Legend Land: Being a Collection of Some of the Old Tales Told in Those Western Parts of Britain Served by the Great Western Railway (Complete)

Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, New Age, History, Fiction & Literature
Cover of the book Legend Land: Being a Collection of Some of the Old Tales Told in Those Western Parts of Britain Served by the Great Western Railway (Complete) by George Basil Barham, Library of Alexandria
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: George Basil Barham ISBN: 9781465539274
Publisher: Library of Alexandria Publication: March 8, 2015
Imprint: Language: English
Author: George Basil Barham
ISBN: 9781465539274
Publisher: Library of Alexandria
Publication: March 8, 2015
Imprint:
Language: English
In those older, simpler days, when reading was a rare accomplishment, our many times great-grandparents would gather round the blazing fire of kitchen or hall on the long, dark winter nights and pass away the hours before bedtime in conversation and story-telling. The old stories were told again and again. The children learned them in their earliest years and passed them on to their children and grandchildren in turn. And, as is natural, in all this telling the stories changed little by little. New and more familiar characters were introduced, or a story-teller with more vivid imagination than his fellows would add a bit here and there to make a better tale of it. But in origin most of these old legends date from the very dawn of our history. In a primitive form they were probably told round the camp-fires of that British army that went out to face invading Cæsar
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
In those older, simpler days, when reading was a rare accomplishment, our many times great-grandparents would gather round the blazing fire of kitchen or hall on the long, dark winter nights and pass away the hours before bedtime in conversation and story-telling. The old stories were told again and again. The children learned them in their earliest years and passed them on to their children and grandchildren in turn. And, as is natural, in all this telling the stories changed little by little. New and more familiar characters were introduced, or a story-teller with more vivid imagination than his fellows would add a bit here and there to make a better tale of it. But in origin most of these old legends date from the very dawn of our history. In a primitive form they were probably told round the camp-fires of that British army that went out to face invading Cæsar

More books from Library of Alexandria

Cover of the book The Problems of Psychical Research: Experiments and Theories in the Realm of the Supernormal by George Basil Barham
Cover of the book Old Europe's Suicide: The Building of a Pyramid of Errors by George Basil Barham
Cover of the book The Hunted Woman by George Basil Barham
Cover of the book Daisy Burns (Complete) by George Basil Barham
Cover of the book Girl Scouts in the Rockies by George Basil Barham
Cover of the book Chinese Literature by George Basil Barham
Cover of the book Astronomical Myths: Based on Flammarions's "History of the Heavens" by George Basil Barham
Cover of the book The Public Life of Queen Victoria by George Basil Barham
Cover of the book Plum Punch: Four Short Tales by George Basil Barham
Cover of the book Charles Darwin: His Life in an Autobiographical Chapter and in a Selected Series of His Published Letters by George Basil Barham
Cover of the book El manco de Lepanto: episodio de la vida del príncipe de los ingenios, Miguel de Cervantes-Saavedra by George Basil Barham
Cover of the book A Georgian Pageant by George Basil Barham
Cover of the book Deutsche Sagen by George Basil Barham
Cover of the book Le Râmâyana (Complete) by George Basil Barham
Cover of the book Doctrine of Sacred Scriptures by George Basil Barham
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy