Evening tales / done into English from the French of Frédéric Ortoli by Joel Chandler Harris.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Contes de la veillée. English
Jack and Susan Davis Rare Book Collection.
Main Author: Ortoli, Jean-Baptiste Frédéric, 1861- (Author)
Corporate Authors: Charles Scribner's Sons (Publisher)
Trow Directory, Printing and Bookbinding Company (Printer, Binder)
Other Authors: Harris, Joel Chandler, 1848-1908 (Translator)
Language:English
Language of the Original:
French
Published: New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1893.
Edition:Authorized edition.
Series:Jack and Susan Davis Rare Book Collection.
Subjects:
Children > Conduct of life > Juvenile fiction.
Conduct of life > Juvenile fiction.
Children's stories.
Children > Conduct of life.
Conduct of life.
Children's stories > 1893.
Fiction.
Juvenile works.
Genre:
Juvenile fiction.
Children's stories
Fiction.
Juvenile works.
Ownership and Custodial History:
Inscription on preliminary leaf: "Della Spencer"
Local Note:
MSU: Gift of Jack and Susan Davis.
Physical Description:viii, 280 pages ; 19 cm
Also issued online.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • A French tar-baby
  • Teenchy duck
  • Mr. snail and brother wolf
  • The lion's secret
  • The king and the lapwings
  • The rooster, the cat, and the reap-hook
  • The mysterious island
  • Brother tiger and daddy sheep
  • "Jump in my sack!"
  • A search for a friend
  • A child of the roses
  • The king of the lions
  • The vizier, the monkey, the lion, and the serpent
  • The enchanted princess
  • Loony John.