Fables & Folk-Tales from an Eastern Forest Collected and Translated by Walter Skeat
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Fables & Folk-Tales from an Eastern Forest Collected and Translated by Walter Skeat, published in 1901. Illustrated by F.H. Townsend. Twenty-six folk tales from the Malay Peninsula. The text is illustrated with photographs and drawings of Malaysian settings and animals, and the stories are accompanied by explanatory notes at the end of the text to clarify points of local history, religion, and language. Walter William Skeat was a British ethnographer who spent the 1890s studying the folklore, beliefs, and practices of the Malay Peninsula. He was the pre-eminent philologist of his time. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in comparative folklore or the fables of the Malay Peninsula. Hardcover with gilt-decorated cream-colored boards. Old coffee stain on cover, otherwise just light shelfwear.
