A Book of Ghosts and Goblins
- A Book of Ghosts and Goblins
infobox Book |
name = A Book of Ghosts and Goblins
title_orig =
translator =
author = Ruth Manning-Sanders
cover_artist = Robin Jacques
illustrator = Robin Jacques
country = United States
language = English
series =
genre = Fairy Tales
publisher = E. P. Dutton
release_date = 1969
media_type = Print (hardcover)
pages = 127 pp
A Book of Ghosts and Goblins is a 1969 anthology of 21 fairy tales from around the world that have been collected and retold by Ruth Manning-Sanders. It is one in a long series of such anthologies by Manning-Sanders.
This book was first published in the United Kingdom in 1968, by Methuen & Co. Ltd.
Some of tales from this book are recollected in "A Choice of Magic" (1971) by Manning-Sanders.
Table of contents
Foreword
*1. A Box on the Ear (Mallorca)
*2. The Goblins at the Bath House (Estonia)
*3. Golden Hair (Corsica)
*4. Bring me a Light (Spain)
*5. The Cook and the House Goblin (Estonia)
*6. The Skull (Tyrol)
*7. The Tailor in the Church (Scotland)
*8. Pappa Greatnose (France)
*9. Hans and His Master (Hungary)
*10. The Golden Ball (England)
*11. The Strange Adventure of Paddy O'Toole (Ireland)
*12. Little Jip (England)
*13. The Headless Horseman (Ireland)
*14. The Ring (Spain)
*15. Water Drops (Estonia)
*16. The Maiden Suvarna (Siberia)
*17. The Beauty and Her Gallant (France)
*18. The Kindly Ghost (Africa)
*19. The Three Silver Balls (Italy)
*20. The Good Woman (Ireland)
*21. The Leg of Gold (France)
ee also
*Ghost
*Goblin
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