Publisher's Synopsis
IN those older, simpler days, when reading was a rare accomplishment, our many times great-grandparents would gather round the blazing fire of kitchen or hall on the long, dark winter nights and pass away the hours before bedtime in conversation and story-telling. The old stories were told again and again. The children learned them in their earliest years and passed them on to their children and grandchildren in turn. A few of them are retold briefly here. All people should like the old stories; all nice people do. To them I commend these tales of Legend Land, in the hope that they may grow to love them and the countries about which they are written. This is a high quality book of the original classic edition. This is a freshly published edition of this culturally important work, which is now, at last, again available to you. Enjoy this classic work. This edition includes the following stories: Volume I includes: (1) The Mermaid of Zennor, (2) The Stone Men of St. Cleer, (3) How St. Piran Came to Cornwall, (4) The Lost Child of St. Allen, (5) The Giants Who Built the Mount, (6) The Tasks of Tregeagle, (7) The Lady of Llyn-y-Fan Fach, (8) St. David and His Mother, (9) The Vengeance of the Fairies, (10) The Old Woman Who Fooled the Devil, (11) The Women Soldiers of Fishguard, (12) How Bala Lake Began, and (13) The Furry Day Song (Supplement). Volume II includes: (1) The Church the Devil Stole, (2) The Parson and the Clerk, (3) The Weaver of Dean Combe, (4) The Demon Who Helped Drake, (5) The Samson of Tavistok, (6) The Midnight Hunter of the Moor, (7) The Lost Land of Lyonesse, (8) The Piskie's Funeral, (9) The Spectre Coach, (10) St. Neot, the Pigmy Saint, (11) The Old Man of Cury, (12) The Hooting Carn, and (13) The Padstow May Day Songs (Supplement). It is a pleasure to publish this new, high quality, and affordable edition of these timeless stories. This edition is amply illustrated.
