had the opportunity to visit with a friend and check out a few boxes of children's books she had kept from her childhood and her son's.
The books are quite old and many are out of print, so it was a wonderful chance to revisit with some stories I read when I was young and to discover others I'd never seen before.
Her new employer teaches a servant girl unusual names for familiar things, A muchread favorite when I was a child, about a master who calls everything by a fanciful name until the bright cockalorum catches the cat's tail on fire and the poor servant has quite a mouthful putting things to rights! Fairy tale published in thes, holds up pretty well and is still funny.
Very easy to see how this would delight young little Brits for ages, Very cute! Absolute hoot and jolly fun for those who enjoy silly stories, Joseph Jacobs was an Australian folklorist, literary critic, historian and writer of English literature who became a notable collector and publisher of English Folklore.
His work went on to popularize some of the worlds best known versions of English fairy tales including Jack and the Beanstalk, Goldilocks and the three bears, The Three Little Pigs, Jack the Giant Killer and The History of Tom Thumb.
He published his English fairy tale collections: English Fairy Tales inand More English Fairytales inbut also went on after and in between both books to publish fairy tales collected from continental Europe as well as Jewish, Celtic and Indian Fairytales which made him one of the most popular writers of fairytales for the Joseph Jacobs was an Australian folklorist, literary critic, historian and writer of English literature who became a notable collector and publisher of English Folklore.
His work went on to popularize some of the worlds best known versions of English fairy tales including "Jack and the Beanstalk", "Goldilocks and the three bears", "The Three Little Pigs", "Jack the Giant Killer" and "The History of Tom Thumb".
He published his English fairy tale collections: English Fairy Tales inand More English Fairytales inbut also went on after and in between both books to publish fairy tales collected from continental Europe as well as Jewish, Celtic and Indian Fairytales which made
him one of the most popular writers of fairytales for the English language.
Jacobs was also an editor for journals and books on the subject of folklore which included editing the Fables of Bidpai and the Fables of Aesop, as well as articles on the migration of Jewish folklore.
He also edited editions of "The Thousand and One Nights", He went on to join The Folklore Society in England and became an editor of the society journal Folklore.
Joseph Jacobs also contributed to the Jewish Encyclopedia, For information, please see sitelink sitelink,
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