English Fairy Tales

A collection of traditional English fairy tales by Joseph Jacobs.

Joseph Jacobs (29 August 1854 – 30 January 1916) was an Australian folklorist, translator, literary critic, social scientist, historian and writer of English literature who became a notable collector and publisher of English folklore.

Jacobs was born in Sydney to a Jewish family. His work went on to popularize some of the world's best known versions of English fairy tales including "Jack and the Beanstalk", "Goldilocks and the three bears", "The Three Little Pigs", "Jack the Giant Killer" and "The History of Tom Thumb". He published his English fairy tale collections: English Fairy Tales in 1890 and More English Fairy Tales in 1893 but also went on after and in between both books to publish fairy tales collected from continental Europe as well as Jewish, Celtic and Indian fairytales which made him one of the most popular writers of fairytales for the English language. Jacobs was also an editor for journals and books on the subject of folklore which included editing the Fables of Bidpai and the Fables of Aesop, as well as articles on the migration of Jewish folklore. He also edited editions of The Thousand and One Nights. He went on to join The Folklore Society in England and became an editor of the society journal Folklore. Joseph Jacobs also contributed to The Jewish Encyclopedia.

During his lifetime, Jacobs came to be regarded as one of the foremost experts on English folklore.

00 - Preface


01 - Tom Tit Tot


02 - The Three Sillies


03 - The Rose Tree


04 - The Old Woman and Her Pig


05 - How Jack Went to Seek His Fortune


06 - Mr. Vinegar


07 - Nix Nought Nothing


08 - Jack Hannaford


09 - Binnorie


10 - Mouse and Mouser


11 - Cap o' Rushes


12 - Teeny-tiny


13 - Jack and the Beanstalk


14 - The Story of the Three Little Pigs


15 - The Master and His Pupil


16 - Titty Mouse and Tatty Mouse


17 - Jack and His Golden Snuff-Box


18 - The Story of the Three Bears


19 - Jack the Giant-Killer


20 - Henny Penny


21 - Childe Rowland


22 - Molly Whuppie


23 - The Red Ettin


24 - The Golden Arm


25 - The History of Tom Thumb


26 - Mr. Fox


27 - Lazy Jack


28 - Johnny-Cake


29 - Earl Mar's Daughter


30 - Mr. Miacca


31 - Whittington and His Cat


32 - The Strange Visitor


33 - The Laidly Worm of Spindleston Heugh


34 - The Cat and the Mouse


35 - The Fish and the Ring


36 - The Magpie's Next


37 - Kate Crackernuts


38 - The Cauld Lad of Hilton


39 - The Ass, the Table, and the Stick


40 - Fairy Ointment


41 - The Well of the World's End


42 - Master of All Masters


43 - The Three Heads of the Well

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