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Excerpt from The Fairy Mythology: Illustrative of the Romance and Superstition of Various Countries
I could now add many names of distinguished persons who have been pleased with this work and its pendent, the Tales and Popular Fictions. I shall only mention that of the late Mr. Douce, who, very shortly before his death, on the occasion of the publication of this last work, called on me to assure me that it was many, many years indeed, since he had read a book which had yielded him so much delight.
The contents of the work which gave such pleasure to this learned antiquary are as follows.
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