Soils and national characteristics differ, but fairy tales are the same in plot and incidents the world over. So proved the leading British folklorist Joseph Jacobs (1854-1916) with this now classic volume of 29 traditional tales from India, including some of the oldest recorded tales known. and “The Lion and the Crane, and ” and “How the Raja’s Son Won the Princess Labam, and ” and “The Broken Pot, and ” and “The Tiger, the Brahman, and the Jackal, and ” and “The Talkative Tortoise, and ” and “The Ass in the Lion’s Skin, and ” and “Why the Fish Laughed, and ” and “Sun, Moon, and Wind Go Out to Dinner, and ” and “The Prince and the Fakir, and ” and all the other stories make delightful reading or listening for youngsters who are tired of the same familiar old favorites. John D. Batten’s nine full-page plates and his 37 other drawings are reproduced from the original edition.

Indian Fairy Tales (Dover Children’s Classics) PDF

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