Soils and national characters differ, but fairy tales are the same in plot and incidents, if not in treatment. Joseph Jacobs characterdifferfairy Change image and share on social
Generally speaking, it has been my ambition to write as a good old nurse will speak when she tells fairy tales. Joseph Jacobs ambitionfairygenerally Change image and share on social
Certainly there is abundant evidence of the early transmission by literary means of a considerable number of drolls and folk-tales from India about the time of the Crusaders. Joseph Jacobs abundantconsiderablecrusader Change image and share on social
I have come to the conclusion that a goodly number of the fables that pass under the name of the Samian slave, Aesop, were derived from India, probably from the same source whence the same tales were utilised in the Jatakas, or Birth-stories of Buddha. Joseph Jacobs aesopbirthbuddha share on social
The great problems of the Twentieth century will have immediate relation to the discoveries of America, of Africa, and of Australia. Joseph Jacobs africaamericaaustralia Change image and share on social
The Celtic folk-tales have been collected while the practice of story-telling is still in full vigour, though there is every sign that its term of life is already numbered. Joseph Jacobs celticcollectfolk Change image and share on social
The words 'fairy tales' must accordingly be taken to include tales in which occurs something 'fairy,' something extraordinary - fairies, giants, dwarfs, speaking animals. Joseph Jacobs animaldwarfextraordinary Change image and share on social
Permanent bonds of culture began to be formed between the extreme East and the extreme West of Europe by intermarriage, by commerce, by the admission of the nobles of Byzantium within the orders of chivalry. Joseph Jacobs admissionbeginbond share on social
The fate of the Celt in the British Empire bids fair to resemble that of the Greeks among the Romans. Joseph Jacobs bidbritishcelt Change image and share on social
Every place but that in which one is born is equally strange and wondrous. Once beyond the bounds of the city walls, and none knows what may happen. We have stepped forth into the Land of Faerie, but at least we are in the open air. Joseph Jacobs airbearbound share on social
