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A Harvest of World Folk Tales

Milton Rugoff

First published 1949
Publisher The Viking Press
Format Hardcover
Type Anthology
Pages xviii+734

First edition, first printing. Data from OCLC/WorldCat. It is not known if this printing was sold with a dust jacket.

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Page Title Author(s) Type
4 The Old Woman Leo Frobenius & Douglas C. Fox Short Story
25 Takise Blaise Cendrars Short Story
29 Marandenboni Blaise Cendrars Short Story
33 The Legend of the Elephant Blaise Cendrars Short Story
38 The Isinyandende Frank Brownlee Short Story
39 Talk Harold Courlander Short Story
47 Jack and the Varmints Richard Chase Short Story
53 Jack's Hunting Trip Richard Chase Short Story
56 Old Gally Mander Isabel Gordon Carter Short Story
60 The Tar Baby Dora Lee Newman Short Story
64 Dicey and Orpus Barnet Phillips Short Story
65 The Man and His Boots Joel Chandler Harris Short Story
67 Big John the Conqueror Stetson Kennedy Short Story
71 Why Women Always Take Advantage of Men Zora Neale Hurston Short Story
74 Davy Crockett: Sunrise in His Pocket Constance Rourke Short Story
79 Paul Bunyan's Big Griddle Constance Rourke Short Story
81 Paul's Cornstalk Esther Shephard Short Story
85 John Henry and the Machine in West Virginia Walter Blair Short Story
96 The Creation of Man Stephen Powers Short Story
99 The Pleiades W. M. Beauchamp Short Story
100 The Raven Brings Light Edward William Nelson Short Story
103 The Discontented Grass Plant Caroline Cunningham Short Story
108 The Shining Lodge Caroline Cunningham Short Story
111 The Hermit Mítsina Frank Hamilton Cushing Short Story
119 The Rabbit Huntress Frank Hamilton Cushing Short Story
127 The Deceived Blind Men Walter James Hoffman Short Story
134 The First Kalandar's Tale Richard F. Burton Short Story
140 The Barber's Tale of His Sixth Brother Richard F. Burton Short Story
144 Tale of the Devout Israelite Richard F. Burton Short Story
146 Khusrau and the Fisherman Richard F. Burton Short Story
147 The Ruined Man Who Became Rich Again Through a Dream Richard F. Burton Short Story
148 The Fifth Voyage of Sindbad the Seaman Richard F. Burton Short Story
157 The King and His Wazir's Wife Richard F. Burton Short Story
159 The Woman of the Well E. S. Stevens Short Story
165 The Lady and the Unjust Judge Allan Ramsay Short Story
167 Chapkin the Scamp Allan Ramsay Short Story
171 What Happened to Hadji Allan Ramsay Short Story
173 Nasr-ed-Din Hodja in the Pulpit Allan Ramsay Short Story
175 The Hodja and the Caldron Allan Ramsay Short Story
176 The Hodja and the Burglar Allan Ramsay Short Story
176 The Hodja Visits Halil Alice Geer Kelsey Short Story
182 Planting a Pear Tree P'u Sung-Ling Short Story
183 A Taoist Priest P'u Sung-Ling Short Story
186 The Thunder God P'u Sung-Ling Short Story
189 Retribution Richard Wilhelm (1873-1930) Short Story
191 The Sorcerer of the White Lotus Lodge Richard Wilhelm (1873-1930) Short Story
193 The Cinnamon Tree in the Moon Wolfram Eberhard Short Story
195 Women Wolfram Eberhard Short Story
200 Anpu and Bata W. M. Flinders Petrie Short Story
208 The Shipwrecked Sailor W. M. Flinders Petrie Short Story
212 The Doomed Prince W. M. Flinders Petrie Short Story
215 The Treasures of Rhampsinitus W. M. Flinders Petrie Short Story
224 The Hedley Kow M. C. Balfour Short Story
227 Coat o' Clay M. C. Balfour Short Story
231 The King O' the Cats Joseph Jacobs Short Story
233 The Master and His Pupil S. Baring-Gould Short Story
236 Dick Whittington unknown Short Story
242 Jack and the Beanstalk Joseph Jacobs Short Story
247 Robin Hood and the Butcher William J. Thoms Short Story
249 Robin Hood and the Beggar William J. Thoms Short Story
