66). Discusses the mythological
and historical character of the _Kalevipoeg_, and its relations to the
_Kalevala_, especially as regards the episode of Kullervo.
ESTHONIA. _Encyclopaedia Britannica_ (ed. IX.), vol. viii. pp. 561-563
(1878).
GOULD, S.B. _The Kalevipoeg_. _Fraser's Magazine_, vol. 78, pp. 534-544
(Oct. 1868). A fragmentary account of the poem, containing some curious
errors, such as "Sarwik" being translated "Hell;" but with useful
comments, especially on the Kalevide's voyage to the North Pole. We
cannot see, however, that the Esthonian writings exhibit the melancholy
character of a depressed nation, as Mr. Baring-Gould imagines.
GROSSE, JULIUS. _Die Abenteuer des Kalewiden: Esthnisches Volksmaerchen_.
Leipzig, 1875. An abstract of the story in hexameters.
ISRAEL, C. CHR. _Kalewipoeg, oder die Abenteuer des Kalewiden, Eine
estnische Sage frei nach dem Estnischen bearbeitet_. Frankfort-on-Main,
1873. A good prose abstract of the poem, somewhat rearranged.
JANNSEN, HARRY. _Maerchen und Sagen des estnischen Volkes_. Two Parts.
Dorpat, 1881, and Riga, 1888. A selection of tales from various sources,
some few being from Kreutzwald's collection. Valuable notes are appended
to Part ii.
----. _Esthnische Maerchen_. _Veckenstedt's Zeitschrift fuer Volkskunde_,
i. pp. 314-317 (1889). Contains three stories: "The Devil's Visit,"
"The Talking Trees" (Christian variant), and "The Officious Flies."
Jannsen states that the first has already been printed in the original,
and that the other two are from his own collections.
KALEWIPOEG, _Ueks ennemuistene Eesti jut_. Kuopio, 1862. An earlier
edition was published at Dorpat with the German translation; but this is
the one which I have consulted in the preparation of this work.
KALEWIPOEG, _eine estnische Sage, zusammengestellt von F.R. Kreutzwald,
verdeutscht von C. Reinthal und Dr. Bertram_. Dorpat, 1857-61.
KIRBY, W.F. _On the Progress of Folk-lore Collections in Esthonia, with
special reference to the work of Pastor Jacob Hurt_. _Papers and
Transactions of International Folk-lore Congress_, 1892, pp. 427-429.
Based on information published by, or received from, Prof. Kaarle Krohn
of Helsingfors.
KREUTZWALD, F.R. _Eestirahwa ennemuisted jutud. Rahwa suust korjanud ja
ueleskirjutanud_. Helsingfors, 1866. One of the first and best
collections of Esthonian tales, but without notes. I believe that
several later editions have been published at Dorpat.
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