In the Land of Marvels - Folk-Tales From Austria and Bohemia #244335

The following collection of folk-tales from Lower Austria and Bohemia was made by Prof. Vernaleken, who wrote them down faithfully from word of mouth, and published them as a sort of supplement to the Children's and Household Stories of the Brothers Grimm, which were derived mostly from North-Western Germany.<br><br>As these excursions into the land of marvels not only delight the imagination of youthful readers, but afford rich material to the scientific student of the history of the human spirit, a few words upon this subject may not be out of place in introducing the volume to English readers.<br><br>The Märchen or folk tale is a form of oral tradition which has come down from lip to lip from the remotest antiquity j borne in olden times in the memory of bards or reciters, and now preserved as a house-lore among the peasantry of Europe.