251 The Giants of Castle Treen William Bottrell Short Story
256 The Piskeys on Selena Moor William Bottrell Short Story
262 The Bailie's Daughter J. F. Campbell Short Story
267 The Widow and Her Daughters J. F. Campbell Short Story
270 Get Up and Bar the Door F. J. Child Poem
272 Our Goodman F. J. Child Poem
280 The Destuction of the Sampo Babette Deutsch Short Story
286 The Last Adventure Babette Deutsch Short Story
292 The Pig-Headed Wife James Cloyd Bowman & Margery Bianco Short Story
295 Lippo and Tapio James Cloyd Bowman & Margery Bianco Short Story
304 The Adventures of Renard Jacques Dorey Short Story
314 The Theft of a Smell François Rabelais Short Story
316 The Shroud of Mari-Yvonne Anatole Le Braz Short Story
321 Devil-May-Care F. M. Luzel Short Story
331 The Men Who Wouldn't Stay Dead Pierre Legrand d'Aussy Short Story
333 Our Lady's Tumbler P. H. Wicksteed Short Story
337 Cinderilla Charles Perrault Short Story
346 The Frog-King, or Iron Henry Jacob Grimm & Wilhelm Grimm Short Story
350 The Valiant Little Tailor Jacob Grimm & Wilhelm Grimm Short Story
358 Old Hildebrand Jacob Grimm & Wilhelm Grimm Short Story
358 The Fox and the Geese Jacob Grimm & Wilhelm Grimm Short Story
362 Knoist and His Three Sons Jacob Grimm & Wilhelm Grimm Short Story
363 Death's Messengers Jacob Grimm & Wilhelm Grimm Short Story
364 Hansel and Grethel Jacob Grimm & Wilhelm Grimm Short Story
371 Peter Klaus Otmar Short Story
374 The Schildbürger Build a Council House W. A. Clouston Short Story
375 The Tale of a Merry Dance M. A. Jagendorf Short Story
377 Tyll Proves to Fools How Great Is Their Folly M. A. Jagendorf Short Story
379 Word, Wit, and Merry Game Bring Money, Joy, and Pleasant Fame M. A. Jagendorf Short Story
380 Tyll's Last Prank M. A. Jagendorf Short Story
386 Nobody and Polyphemus Rev. George W. Cox Short Story
392 Tantalus Rev. George W. Cox Short Story
394 Medea Rev. George W. Cox Short Story
397 Narcissus Rev. George W. Cox Short Story
398 Orpheus and Eurydice Rev. George W. Cox Short Story
401 Diana and Actaeon Thomas Bulfinch Short Story
403 Daedalus, Icarus, and the Wings Thomas Bulfinch Short Story
405 Cupid and Psyche Thomas Bulfinch Short Story
411 Hercules: The Eleventh Task Katharine Pyle Short Story
415 The Man and the Satyr Aesop Short Story
415 The Wolf and the Crane Aesop Short Story
416 The House Dog and the Wolf Aesop Short Story
417 The Farthing Rushlight Aesop Short Story
417 The Old Woman and the Wine Jar Aesop Short Story
417 The Travelers and the Bear Aesop Short Story
418 The Old Woman and the Physician Aesop Short Story
419 The Ass Carrying Salt Aesop Short Story
419 The Old Man and Death Aesop Short Story
420 The Bald Knight Aesop Short Story
420 The Fox and the Crow Aesop Short Story
420 The Lion and Ass Go Hunting Aesop Short Story
421 The Ass's Shadow Aesop Short Story
426 Holding the Truth unknown Short Story
431 The Robbers and the Treasure unknown Short Story
435 The Golden Goose unknown Short Story
436 The Greedy Jackal Caught unknown Short Story
438 The Judas Tree unknown Short Story
439 Rama and Sita unknown Short Story
443 Mouse-Maid Made Mouse Arthur W. Ryder Short Story
447 The Lion Makers Arthur W. Ryder Short Story
448 The Loyal Mungoose Arthur W. Ryder Short Story
450 The Brahman and the Pot of Rice Max Müller (orientalist) Short Story
451 The Mice That Ate Iron Somadeva Bhatta & C. H. Tawney Short Story
452 Devabhuti and the Foolish Magistrate Somadeva Bhatta & C. H. Tawney Short Story
453 The Three Fastidious Men Somadeva Bhatta & C. H. Tawney Short Story
455 The King Who Was Fried Flora Annie Steel Short Story
464 Deirdre Joseph Jacobs Short Story
475 The Field of Boliauns T. Crofton Croker Short Story
478 Cuchullin and Fardia Standish O'Grady Short Story
