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Indian fairy tales

by Joseph Jacobs (Compiler), John Dickson Batten (Illustrator), Eva González Rosales, Helen Baker, Gloria Cardew, Ed Jacobs, Joseph Joseph Jacobs, Hanson & Co. bkp CU-BANC Ballantyne, Hampstead Bindery. bnd CU-BANC & Hanson and Co. bkp CU-BANC Ballantyne

  • First published:
  • 18th century
  • Language: English
  • Content type: FictionJuvenilePrimary source
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"Indian Fairy Tales" by Joseph Jacobs is a collection of folk stories compiled and edited in the late 19th century. The book encompasses a variety of tales that highlight the rich cultural tapestry and storytelling traditions of India, featuring themes of magic, moral lessons, and the exploits of clever protagonists, including princes, animals, and spirits. The opening portion of the collection introduces readers to a selection of tales, starting with the story of "The Lion and the Crane," where the crane helps a lion with a thorn in his throat, only to face ingratitude from the lion later. It sets the stage for the whimsical and thoughtful nature of this anthology. Another tale features a raja's son who defies his mother's warnings, seeks out the enchanting Princess Labam, and faces numerous challenges, including the help of new friends like ants and tigers. These stories explore the importance of wisdom, kindness, and the consequences of one's actions, preparing the reader for the moral undercurrents that will run throughout Jacobs' enchanting collection. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Legendary beings and transformations, Mythology, folklore, and sacred legends, and Ritual magic and grimoires.

  • Ritual magic and grimoires

    Controlled discovery queries from openlibrary-historical matched “Magic”. Retained metadata contains “Magic” in the description and “Magic” in the subject metadata.

    • “Magic”· via Open Library
    • “Magic”· in description
    • “Magic”· in subject
  • Legendary beings and transformations

    Controlled discovery queries from openlibrary and openlibrary-historical matched “Fairies”.

    • “Fairies”· via Open Library
  • Mythology, folklore, and sacred legends

    Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive, online-books-page, openlibrary, openlibrary-historical, and project-gutenberg matched “Fairy tales”, “Folklore”, “folklore”, and 4 additional term(s). Retained metadata contains “Fairy tales” in the title, “Tales” in the title, “Fairy tales” in the description, and 5 additional metadata match(es).

    • “Fairy tales”· via Internet Archive
    • “Fairy tales”· via The Online Books Page
    • “Folklore”· via The Online Books Page
    • “Tales”· via The Online Books Page
    • “Fairy tales”· via Open Library
    • “Folklore”· via Open Library

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Editions

Open Library reports 73 editions; 7 cataloged here.

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1892-01-01T00:00:00ZNew York : G.P. Putnam's Sons; [etc.,etc.]English—Public digitized item

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1892-01-01T00:00:00ZNew York : A. L. BurtEnglish—Public digitized item

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1890

1890———Source listed online copy

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Cataloging notes

  • Contributing institution: New York Public Library
  • Contributing institution: Robarts - University of Toronto
  • Contributing institution: University of California Libraries
  • Digitization sponsor: MSN
  • Discovery required Internet Archive search metadata to report a PDF format; the exact direct-file URL is added only after the item's file listing confirms an unrestricted PDF filename.
  • Illustrators: Batten, John D. (John Dickson)
  • Open Library reports 1 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
  • Open Library reports 11 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
  • Open Library reports 73 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
  • Original print publication date and source edition are absent from Project Gutenberg metadata.
  • Scanner: ias6
  • Scanner: nycs5
  • Scanner: rich6
  • Scanner: rich7
  • Scanner: rich8
  • Source-listed Library of Congress call number(s): GR305 .J2
  • The Online Books Page bibliographic note: 1890
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