Fifty Famous Stories Retold (version 2)
Author: first_name: James
last_name: Baldwin
Language: English
Year: 1896

Some have a slight historical value; some are useful as giving point to certain great moral truths; others are products solely of the fancy, and are intended only to amuse. Some are derived from very ancient sources, and are current in the literature of many lands; some have come to us through the ballads and folk tales of the English people; a few are of quite recent origin (Excerpt from text)