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Title: The Russian Garland
being Russian Falk Tales

Author: Various

Editor: Robert Steele

Illustrator: J. R. de Rosciszewski

Release Date: September 27, 2009 [EBook #30109]

Language: English

Character set encoding: ASCII

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THE RUSSIAN GARLAND

BEING RUSSIAN FOLK TALES: TRANSLATED
FROM A COLLECTION OF CHAP-BOOKS
MADE IN MOSCOW: EDITED BY
ROBERT STEELE AND PICTURED BY
J. R. DE ROSCISZEWSKI.

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A. M. PHILPOT, LIMITED,
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[Illustration: THE HORSE GREW RESTIVE, REARED HIGHER THAN THE
WAVING FOREST.
_Page 18._]

CONTENTS

PAGE
Foreword vii

Story of Lyubim Tsarevich and the Winged Wolf 1

Story of the most wonderful and noble Self-Playing
Harp 16

The Seven Brothers Simeon 29

Story of Ivan, the Peasant's Son 39

Story of the Golden Mountain 50

Iliya of Murom and the Robber Nightingale 61

The Renowned Hero, Bova Korolevich and the Princess
Drushnevna 68

The Mild Man and his Cantankerous Wife 117

Story of the Duck with Golden Eggs 125

Story of Bulat the Brave Companion 131

Story of Prince Malandrach and the Princess Salikalla 142

Story of a Shoemaker and his Servant Prituitshkin 153

Emelyan, the Fool