English Fairy Tales

English Fairy TalesMany generations of children have enjoyed the enduringly popular fairy tale collections of Joseph Jacobs, one of England's foremost folklorists. Through every change of fashion, their ability to delight and entertain has continued undiminished. The king and queens, the wicked giants, the clever youngest sons, the talking animals and trees, the magic cloaks that make their wearers invisiblethese elements stirred the imagination of our parents and

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this book is now considered the classic study of Houdini's strange deceptions

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folklore and myths

Specific information is given for each tree discussed: oaks

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he was in many respects un-Victorian in his writing: his ideas looked both backward to the great supernatural tradition of Romantic fiction and forward to the modern age