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The Astrolabe
Walter Skeat
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The Astrolabe
Walter Skeat
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This Is A New Release Of The Original 1901 Edition.
1901. The tales contained in this volume were taken down from the
lips of the Malay peasantry, in the twilight of their own tropical
jungle, during the progress of the Cambridge Expedition of 1899
through the remoter states of the Malay Peninsula. The tales
themselves are the merest gleanings from an extensive
harvest-field, and make no pretensions whatever to any completeness
or finality. Illustrated. Sample Contents: King of the Tigers is
Sick; A Vegetarian Dispute; Pelican's Punishment; Tiger Get His
Deserts; Tiger and the Shadow; Wit Wins the Day; Elephant Princess
and the Prince; Saint that Was Shot Out of His Own Cannon; Legend
of Patani; Malayan Deluge; King Solomon and the Birds; Silver
Prince, and Princess Lemon-grass
This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy
Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive
selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to
reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional
imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor
pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues
beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving and promoting the world's literature.
This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy
Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive
selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to
reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional
imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor
pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues
beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving and promoting the world's literature.
The tales contained in this volume were taken down from the lips of
the Malay peasantry, in the twilight of their own tropical jungle,
during the progress of the Cambridge Expedition of 1899 through the
remoter states of the Malay Peninsula. The tales themselves are the
merest gleanings from an extensive harvest-field, and make no
pretensions whatever to any completeness or finality. Illustrated.
Sample Contents: King of the Tigers is Sick; A Vegetarian Dispute;
Pelican's Punishment; Tiger Get His Deserts; Tiger & the
Shadow; Wit Wins the Day; Elephant Princess & the Prince; Saint
that Was Shot Out of His Own Cannon; Legend of Patani; Malayan
Deluge; King Solomon & the Birds; Silver Prince, & Princess
Lemon-grass
Originally published in 1901, this book contains twenty six folk
tales from the Malay peninsula. The text is illustrated with
photographs and drawings of Malaysian settings and animals, and the
stories are accompanied by explanatory notes at the end of the text
to clarify points of local history, religion and language. This
book will be of value to anyone with an interest in comparative
folklore or the fables of the Malay peninsula.
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