Tales
| First published | 1886 |
|---|---|
| Publisher | George Bell & Sons |
| Format | Hardcover |
| Type | Collection |
| Pages | 342+37 |
{{tr|S. Mendel}}
3 story cycles
The three cycles, or frame stories, are named on the 1886 title page and listed alone as the contents in some library records ({{OCLC|1089877}}).
(quote)
Hauff wrote three cycles of literary Fairytales – "Die Karavane" ["The Caravan"], "Der Scheik von Allesandria und seine Sklaven" ["The Sheikh of Alexandria and his Slaves"] and "Das Wirthshaus im Spessart" ["The Inn in the Spessart"] ...
variously translated as ...
Tales (coll trans J Mendel 1886 UK), which is relatively complete ...
(end quote)
--SFE: Encyclopedia of Fantasy, biographical entry by John Clute
For each cycle, ISFDB publication records list the frame story once, followed by the contained stories in sequence. But a contained story may be followed by several pages rather than several lines of the frame story.
Translated from the German by S. Mendel. 37 numbered pages of the publisher's catalog dated February, 1886 surround the collection, with the first 16 pages appearing before the collection's title page. The full text and images of this edition are available at The Internet Archive. Primary Verification done from scanned images.
| Year | Reviewer | Publication |
|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Everett F. Bleiler | The Guide to Supernatural Fiction (Pages 145 - 294) |
No ISBN on record — searching by title and author.
| Page | Title | Author(s) | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Caravan | Wilhelm Hauff | Short Story |
| 4 | The Story of the Caliph Stork | Wilhelm Hauff | Short Story |
| 14 | The Story of the Haunted Ship | Wilhelm Hauff | Short Story |
| 25 | The Story of the Cut-Off Hand | Wilhelm Hauff | Short Story |
| 41 | Fatme's Deliverance | Wilhelm Hauff | Short Story |
| 58 | The Story of Little Muck | Wilhelm Hauff | Short Story |
| 75 | The Story of the False Prince | Wilhelm Hauff | Short Story |
| 101 | The Sheik of Alexandria and His Slaves | Wilhelm Hauff | Short Fiction |
| 109 | The Dwarf Long-Nose | Wilhelm Hauff | Novelette |
| 140 | Abner, the Jew Who Saw Nothing | Wilhelm Hauff | Short Story |
| 151 | The Young Englishman | Wilhelm Hauff | Short Story |
| 176 | The Story of Almansor | Wilhelm Hauff | Short Story |
| 193 | The Inn in the Spessart | Wilhelm Hauff | Short Fiction |
| 199 | The Story of the Florin | Wilhelm Hauff | Novelette |
| 220 | The Cold Heart | Wilhelm Hauff | Short Fiction |
| 246 | Said's Adventures | Wilhelm Hauff | Novelette |
| 288 | The Cavern of Steenfoll: A Scottish Legend | Wilhelm Hauff | Novelette |
| Title | Year | Publisher | Format | Type | Catalog ID | Cover Artist | Pages | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tales | 1890 | George Bell & Sons | Hardcover | Collection | 342+24 |