Over a century ago, Joseph Jacobs began collecting the first known set of English fairy tales. His first book, "English Folk and Fairy Tales," was very well received by the English-speaking world and demand for more such stories led to this volume, "European Folk and Fairy Tales." He has compiled legends and tales that have entertained the young people of European continent for more than a thousand years, tales full of suspense, action, ghosts, magic, wicked stepmothers, love lost, imps, and fairies. And not all have happily-ever-after endings! * * * "European Folk and Fairy Tales," the last in a series of six books of collected stories by Joseph Jacobs, was originally published in 1916. This edition contains all twenty-five of the original stories and all forty-eight illustrations by John D. Batten. Also included are thirty-one pages of Mr. Jacobs' notes and references on the stories, for the interested scholar. * * * Included in this book are the stories: The Cinder-Maid; All Change; The King of the Fishes; Scissors; Beauty and the Beast; Reynard and Bruin; The Dancing Water, the Singing Apple, and the Speaking Bird; The Language of Animals; The Three Soldiers; A Dozen at a Blow; The Earl of Cattenborough; The Swan Maidens; Androcles and the Lion; Day-Dreaming; Keep Cool; The Master Thief; The Unseen Bridegroom; The Master-Maid; A Visitor from Paradise; Inside Again; John the True; Johnnie and Grizzle; The Clever Lass; Thumbkin; and Snowwhite. * * * This book is included with "Celtic Folk and Fairy Tales" and "More Celtic Folk and Fairy Tales" in the "Joseph Jacob's Celtic, More Celtic, and European Folk and Fairy Tales" volume of Flying Chipmunk's Joseph Jacob two-volume collection. * * * Check out the other Fairy Books from Flying Chipmunk Publishing!