Fairy and Folk Tales of Ireland: Slip-Cased Edition by W.B. Yeats (English) Hard

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One of Ireland's greatest writers, the Nobel-prize winner W. B. Yeats, was fascinated by the myths and folklore of his native country. Compiled by Yeats in 1892, these stories were collected around the country by a variety of historians, including Lady Wilde, the mother of Oscar Wilde. Within these pages, you'll discover tales of greedy sons who get their comeuppance, canny priests, evil witches and demons alongside legends of heroic kings, giants and, of course, the good folk themselves - the fairies, the leprechauns and the cluricauns. These are yarns that have passed down through generations and which are still as entertaining and magical as when they were first recalled. This gorgeous foil-stamped edition includes enchanting illustrations and is presented in a handsome slipcase. Written between 500 BCE and 700 CE, these seven texts have inspired generals for millennia, both in China and the wider world. Featuring Sun Tzu's The Art of War, this new translation brings to light the military masterpieces of ancient China. These seven texts display an understanding of strategy and warfare still relevant more than 2,000 years after they were originally written. Together, they present a uniquely eastern tradition of warfare that emphasizes speed, stealth, and cunning. This collection includes seven of the most famous military texts of ancient China: The Art of War, Wuzi, Wei Liaozi, Taigong's Six Secret Teachings, The Methods of the Sima, Three Strategies of Huang Shigong, and Questions and Replies Between Emperor Taizong of Tang and General Li Jing. These new translations bring to light several texts that display an understanding of strategy and warfare that still has relevance millennia after their original publication. From the 11th-century AD onward, these texts became required reading for Chinese military officers. ABOUT THE SERIES: Arcturus Slipcased Classics are beautiful foil-stamped gift editions of classic works of literature, presented in a slipcase and decorated with delightful illustrations.

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William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) was a poet, writer, and one of the mainstays of the British and Irish literary scenes. In 1923 he became the first Irishman awarded the Nobel Prize. He spent two terms serving as a senator in Ireland and, as an Irish nationalist, he spent a brieftime in the Irish Republican Brotherhood. He distanced himself from the movement before the Easter Rising of 1916, choosing instead to focus on his literary pursuits.

Table of Contents

Introduction THE TROOPING FAIRIES The Fairies Frank Martin and the Fairies The Priest's Supper The Fairy Well of Lagnanay Teig O'Kane and the Corpse Paddy Corcoran's Wife Cusheen Loo The White Trout; A Legend of Cong The Fairy Thorn The Legend of Knockgrafton A Donegal Fairy CHANGELINGS The Brewery of Egg-shells The Fairy Nurse Jamie Freel and the Young Lady The Stolen Child THE MERROW The Soul Cages Flory Cantillon's Funeral THE SOLITARY FAIRIES Lepracaun, Cluricaun, Far Darrig i) The Lepracaun; or Fairy Shoemaker ii) Master and Man iii) Far Darrig in Donegal The Pooka i) The Piper and the Puca ii) Daniel O' Rourke iii) The Kildare Pooka The Banshee i) How Thomas Connolly Met the Banshee ii) A Lamentation for the Death of Sir Maurice Fitzgerald iii) The Banshee of the Mac Carthys GHOSTS A Dream Grace Connor A Legend of Tyrone The Black Lamb Song of the Ghost The Radiant Boy The Fate of Frank M'Kenna WITCHES, FAIRY DOCTORS Bewitched Butter (Donegal) A Queen's County Witch The Witch Hare Bewitched Butter (Donegal) The Horned Woman The Witches' Excursion The Confessions of Tom Bourke The Pudding Bewitched T'YEER-NA-A-N-OGE The Legend of O'Donoghue Rent-Day Loughleagh (Lake of Healing) Hy-Brasail - The Isle of the Beast The Phantom Isle SAINTS, PRIESTS The Priest's Soul The Priest of Coloony The Story of the Little Bird Conversion of King Laoghaire's Daughters King O'Toole and his Goose THE DEVIL The Demon Cat The Long Spoon The Countless Kathleen O'Shea The Three Wishes GIANTS The Giant's Stairs A Legend of Knockmany KINGS, QUEENS, PRINCESSES, EARLS, ROBBERS The Twelve Wild Geese The Lazy Beauty and her Aunts The Haughty Princess The Enchantment of Gearoidh Iarla Munachar and Manachar Donald and his Neighbours The Jackdaw The Story of Conn-eda NOTES

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Details ISBN1784289124 Author W.B. Yeats Short Title FAIRY & FOLK TALES OF IRELAND Pages 384 Language English ISBN-10 1784289124 ISBN-13 9781784289126 Format Hardcover Series Arcturus Slipcased Classics Year 2017 Publication Date 2017-09-01 Subtitle Slip-Cased Edition Imprint Arcturus Editions Country of Publication United Kingdom Illustrations Illustrations, unspecified AU Release Date 2017-09-01 NZ Release Date 2017-09-01 UK Release Date 2017-09-01 Publisher Arcturus Editions Series Number 11 Audience General We've got this

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