Folk-Lore and Legends: Oriental [Folklore]

New York and London: White and Allen, 1889. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. U.S. Secretary of State Robert Lansing's copy, with his bookplate on front endpaper (these were purchased from a family library in Henderson Harbor, NY, near his birthplace in Watertown, which included many other works owned by him). Board corners rubbed, some pages foxed. 1889 Hard Cover. viii, 192 pp. An anthology of folk tales collected from various Asian sources. Includes: The Cobbler Astrologer; The Legend of the Terrestrial Paradise of Shedad, the SOn of 'A'D; The Tomb of Noosheerwan; Ameen and the Ghool; The Relations of Ssidi Kur: The Adventures of the Rich Youth; The Adventures of the Beggar's Son; The Adventures of Massang; The Magician with the Swine's Head; The History of Sunshine and His Brother; The Wonderful man Who Overcame the Chan; The Bird-Man; The Painter and the Wood-carver; The Stealing of the Heart; The Man and His Wife; Of the Maiden Ssuwarandari; The Two Cats; Legend of Dhurrumnath; The Traveller's Adventures; The Seven Stages of Roostem; The Man Who Never Laughed; The Fox and the Wolf; The Shepherd and the Jogie; The Perfidious Vizier.