The Rajah's Heir

The Rajah's Heir PDF Author: Charlotte Despard
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Languages : en
Pages : 324

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The Rajah's Heir

The Rajah's Heir PDF Author: Charlotte Despard
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Pages : 324

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A History of Travancore from the Earliest Times

A History of Travancore from the Earliest Times PDF Author: P. Shungoonny Menon
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Category : Kerala (India)
Languages : en
Pages : 656

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The Rajah's Heir

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Languages : en
Pages : 332

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The Young Rajah

The Young Rajah PDF Author: William Henry Giles Kingston
Publisher: DigiCat
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Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 179

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DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Young Rajah" by William Henry Giles Kingston. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

The Greenwood Library of World Folktales [4 volumes]

The Greenwood Library of World Folktales [4 volumes] PDF Author: Thomas A. Green
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0313081034
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1922

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From the Amazon to the Arctic, the world is teeming with diverse cultures. There's no better way for students to explore the world's cultural diversity than through its folktales. Presenting tales from the foundations of the world's traditions, literature, daily life, and popular culture, The Greenwood Library of World Folktales: Stories from the Great Collections gathers together a vast array of folktales and arranges them according to region or cultural group, thus allowing students to quickly and conveniently learn about the tales of particular cultures. Some of these stories have been told for centuries, while others have emerged only in recent times. The four-volume set includes introductory essays in addition to explanatory headnotes, and provides bibliographies on particular regions as well as a selected, general bibliography. The most comprehensive work of its kind, this set gives students and general readers a guided tour of the world's folktales. Each volume of the set is devoted to a particular broad geographic region: Volume 1: Africa, The Middle East, Australia and Oceania Volume 2: Asia Volume 3: Europe Volume 4: North and South America Accessible, informative, and entertaining, this book will help literature students learn how to analyze texts and understand the traditions at the heart of many of the world's literary masterpieces. It will also help social studies students learn about the world's cultures and respect ethnic diversity.

The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke

The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke PDF Author: John C. Nimmo
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3752311037
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 294

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Reproduction of the original: The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke by John C. Nimmo

The Monthly Review, Or, Literary Journal

The Monthly Review, Or, Literary Journal PDF Author:
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Category : Books
Languages : en
Pages : 572

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The Asiatic Journal

The Asiatic Journal PDF Author:
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Category : Asia
Languages : en
Pages : 714

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Simla Village Tales Or, Folk Tales from the Himalayas

Simla Village Tales Or, Folk Tales from the Himalayas PDF Author: Alice Elizabeth Dracott
Publisher: BEYOND BOOKS HUB
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Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 152

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In introducing “Simla Village Tales” to my readers, I wish to acknowledge gratefully the valuable assistance given me by my sister Mabel Baldwin, who, when I was obliged to leave India suddenly owing to nervous breakdown after the terrible earthquake which visited the Punjaub in April 1905, kindly undertook to complete, from the same sources where I had got them, my collection of folk-tales. Twenty excellent stories contributed by her include “Tabaristan,” “The Priest and the Barber,” “The Fourth Wife is Wisest,” and “Abul Hussain.” Of the down-country tales my husband kindly contributed “Anar Pari,” “The Dog Temple,” “The Beautiful Milkmaid,” and “The Enchanted Bird, Music, and Stream.” Both my sister and my husband can speak the language fluently, and as the former has resided many years in the Punjaub, I am confident that her translations are as literal as my own. All the tales were taken down in pencil, just as they were told, and as nearly as possible in the words of the narrators, who were village women belonging to the agricultural class of Hindus in the Simla district. I must add a word of thanks to Mr Hallam Murray for his invaluable assistance with the illustrations. In one or two instances I was asked if I would allow a Paharee man, well versed in local folk-lore, to relate a few stories to me; but, for obvious reasons, I was obliged to decline the offer, for many Simla Village tales related to me by women, and not included in this book, were grotesquely unfit for publication. The typical Paharee woman is, as a rule, extremely good-looking, and a born flirt; she has a pleasant, gay manner, and can always see a joke; people who wish to chaff her discover an adept at repartee. The “Simla Village Woman,” whose photograph is reproduced, is a very good type. I found her most gentle and lovable. Her little boy, and last surviving child, has died since the photograph was taken last year, yet the young mother bears all her griefs with a fortitude which is really remarkable. Himalayan folk-lore, with its beauty, wit, and mysticism, is a most fascinating study, and makes one grieve to think that the day is fast approaching when the honest rugged hill-folk of Northern India FROM THE BOOKS. will lose their fireside tales under the influence of modern civilisation. The hurry and rush of official life in India’s Summer Capital leaves no time for the song of birds or scent of flowers; these, like the ancient and exquisite fireside tales of its people, have been hustled away into distant valleys and remote villages, where, on cold winter nights, Paharees, young and old, gather together to hear these oft-repeated tales. From their cradle under the shade of ancient deodars, beside the rocks, forests and streams of the mighty Himalayan mountains, have I sought these tales to place them upon the great Bookshelf of the World.

Calcutta Monthly Journal and General Register ...

Calcutta Monthly Journal and General Register ... PDF Author:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 860

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