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Title: Tales of Folk and Fairies
Author: Katharine Pyle
Release Date: June 27, 2008 [EBook #25913]
Language: English
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[Illustration: He took out his pipe and blew a tune.]
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TALES OF
FOLK AND FAIRIES
WRITTEN AND ILLUSTRATED
BY
KATHARINE PYLE
BOSTON
LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY
1929
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_Copyright, 1919_,
BY LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY.
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
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CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE
THE MEESTER STOORWORM _A Story from Scotland_ 1
JEAN MALIN AND THE BULL-MAN _A Louisiana Tale_ 22
THE WIDOW'S SON _A Scandinavian Tale_ 35
THE WISE GIRL _A Serbian Story_ 61
THE HISTORY OF ALI COGIA _From the Arabian Nights_ 72
OH! _A Cossack Story_ 101
THE TALKING EGGS _A Story from Louisiana_ 123
THE FROG PRINCESS _A Russian Story_ 137
THE MAGIC TURBAN, THE MAGIC SWORD AND THE MAGIC CARPET
_A Persian Story_ 159
THE THREE SILVER CITRONS _A Persian Story_ 180
THE MAGIC PIPE _A Norse Tale_ 201
THE TRIUMPH OF TRUTH _A Hindu Story_
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