— | The Lazy Spinning Girl | [46] |
| Notes | [330] | |
| XI.— | The Envious Sisters | [49] |
| Notes | [335] | |
| XII.— | Knight Rose | [54] |
| Notes | [339] | |
| XIII.— | Prince Mirkó | [59] |
| Notes | [344] | |
| XIV.— | The Student who was forcibly made King | [76] |
| Notes | [354] | |
| XV.— | The Children of the Two Rich Men | [80] |
| Notes | [355] | |
| XVI.— | The Hussar and the Servant Girl | [83] |
| Notes | [360] | |
| XVII.— | My Father's Wedding | [86] |
| Notes | [360] | |
| XVIII.— | The Baa-Lambs | [90] |
| Notes | [361] | |
| XIX.— | Fairy Elizabeth | [95] |
| Notes | [362] | |
| XX.— | The Three Princes | [110] |
| Notes | [373] | |
| XXI.— | The Three Dreams | [117] |
| Notes | [375] | |
| XXII.— | Csabor Ur | [123] |
| Notes | [380] | |
| XXIII.— | The Devil and the Three Slovák Lads | [126] |
| Notes | [383] | |
| XXIV.— | The Count's Daughter | [127] |
| Notes | [383] | |
| XXV.— | The Speaking Grapes | [131] |
| Notes | [383] | |
| XXVI.— | The Three Oranges | [133] |
| Notes | [386] | |
| XXVII.— | The Youngest Prince | [137] |
| Notes | [387] | |
| XXVIII.— | The Invisible Shepherd Lad | [141] |
| Notes | [387] | |
| XXIX.— | The Three Princesses | [144] |
| Notes | [388] | |
| XXX.— | Cinder Jack | [149] |
| Notes | [389] | |
| XXXI.— | The Three Brothers | [152] |
| Notes | [391] | |
| XXXII.— | The Three Valuable Things | [155] |
| Notes | [392] | |
| XXXIII.— | The Little Magic Pony | [157] |
| Notes | [392] | |
| XXXIV.— | The Beggars' Present | [161] |
| Notes | [394] | |
| XXXV.— | The World's Beautiful Woman | [163] |
| Notes | [395] | |
| XXXVI.— | The Girl without Hands | [182] |
| Notes | [397] | |
| XXXVII.— | The King and the Devil | [188] |
| Notes | [397] | |
| XXXVIII.— | The Three Princes, &c. | [196] |
| Notes | [399] | |
| XXXIX.— | The Widower and his Daughter | [207] |
| Notes | [401] | |
| XL.— | The Wishes | [217] |
| Notes | [402] | |
| XLI.— | The Two Orphans | [220] |
| Notes | [402] | |
| XLII.— | The Wonderful Frog | [224] |
| Notes | [404] | |
| XLIII.— | The Devil and the Red Cap | [225] |
| Notes | [405] | |
| XLIV.— | Jack Dreadnought | [228] |
| Notes | [405] | |
| XLV.— | The Secret keeping Little Boy | [232] |
| Notes | [406] | |
| XLVI.— | Shepherd Paul | [244] |
| Notes | [407] | |
| XLVII.— | The Pelican | [250] |
| Notes | [409] | |
| XLVIII.— | The Girl with the Golden Hair | [262] |
| Notes | [413] | |
| XLIX.— | The Lover's Ghost | [278] |
| Notes | [416] | |
| L.— | Snake Skin | [282] |
| Notes | [417] | |
| LI.— | The Fairies' Well | [288] |
| Notes | [418] | |
| LII.— | The Crow's Nest | [298] |
| Notes | [418] | |
| LIII.— | Woman's Curiosity | [301] |
| Notes | [421] | |
| Index | [423] | |
[MAGYAR FOLK-TALES.]
[PRINCE CSIHAN (NETTLES).]
There was once—I don't know where, at the other side of seven times seven countries, or even beyond them, on the tumble-down side of a tumble-down stove—a poplar-tree, and this poplar-tree had sixty-five branches, and on every branch sat sixty-six crows; and may those who don't listen to my story have their eyes picked out by those crows!