Tales of 1928: A Selection of Folktales, Fables, and Legends from Books Published in 1928 by Various
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This anthology of folktales, fables, and legends has been selected from twenty different books published in 1928, covering a range of European stories (ancient and modern) along with stories from the Middle East, Asia, Africa, and the Americas. Many, but not all, of the stories are for young readers, featuring some well-known authors of children's literature, including Erick Berry, Paul Fenimore Cooper, Georgene Faulkner, and Eva March Tappan, among others. Several stories come from the "Book Trails" series, a 16-volume collection of stories and poems for children that was published in 1928 (and later reissued as an 8-volume series in 1946).<br /><br />TABLE OF CONTENTS<br /><br />Ancient Greek: "The Cranes of Ibycus" by William Byron Forbush [1868-1927] published in The Wonder Book of Myths and Legends. <br />Medieval European: "How the Proud Emperor Was Humbled" by Manuel Komroff [1890-1974] published in Tales of the Monks from the Gesta Romanorum.<br />Renaissance European: "Fables