Tales and Popular Fictions - Their Resemblance, and Transmission From Country to Country #263335

Be the reception of this volume what it may, I think I can assure my readers that it is the last time we shall meet upon this ground. I have here, and in the Fairy Mythology, contri buted my full quota on the subjects of popular fiction and superstition; the days when inquiries respecting them could attract the general ear are departed, perhaps never to return, and graver studies now demand my attention. I have, I be lieve, made some few discoveries; and my name may, possibly, be mentioned by future critics and commentators. Small, however, in any case, is the portion of fame to which I can aspire.