Finnish legends for English children
By: by R. Eivind ; seven illustrations
Contributors: Crawford, John Martin, 1845-1916, translator
Series: The children's library; Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Children's Literature and Childhood; Children's library (T. Fisher Unwin (Firm)); Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Children's Literature and Childhood
Publisher: T. Fisher Unwin
Published: 1893
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 214
Subjects: Paraphrases; Children's stories; Folklore; Juvenile fiction; Legends; Adventure stories; Voyages and travels; Musicians; Marriage; Revenge; Magic; Kalevala
Other titles: Kalevala. Selections. English.
Notes: Title and illustrated series title pages printed in red and black.

Translated from the Finnish.

"The following stories cover almost all of the songs of the Kalevala, the great epic of the Finnish people ... In these stories Mr. T. [i.e. J] M. Crawford's metrical translation of the Kalevala has been quite closely followed"--Preface.

Reproduction of the original from the Baldwin Library of Historical Children's Literature, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida.