John D. Batten

by edward william lane this librivox recording is in the public domain

The Charmed Ring by Joseph Jacobs and John Dixon Batten This is a LibriVox recording.

All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain.

a merchant started his son in life with three hundred rupees and bade him go to another country and try his luck in trade the son took the money and departed he had not gone far before he came across herdsmen quarrelling over a dog that some of them wished to kill Please do not kill the dog, pleaded the young and tender-hearted fellow.

With him by my side I could venture into regions where the non-Celt wanders at his own risk.

Lastly, I have again to rejoice in the cooperation of my friend, Mr. J. D. Batten, in giving form to the creations of the folk fancy.

He has endeavored in his illustrations to retain as much as possible of Celtic ornamentation, for all details of Celtic archaeology he has authority.

Yet both he and I have striven to give Celtic things as they appear to, and attract, the English mind, rather than attempt the hopeless task of representing them as they are to Celts.

With him by my side I could venture into regions where the non-Celt wanders at his own risk.

Lastly, I have again to rejoice in the cooperation of my friend, Mr. J.D. Batten, in giving form to the creations of folk fancy.

He has endeavoured in his illustrations to retain as much as possible of Celtic ornamentation, for all details of Celtic archaeology he has authority.

Yet both he and I have striven to give Celtic things as they appear to, and attract, the English mind, rather than attempt the hopeless task of representing them as they are to Celts.

Mr. M. L. Dames has enabled me add to the published story store of India by granting me the use of one from his inedited collections of Baluchi folk tales.

I have again to congratulate myself on the cooperation of my friend Mr. J. D. Batten in giving beautiful or amusing form to the creations of the folk fancy of the Hindus.

It is not a slight thing to embody, as he has done, the glamour and the humor both of the Celt and of the Hindu.

It is only a further proof that fairy tales are something more than Celtic or Hindu.

Mr. M. L. Dames has enabled me add to the published story store of India by granting me the use of one from his inedited collections of Baluchi folk tales.

I have again to congratulate myself on the cooperation of my friend, Mr. J. D. Batten, in giving beautiful or amusing form to the creations of the folk fancy of the Hindus.

It is not a slight thing to embody, as he has done, the glamour and the humor both of the Celt and of the Hindu.

It is only a further proof that fairy tales are something more than Celtic or Hindu.

Mr. M. L. Dames has enabled me add to the published story store of India by granting me the use of one from his inedited collections of Baluchi Folk Tales.

I have again to congratulate myself on the cooperation of my friend Mr. J. D. Batten in giving beautiful or amusing form to the creations of the folk fancy of the Hindus.

It is not a slight thing to embody, as he has done, the glamour and the humor both of the Celt and of the Hindu.

It is only a further proof that fairy tales are something more than Celtic or Hindu.

The councils of the English and of the American Folklore Societies, and Messrs. Longmans, have also been equally generous.

Nor can I close these remarks without a word of thanks and praise to the artistic skill with which my friend, Mr. J. D. Batten, has made the romance and humour of these stories live again in the brilliant designs with which he has adorned these pages.

It should be added that the dainty headpieces to Henny Penny and Mr.

Fox are due to my old friend, Mr. Henry Ryland.

the councils of the English and of the American folklore societies, and Monsieur's longmans, have also been equally generous.

Nor can I close these remarks without a word of thanks and praise to the artistic skill with which my friend, Mr. J. D. Batten, has made the romance and humour of these stories live again, in the brilliant designs with which he has adorned these pages.

It should be added that the dainty headpieces to Henny Penny and Mr.

Fox are due to my old friend, Mr. Henry Ryland.

Mr. M. L. Dames has enabled me add to the published story store of India by granting me the use of one from his inedited collections of Baluchi Folk Tales.

I have again to congratulate myself on the cooperation of my friend Mr. J. D. Batten in giving beautiful or amusing form to the creations of the folk fancy of the Hindus.

It is not a slight thing to embody, as he has done, the glamour and the humor both of the Celt and of the Hindu.

It is only a further proof that fairy tales are something more than Celtic or Hindu.

The councils of the English and of the American Folklore Societies and Messrs. Longmans have also been equally generous.

Nor can I close these remarks without a word of thanks and praise to the artistic skill with which my friend, Mr. J.D. Batten, has made the romance and humour of these stories live again in the brilliant designs with which he has adorned these pages.

It should be added that the dainty headpieces to Henny Penny and Mr.

Fox are due to my old friend, Mr. Henry Ryland.