This time Joseph Jacobs takes us to mystic, far-off India - land of the Hindus. He has compiled legends and tales that have entertained the young people of India 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! * * * "Indian Folk and Fairy Tales," the fifth in a series of six books of collected stories by Joseph Jacobs, was originally published in 1912. This edition contains all twenty-nine of the original stories, all nine of the original full-page illustrations, all forty of the smaller illustrations, and all thirty letter blocks by John D. Batten. Also included are twenty-four pages of Mr. Jacobs' notes and references on the stories, for the interested scholar. * * * Included in this book are the stories: The Lion and the Crane; How the Raja's son won the Princess Labam; The Lambikin; Punchkin; The Broken Pot; The Magic Fiddle; The Cruel Crane Outwitted; Loving Laili; The Tiger, the Brahman, and the Jackal; The Soothsayer's Son; Harisaman; The Charmed Ring; The Talkative Tortoise; A Lac of Rupees for a bit of Advice; The Gold-Giving Serpent; The Son of Seven Queens; A Lesson for Kings; Pride Goeth Before A Fall; Raja Rasalu; The Ass in the Lion's Skin; The Farmer and the Money-Lender; The Boy who had a Moon on his Forehead and a Star on his Chin; The Prince and the Fakir; Why the Fish laughed; The Demon with the Matted Hair; The Ivory City and its Fairy Princess; How Sun, Moon, and Wind went out to Dinner; How the wicked Sons were Duped; and The Pigeon and the Crow. * * * This book is included with "English Folk and Fairy Tales" and "More English Folk and Fairy Tales" in the "Joseph Jacob's English, More English, and Indian Folk and Fairy Tales" volume of Flying Chipmunk's Joseph Jacob two-volume collection. * * * Check out the other Fairy Books from Flying Chipmunk Publishing!