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Pook Press celebrates the great Golden Age of Illustration in
children's literature. Many of the earliest children's books,
particularly those dating back to the 1850s and before, are now
extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Pook Press are working
to republish these classic works in affordable, high quality,
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This Is A New Release Of The Original 1883 Edition.
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book
may have occasional imperfectionssuch as missing or blurred pages,
poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the
original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We
believe this work is culturally important, and despite the
imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of
our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed
worksworldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the
imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this
valuable book.++++The below data was compiled from various
identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title.
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edition identification: ++++ Govinda Samanta: Or The History Of A
Bengal Raiyat, Volume 2; Govinda Samanta: Or The History Of A
Bengal Raiyat Lal Behari Day Macmillan, 1874 India
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book
may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages,
poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the
original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We
believe this work is culturally important, and despite the
imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of
our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works
worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in
the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
Pook Press celebrates the great Golden Age of Illustration in
children's literature. Many of the earliest children's books,
particularly those dating back to the 1850s and before, are now
extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Pook Press are working
to republish these classic works in affordable, high quality,
colour editions, using the original text and artwork so these works
can delight another generation of children.
As I was no stranger to the Mahrchen of the Brothers Grimm, to the
Norse Tales so admirably told by Dasent, to Arnason's Icelandic
Stories translated by Powell, to the Highland Stories done into
English by Campbell, and to the fairy stories collected by other
writers, and as I believed that the collection suggested would be a
contribution, however slight, to that daily increasing literature
of folk-lore and comparative mythology which, like comparative
philosophy, proves that the swarthy and half-naked peasant on the
banks of the Ganges is a cousin, albeit of the hundredth remove, to
the fair-skinned and well-dressed Englishman on the banks of the
Thames, I readily caught up the idea and cast about for materials.
But where was an old story- telling woman to be got? I had myself,
when a little boy, heard hundreds- it would be no exaggeration to
say thousands-of fairy tales from that same old woman, Sambhu's
mother-for she was no fictitious person; she actually lived in the
flesh and bore that name; but I had nearly forgotten those stories,
at any rate they had all got confused in my head, the tail of one
story being joined to the head of another, and the head of a third
to the tail of a fourth."
1883. None of the author's authorities knew English; they all told
their stories in Bengali, and he translated them into English when
he returned home. Partial Contents: Life's Secret; Indigent
Brahman; Story of the Rakshasas; Evil Eye of Sani; Boy Whom Seven
Mothers Suckled; Origin of Opium; Adventures of Two Thieves;
Ghost-Brahman; Man Who Wished to be Perfect; Ghostly Wife; Story of
a Hiraman; Boy With the Moon on His Forehead; Field of Bones.
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
1883. None of the author's authorities knew English; they all told
their stories in Bengali, and he translated them into English when
he returned home. Partial Contents: Life's Secret; Indigent
Brahman; Story of the Rakshasas; Evil Eye of Sani; Boy Whom Seven
Mothers Suckled; Origin of Opium; Adventures of Two Thieves;
Ghost-Brahman; Man Who Wished to be Perfect; Ghostly Wife; Story of
a Hiraman; Boy With the Moon on His Forehead; Field of Bones.
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