Frere, Mary, 1845-1911

Hindoo fairy legends (Old Deccan days) / Collected from oral tradition by Mary Frere ; with an introduction and notes by Sir Bartle Frere. - xxx, 224 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 21 cm.

First edition, 1868, has title: Old Deccan days. "Unabridged republication of the third edition, as published by John Murray circa 1881."

A collection of folk tales from India's fairyland where rajas, ranis, rakshas, jackals, magicians, and cobras prevail.


Tales--India--Deccan.
Fairy tales--India--Deccan

PZ8.1.F89 / H5 1967