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A NEW AND POPULAR VOLUME. |
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A NEW AND POPULAR VOLUME.
TALES AND TRADITIONS
OF
HUNGARY.
BY THERESA PULSZKY.
With a Portrait of the Author.
In One Volume, Cloth—Price, $1.25.
The above contains, in addition to the English publication, a new Preface, and
Tales, now first printed from the manuscript of the Author, who has a direct interest in
the publication.
CONTENTS.
1. The Baron's Daughter.
2. The Castle of Zipsen.
3. Yanoshik, the Robber.
4. The Free Shot.
5. The Golden Cross of Korosfo.
6. The Guardians.
7. The Love of the Angels.
8. The Maid and the Genii.
9. Ashmodai, the Lame Demon.
10. The Nun of Rauchenbach.
11. The Cloister of Manastir.
12. Pan Twardowsky.
13. The Poor Tartar.
14. The Maidens' Castle.
15. The Hair of the Orphan Girl.
16. The Rocks of Lipnik.
17. Jack, the Horse-Dealer.
18. Klingsohr of Hungary.
19. Yanosh, the Hero.
20. The Hungarian Outlaws.
21. Tradition of the Hungarian Race.
“Madame Pulszky is familiar with these traditions of the people, and has perfectly
succeeded in getting them into an attractive form, with some purely original tales from
her own pen”
—Worcester National ægis.
“The legends in this work are very beautiful, full of interest, varied and sparkling in
style.”
—Boston Olive Branch.
“Strikingly illustrative of the manners and customs that have prevailed in different
periods of her history, it is written with graceful yet dignified freedom.”
—Albany Arg.
“The stories are of a wild and fanciful character, which will cause them to be read
with interest by all, while they really throw light upon the early history and manners
of Hungary.”
—Albany Express.
“Remarkably well written, and illustrative, in an eminent degree, of the different
epochs in the history of Hungary, and present distinct phases of Hungarian life, painted
in glowing colors, and interwoven with the vigorous play of a lively imagination.”
—Albany Daily Register.
“They are tersely and descriptively written, and give the reader a better insight into
the ancient and peculiar characteristics of this people than can be gathered from any
mere history.”
—Bunker Hill Aurora.
“Some of them are exceedingly beautiful, and indicate the character and habits of
thought of the people better than anything we have seen.”
—N. O. Journal and Courier.
“The author enters into the legendary life of her own country, and transfuses them
into a language that she has mastered so as to write it with uncommon purity and
correctness.”
—Independent.
“This work claims more attention than is ordinarily given to books of its class.
Such is the fluency and correctness—nay, even the nicety and felicity of style—with
which Madame Pulszky writes the English language, that merely in this respect the
tales here collected form a curious study.”
—London Examiner.
“Freshness of subject is invaluable in literature—Hungary is still fresh ground. It
has been trodden, but it is not yet a common highway. The tales and legends are very
various, from the mere traditional anecdote to the regular legend, and they have the
sort of interest which all national traditions excite.”
—London Leader.
“Madam Pulszky has a special budget of her own. The legend of `The Castle of
Zipsen is told with racy humor. Whimsically absurd are the matrimonial difficulties
of Pan and Panna Twardowsky, as here related: while the fate of Vendelin Drugeth
gives that fine old legend a more orthodox and edifying close than the original version
possesses. Most interesting of all are `The Hungarian Outlaws.' ”
—London Athenæum.
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