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The Magic ring : and other Oriental fairy tales / from the German of Herder, Liebeskind, and Krummacher.
Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Children's Literature and Childhood Available online
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- Book
- Series:
- Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Children's Literature and Childhood.
- Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Children's Literature and Childhood
- Language:
- English
- German
- Subjects (All):
- Fairy tales.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (300 pages, 9 unnumbered leaves of plates) : illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : James Miller, [1861]
- Language Note:
- In English; translated from the German.
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- Introduction: Orerob and Titania
- The journey
- The magic ring
- The dream of Mirza
- Abdallah
- The three sons
- The journey to Babylon
- El Rakham, or, The marriage-collar
- The birds of Solomon
- The Queen of the mountians
- The prisoner
- The enchanted well
- The man of sensibility
- The ass of Dadschial
- The water of life
- The recompense
- The blue palm-tree
- The consolation in misfortune
- The king and the goatherd
- The peasant of Bilbis
- The transformation
- The dream of Almet
- The vision of Bossaldab
- The best patrimony
- Queen Amberboah
- Hypocrisy
- Mostanser
- The fairy Barque
- The travelers
- Mahmood's mirror
- The prudent vizier
- Alaeddin
- Fidelity put to the test
- The sacred fire
- The adroit reproof.
- Notes:
- Wood engravings: frontispiece, added pictorial title page, title vignette, plates, illustrations, tail-pieces.
- Of four plates drawn and signed by Thwaites, 3 were engraved by Bobbett and Hooper, 1 by N. Orr; two plates engraved by R.S. Bross; one plate engraved by Brightly; one plate drawn by Dallis; six plates unsigned.
- "Introduction," by the translator: pages [13]-20.
- "Notes" by the translator: pages [292]-300.
- Publisher's advertisements, in the form of facsimile title pages: [6] pages at end.
- Thirty four fairy tales.
- "Illustrated."
- Reproduction of the original from the Baldwin Library of Historical Children's Literature, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Contains:
- Orerob and Titania.
- Journey.
- Magic ring.
- Dream of Mirza.
- Abdallah.
- Three sons.
- Journey to Babylon.
- El Rakham, or, The marriage-collar.
- Birds of Solomon.
- Queen of the mountians.
- Prisoner.
- Enchanted well.
- Man of sensibility.
- Ass of Dadschial.
- Water of life.
- Recompense.
- Blue palm-tree.
- Consolation in misfortune.
- King and the goatherd.
- Peasant of Bilbis.
- Transformation.
- Dream of Almet.
- Vision of Bossaldab.
- Best patrimony.
- Queen Amberboah.
- Hypocrisy.
- Mostanser.
- Fairy Barque.
- Travelers.
- Mahmood's mirror.
- Prudent vizier.
- Alaeddin.
- Fidelity put to the test.
- Sacred fire.
- Adroit reproof.
- OCLC:
- 260321315
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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