Celtic fairy tales
Subtitle: being the two collections 'Celtic fairy tales' & 'More Celtic fairy tales'
By: collected and annotated by Joseph Jacobs; illustrated by Victor Ambrus
Contributors: Jacobs, Joseph, 1854-1916, ed; Jacobs, Joseph, 1854-1916, ed
Publisher: World
Published: 1971
Place of publication: N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 330
Subjects: Celts; Folklore; Fairy tales
Other titles: More Celtic fairy tales.
Description: From the Dust Jacket: The success that met Joseph Jacob's edition of English Fairy Tales when it was first published in 1890 encouraged him to follow it with a collection of folk tales of Celtic origin. Jacobs published his two books of Celtic tales in 1892 and 1894. The stories represent every aspect of Celtic folklore from the comic "drolls" about acts of stupidity or cunning, such as the traditional Irish "Hudden and Dudden and Donald O'Neary", to heroic legends, such as "The Wooing of Olwen" taken from the Welsh Mabinogion. Jacobs made his collections primarily for the enjoyment of young readers. In telling the stories he retained as far as possible the style of the Irish, Scottish, or Welsh originals and they still read aloud beautifully. However, for the benefit of folklore specialists he added notes giving his sources for the stories. These were sometimes extant manuscripts, but more often the oral traditions of country people. He distinguished between those tales that are peculiarly Celtic and those with parallels in other parts of Europe. This is a complete edition of the forty-six stories in Jacobs' two Celtic collections together with both his prefaces and all his notes and references. It has been newly illustrated by Victor Ambrus.
Notes: "This ... edition gives the complete text of both books, exactly as printed in the 1892 and 1894 volumes ..." (Publisher's note, p. [3])

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Publisher's note --; title: Preface  -- Joseph Jacobs; title: Connla and the fairy maiden --; title: Guleesh --; title: Field of Boliauns --; title: Horned women --; title: Conall Yellowclaw --; title: Hudden and Dudden and Donald O'Neary --; title: Shepherd of Myddvai --; title: Sprightly tailor --; title: Story of Deirdre --; title: Munachar and Manachar --; title: Gold-tree and silver-tree --; title: King O'Toole and his goose --; title: Wooing of Olwen --; title: Jack and his comrades --; title: Shee an Gannon and the Gruagach Gaire --; title: Story-teller at fault --; title: Sea-maiden --; title: Legend of Knockmany --; title: Fair, brown, and trembling --; title: Jack and his master --; title: Beth Gellert --; title: Tale of Ivan --; title: Andrew Coffey --; title: Battle of the birds --; title: Brewery of eggshells --; title: Lad with the goat-skin --; title: Fate of the children of Lir --; title: Jack the cunning thief --; title: Powel, Prince of Dyfed --; title: Paddy O'Kelly and the weasel --; title: Black horse --; title: Vision of MacConglinney --; title: Dream of Owen O'Mulready --; title: Morraha --; title: Story of the McAndrew family --; title: Farmer of Liddesdale --; title: Greek princess and young gardener --; title: Russet dog --; title: Smallhead and King's sons --; title: Legend of Knockgrafton --; title: Elidore --; title: Leeching of Kayn's leg --; title: How Fin went to the kingdom of the big men --; title: How Cormac Mac Art went to Faery --; title: Ridere of riddles --; title: Tail --; title: Notes and references for Celtic Fairy Tales --; title: Notes and references for more Celtic Fairy Tales --; title: Index of stories.