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Material." An attempt has been made here to give a glimpse of folk and
fairy tales up to the time of the Grimms, and a view of modern
publications in France, Germany, England, and America. The Grimms
started a revolution in folk-lore and in their lifetime took part in
the collection of many tales of tradition and influenced many others
in the same line of work. An enumeration of what was accomplished in
their lifetime appears in the notes of _Grimm's Household Tales_,
edited by Margaret Hunt, published by Bonn's Libraries, vol. II, pp.
531. etc.

In modern times the Folk-Lore Society of England and America has been
established. Now almost every nation has its folk-lore society and
folk-tales are being collected all over the world. Altogether probably
Russia has collected fifteen hundred such tales, Germany twelve
hundred, Italy and France each one thousand, and India seven hundred.
The work of the Grimms, ended in 1859, was continued by Emanuel
Cosquin, who, in his _Popular Tales of Lorraine_, has made the most
important recent contribution to folklore,--important for the European
tale and important as showing the relation of the European tale to
that of India.

The principal recent collections of folk-lore are:--

_Legends and Fairy Tales of Ireland_. Croker. 1825.
_Welsh and Manx Tales_. Sir John Rhys. 1840-.
_Popular Rhymes of Scotland_. Chambers. 1847.
_Tales of the West Highlands_. Campbell. 1860.
_Popular Tales from the Norse_. Dasent. 1862.
_Zulu Nursery Tales_. Callaway. 1866.
_Old Deccan Days_. Frere. 1868.
_Fireside Tales of Ireland_. Kennedy. 1870.
_Indian Fairy Tales_. Miss Stokes. 1880.
_Buddhist Birth Stories_. Rhys Davids. 1880.
_Kaffir Folk-Lore_. Theal. 1882.
_Folk-Tales of Bengal_. Day. 1883.
_Wide Awake Stories_. Steel and Temple. 1884.
_Italian Popular Tales_. Crane. 1885.
_Popular Tales of Lorraine_. Cosquin. 1886.
_Popular Tales and Fictions_. Clouston. 1887.
_Folk-Tales of Kashmir_. Knowles. 1887.
_Tales of Ancient Egypt_. Maspero. 1889.
_Tales of the Sun_. Mrs. Kingscote. 1890.
_Tales of the Punjab_. Steel. 1894.
_Jataka Tales_. Cowell. 1895.
_Russian Folk-Tales_. Bain. 1895.
_Cossack Fairy Tales_. Bain. 1899.
_New World Fairy Book_. Kennedy. 1906.
_Fairy Tales, English, Celtic, and Indian_. Joseph Jacobs.
1910-11.

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