Old Deccan Days or Hindoo Fairy Legends Current in Southern India Collected from Oral Traditions by Sir Bartle Frere
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Old Deccan Days or Hindoo Fairy Legends Current in Southern India Collected from Oral Traditions by Sir Bartle Frere, published in 1868. The first English-language collection of Indian fairytales derived from oral tradition. The author was the daughter of the British governor of Bombay who transcribed the stories during her travels through the Deccan region of southern India in 1865. Includes: The Brahman, the Tiger, and the Six Judges, Singh Rajah and the Cunning Little Jackals, Brave Seventee Bai, The Valiant Chattee-Maker, etc. etc. Hardcover with original owners bookplate on endsheet. Light shelfwear to corners and ends.
