Bain, R. Nisbet (Robert Nisbet), 1854-1909 · London : Lawrence and Bullen · leaf 16
rt positively that there can be anythingreally new in folk-lore under the sun. On the otherhand, the comparative isolation and primitiveness ofthe Cossacks, and their remoteness from the greattheatres of historical events, would seem to befavourable conditions both for the safe preservationof old… … OH. HE olden times were not like tlie times we live in. In the olden times all manner of Evil Powers ^ walked abroad. The world itself was not then as it is now : now there are no such Evil Powers amongst us. Ill tell you a kazlrt- of Oh, the Tsar of the Forest, that you may know what manner of…
Children · Conduct of life · Cossacks · Children's stories
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