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"Georgian Folk Tales, by Marjory Wardrop" [1894],
I quite understand, my good friend,' said I, 'the contempt you bestow upon the nursery tales with which the Hajee and I have been entertaining each other; but, believe me, he who desires to be well acquainted with a people will not reject their popular stories or local superstitions. Depend upon it, that man is too far advanced into an artificial state of society who is a stranger to the effects which tales and stories like these have upon the feelings of a nation...'
"Sir John Malcolm's Sketches of Persia", ch. xvi.
Georgian Folk Tales
Translated By
Marjory Wardrop
Published By David Nutt
In The Strand, London
[1894]
Scanned, proofed and formatted , July 2006, by John Bruno Hare. This text is in the public domain in the United States because it was published prior to 1923.
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To
Dr. Edward B. Tylor
As A Slight Token Of
Admiration For His Great Talents,
These Translations Are
Respectfully DEDICATED
"Georgian Folk Tales, by Marjory Wardrop" [1894],
I quite understand, my good friend,' said I, 'the contempt you bestow upon the nursery tales with which the Hajee and I have been entertaining each other; but, believe me, he who desires to be well acquainted with a people will not reject their popular stories or local superstitions. Depend upon it, that man is too far advanced into an artificial state of society who is a stranger to the effects which tales and stories like these have upon the feelings of a nation...'
"Sir John Malcolm's Sketches of Persia", ch. xvi.
Georgian Folk Tales
Translated By
Marjory Wardrop
Published By David Nutt
In The Strand, London
[1894]
Scanned, proofed and formatted , July 2006, by John Bruno Hare. This text is in the public domain in the United States because it was published prior to 1923.
Title Page
Verso
To
Dr. Edward B. Tylor
As A Slight Token Of
Admiration For His Great Talents,
These Translations Are
Respectfully DEDICATED
