These two fascinating collections of folk tales collected and rewritten by Jacobs for children are supplemented by his notes and comments on the sources. They were first published in London in the early 1890s. This 2002 edition includes the original illustrations and an introductory essay by Haas about Jacobs, both his methods and the reasons for his editorial choices, and his life and scholarship.

Included are the Three Little Pigs, Jack and the Beanstalk, Henny-Penny, The Wee Bannock, The King o’ the Cats, and Tamlane among many others. It would be more accurate to label these collections folktales in the English language and its dialects, since the collection includes tales from many parts of the United Kingdom, and entries from Australia and the United States.

There is entertainment and wonder herein for both five-year-olds and scholars. ( )

Some of the notes at the end of the book were more interesting than the fairy tales themselves. There were a lot of the same stories in this collection that I've read in other collections. ( )

My copy of English Fairy Tales is a 1965 tenth printing of the 1942 Muller edition. The list of the stories given below is for that edition only:

Tom Tit Tot
The Three Sillies
The Old Woman and Her Pig
How Jack Went To Seek His Fortune
Mouse and Mouser
The Story of the Three Little Pigs
Titty Mouse and Tatty Mouse
The Story of the Three Bears
Henny-Penny
Lazy Jack
Johnny-Cake
The Cat and the Mouse
Master of all Masters
My Own Self
The Pedlar of Swaffham
The Hedley Kow
The Three Wishes
The King O' The Cats
The Wee, Wee Mannie
Jack Hannaford
Mr. Vinegar
Nix Nought Nothing
Cap O' Rushes
Jack and the Beanstalk
Teeny-Tiny
Mr. Miacca
Jack and His Golden Snuff-Box
Whittington and His Cat
The Strange Visitor
The Fish and the Ring
Jack the Giant-Killer
Kate Crackernuts
The Ass, The Table and the Stick
Fairy Ointment
The Well of the World's End
Hereafterthis
Tom Hickathrift
Gobborn Seer
Lawkamercyme
Johnny Gloke
The Old Witch
A Pottle O' Brains
The King of England and His Three Sons
The Stars in the Sky
The Little Bull-Calf
The Cauld Lad of Hilton
Catskin
The Princess of Canterbury
Childe Rowland
The Red Ettin
The Laidly Worm of Spindleston Heugh
King John and the Abbot of Canterbury
Tamlane
Black Bull of Norroway
The History of Tom Thumb
Mr Fox
The Magpie's Nest
A Son of Adam
Stupid's Cries
The Wise Men of Gotham

Aivan erinomaisia lyhyitä tarinoita ruuhkabussiin, aamun juuri heränneen mielen muuttamiseksi hymyhuuliin ja viihtyvyyden lisäämisen.
Kuuntelin lähinnä lyhyitä hauskoja tarinoita parantaakseni englannin lausumistani ja saadakseni aamuni paremmin käyntiin. Suosittelen =) ( )

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