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JAPANESE FAIRYTALES
Second Series.RETOLD BYTERESAPEIRCE WILLISTON
ILLUSTRATED BYSANCHI OGAWA1911
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AFOREWORDASTORYfrom the Land of Far Away! What mystery, what charm itholds for childhood! With quickened breath, with parted lips and shiningeyes, the little voyager sets foot on the wonderful shore of Story Land.Pulsating with interest, he greets the hero of that land, follows hisadventures, and shares his struggles; learns the universal language ofsympathy by sharing in the hopes and fears, the toil and the laughter ofthat other one, his brother now through the magic bonds of the story.I have endeavored in this book, both through the illustrations and the“atmosphere” of the stories themselves, to bring the wee brothers fromoverseas as vividly as possible before the little folk of America. I hope thechildren who read these tales will see the beauty and charm of this lifethrough the glamour of romance and the haze of tradition with whichgenerations of story-loving Japanese have enwrapped it.In Collecting these stories I am greatly indebted to Mr. Katayama ofTokyo, and in planning the art work am under obligations to Miss BerthaPhilpott of the Art Institute of Chicago for many helpful suggestions. Mr.Sanchi Ogawa, who illustrated the first series of Japanese Fairy Tales, hasfurnished the illustrations for this volume with the exception of thefrontispiece and the cover design, which are by Mr. Kyohei Inukai.--The Author.
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THE TABLE OF CONTENTSAForewordTHE FIRSTRABBITSLORD BAG OF RICEPEACH DARLINGTHE OLD MAN WITH AWARTTHE EIGHTY-ONE BROTHERSTHE BAMBOO-CUTTER’S DAUGHTER--The Bamboo PrincessThe Great Stone BowlThe Branch of the Jewel TreeThe Fire RobeThe Shell in the Swallows’NestThe Dragon JewelThe Smoke of Fuji Yama
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