Irish Fairy Tales

***AUSTRALIAN AUTHOR***

Illustrated by John D. Batten. Stories selected by Jennifer Chandler, The Folklore Society.

The captivating Irish stories collected in this new edition include both comic tales such as 'Paddy O'Kelly and the Weasel', and tales of heroes from ancient literature such as 'How Cormac Mac Art went to Faery'.

By turns funny, fantastical and mysterious, the stories are matched in liveliness by the original illustrations of John D. Batten. It would be hard to find a better introduction for children to the special magic of Celtic storytelling.The stories in this book are taken from Joseph Jacob's classic two-volume collection n'Celtic Fairy Tales' (1891-2) and' More Celtic Fairy Tales' (1894)

Fairy Tales include:
Connla and the Fairy Maiden
Guleesh
The Field of Boliauns
The Horned Women
Hudden and Dudden and Donald O’Neary
The Story of Deirdre
Munachar and Manachar
King O’Toole and his Goose
Jack and his Comrades
The Shee an Gannon and the Gruagach Gaire
Jack and his Master
Andrew Coffey

AUTHOR
Joseph Jacobs (1854 -1916) was born in Sydney, Australia, sixth surviving son of John Jacobs, a publican who had emigrated from London c.1837, and his wife Sara. Jacobs was educated at Sydney Grammar School and at the University of Sydney, where he won a scholarship for classics, mathematics and chemistry. He did not complete his studies in Sydney, but left for England at the age of 18 and entered St John's College, Cambridge.

ISBN: 9781840224344
Author: JACOBS, JOSEPH
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 01/12/2001
RRP: $12.99
Pages: 240
Dimension: 198mm X 127mm
Imprint: Wordsworth