1902. Last Fairy Tales, also by Laboulaye.
Tales,
by Zenaide Fleuriot. (What should be
included?)
1910.
Chantecler, by Edmund Rostand. Translated
by
Gertrude Hall, published by Duffield.
1911.
The Honey Bee, by Anatole France;
translated
by Mrs. Lane; published by Lane.
1911.
The Blue-Bird, by Maurice Maeterlinck;
published
by Dodd.
In Great Britain many old tales taken from tradition were included in the Welsh Mabinogion, Irish sagas, and Cornish Mabinogion. Legends of Brittany were made known by the poems of Marie de France, who lived in the thirteenth century. These were published in Paris, in 1820. In fact, most of the early publications of fairy tales were taken from the French.
Celtic tales have been collected in modern times in a greater number than those of any nation. This has been due largely to the work of J.F. Campbell. Celtic tales are unusual in that they have been collected while the custom of story-telling is yet flourishing among the Folk. They are therefore of great literary and imaginative interest. They are especially valuable as the oldest of the European tales. The Irish tale of Connla and the Fairy Maiden has been traced to a date earlier than the fifth century and therefore ranks as the oldest tale of modern Europe. The principal Celtic collections are:—
Iolo M. S., published by the Welsh M. S. Society.
Mabinogion, translated
by Lady Guest. (Contains tales
that trace
back to the twelfth century.)
Y Cymrodor, by Professor Rhys.
1825. Fairy Legends
and Traditions of the South of
Ireland, by T. Crofton
Croker.
1842. Popular Rhymes of Scotland. Chambers.
1860-62. Popular
Tales of the West Highlands, by J.F.
Campbell.
Tales, collected
and published with notes, by Mr. Alfred
Nutt.
1866. By Patrick
Kennedy, the Irish Grimm. Legendary
Fictions of the Irish
Celts; Fireside Stories of Ireland
(1870); and Bardic
Stories of Ireland (1871).
In England the publication of fairy tales may be followed more readily because the language proves no hindrance and the literature gives assistance. In England the principal publications of fairy tales were:—
1604. Pasquil’s
Jests. Contained a tale similar to one of
Grimm’s.
1635. A Tract, A
Descryption of the Kynge and Quene of
Fairies, their habit,
fare, abode, pomp, and state.
Eighteenth century (early).
Madame D’Aulnoy’s Tales, a
translation.