483 A Legend of Knockmany William Carleton Short Story
494 Hudden and Dudden and Donald O'Neary Alfred Nutt Short Story
499 Teig O'Kane and the Corpse Douglas Hyde Short Story
516 The Untamed Shrew Giovanni Francesco Straparola Short Story
520 The Cunning Cat Giovanni Francesco Straparola Short Story
525 The Merchant Giovanni Batista Basile Short Story
535 Pinto Smalto Giambattista Basile Short Story
540 Bastianelo Dom. Giuseppe Bernoni Short Story
543 The Thoughtless Abbot Giuseppe Pitrè Short Story
545 Scissors They Were Giuseppe Pitrè Short Story
550 Abraham and the Idols Hyman Hurwitz Short Story
551 The Lord Helpeth Man and Beast Samuel Taylor Coleridge Short Story
553 The Princess and Rabbi Joshuah Hyman Hurwitz Short Story
554 The Wife's One Wish Hyman Hurwitz Short Story
555 The Thoughtful Father Hyman Hurwitz Short Story
557 Rabbi Eliezer Enjoys an Exception Hyman Hurwitz Short Story
558 Know Before You Criticize Nathan Ausubel Short Story
559 The Wise Rogue Moses Gaster Short Story
560 The Helm Goat Mystery Nathan Ausubel Short Story
565 Higher Mathematics in Helm Nathan Ausubel Short Story
565 Pinya of Helm Solomon Simon Short Story
569 King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba Nathan Ausubel Short Story
574 The Buried Money Moses Gaster Short Story
575 Alone with God Chajim Bloch Short Story
576 Joseph and Potiphar's Wife Louis Ginzberg Short Story
582 Father Bird and Fledglings Glückel of Hameln Short Story
584 Song of the Kid Traditional Short Story
590 Lesson for Lesson J. Frank Dobie Short Story
592 The Incubus Ricardo Rojas Short Story
595 The Coyote and Juan's Maguey Dan Storm Short Story
598 Repaying Good with Evil Riley Aiken Short Story
601 A Time for Everything Riley Aiken Short Story
603 Ayaymama Ciro Alegria Short Story
603 Wine and the Devil Riley Aiken Short Story
607 Brer Rabbit, Businessman Carmen Lyra Short Story
612 The Yara Affonso Arinhos de Melo Franco Short Story
615 The Legend of Agustín Lorenzo Frances Toor Short Story
622 The Golden Cock Ida Zeitlin Short Story
630 The Soldier and the Demons Ida Zeitlin Short Story
639 The Seven Simeons Jeremiah Curtin (in error) Short Story
645 The Wondrous Wonder A. N. Afanas'ev Short Story
647 The Earth Will Have Its Own Adolf Dirr Short Story
650 The Serpent and the Peasant Marjory Wardrop Short Story
652 A Witty Answer Marjory Wardrop Short Story
653 The Khevsouri and the Eshmahkie George Papashvily & Helen Papashvily Short Story
658 Odin's Search for Wisdom Hamilton Wright Mabie Short Story
662 The Making of the Hammer Hamilton Wright Mabie Short Story
666 How Thor Found His Hammer Hamilton Wright Mabie Short Story
671 The Archer and the King Saxo Grammaticus Short Story
672 Why the Sea Is Salt Peter Asbjörnsen & Jörgen Moe Short Story
676 The Master Thief Peter Asbjörnsen & Jörgen Moe Short Story
689 Bjarni Sveinssen and His Sister Salvör Jón Arnason Short Story
694 Now I Should Laugh if I Were Not Dead Jón Arnason Short Story
696 The Princess on the Pea Hans Christian Andersen Short Story
697 The Tinderbox Hans Christian Andersen Short Story
708 I Ate the Loaf Petrus Alfonsus Short Story
709 The Invisible Cloth Prince Don Juan Manuel Short Story
712 What Happened to a Young Man on His Wedding Day Prince Don Juan Manuel Short Story
716 Don Demonio's Mother-in-Law Ralph Steele Boggs & Mary Gould Davis Short Story
722 Pedro the Trickster Aurelio M. Espinosa Short Story
xi Forward (A Harvest of Folk Tales) Milton Rugoff Essay
xiii A Note on Folk Tales uncredited Essay

Title Year Publisher Format Type Catalog ID Cover Artist Pages
A Harvest of World Folk Tales Cover 1968 The Viking Press Hardcover Anthology Joseph Low xviii+736
A Harvest of World Folk Tales Cover 1968 The Viking Press Trade Paperback Anthology xviii+734