Collection Description

This collection contains translations of Roumanian tales which, however, comprise but a small portion of the inexhaustible treasure that exists in the nation. The originals are scattered throughout Roumanian literature. The finest collection is Herr P. Ispirescu's, from which the stories numbered in the contents 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 13, and 17 in the present volume have been selected.

Sources and Contributors

No. 11 is taken from Herr T. M. Arsenie’s small collection; the others have been drawn from the columns of the periodical Convorbiri Literare. Of these Nos. 5 and 14 are by the pen of Herr J. Creanga, No. 9 is the work of Herr Miron Pompilin, while Nos. 1, 3, 7, 16 and 18 are by Herr Slavice, who wrote No. 15 specially for this volume, in the Roumanian language, just as it was related to him by the peasants:

Stories Included

Stan Bolovan

The Wonderful Bird

The Twins With the Golden Star

Youth Without Age and Life Without Death

The Little Purse with two Half-pennies

Mogarzea and His Son

Cunning Ileane

The Princess and the Fisherman

Little Wild-Rose

The Voice of Death

The Old Woman and the Old Man

The Pea Emperor

The Morning Star and The Evening Star

The Two Step-Sisters

The Poor Boy

Mother's Darling Jack

Tellerchen

The Fairy Aurora