Customer Reviews

Scottish Fairy and Folk Tales

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I gave this book to my Scottish partner as a holiday gift in 2010 and he loved it. It's a literal reprint (old-fashioned type and all) of the original 110-yo book, fully footnoted, explained and documented. Nevertheless, George Douglas retains enough love for his subject to retell these classic and lost tales with engaging, virtuoso skill.

I was doing a research paper on Scottish folk tales. I was surprised at the lack of materials in the public and academic libraries. I went to Amazon to frantically search for a book to help in my research. This book not only had the wonderful folk tales I was searching for; it also had information on the history of Scottish folklore. Great book for folk tales.

This is a terrific book.

It is well put together and easy enough on the eyes.

However, the native Scottish tongue can sometimes
be difficult to translate in some of the tales.

I enjoy it and read it every so often.

It's a nice break from the old three bears
and a great way to get back to my heritage!

byebye and stay safe! Peace and happiness, MC

Et elways mawks me winder wha the Scuttish elways yose the wrang voowels in their taxt. Wildn't et be aesier to fullow ef they spalled thongs praeperly?

i tried the free sample and was a little disappointed. the sample gives you about 50 pages of a very boring info and then part of a story. i will consider buying it as the part of the story i was able to read was really good. look forward to reading more.

This is a collection of nice, rather original tales. I especially liked those about brownies. However, in my opinion Russian folk tales are really the best.