RUSSIAN
WONDER TALES
WITH A FOREWORD ON
THE RUSSIAN SKAZKI
BY
POST WHEELER, Litt. D.
SECRETARY OF THE AMERICAN EMBASSY AT ST. PETERSBURG
CONTAINING TWELVE OF THE FAMOUS
BILIBIN ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLOR
NEW YORK
THE CENTURY CO.
A WHITE MARE WHICH COULD FLY LIKE THE WIND.
Copyright, 1912, by
The Century Co.
Published, October, 1912
Printed in U. S. A.
TO
NATALIE HAMMOND
CONTENTS
xi |
xix |
1. | 1 |
2. | 27 |
3. | 55 |
4. | 85 |
5. | 113 |
6. | 141 |
7. | 171 |
8. | 197 |
9. | 221 |
10. | 247 |
11. | 273 |
12. | 297 |
List of Illustrations
1. | "A white mare which could fly like the wind" |
(Frontispiece) |
2. | "He saw through the window three lovely damsels" |
6 |
3. | "Wassilissa put the skull on the end of a stick and darted away through the forest" |
50 |
4. | "He came to the presence of the Tzar and told him of them" |
68 |
5. | "And so they went on together to the tzardom of Tzar Dolmat" |
104 |
6. | "A bird woke him by pecking at his sleeve" |
134 |
7. | "So they dwelt together in happiness always" |
168 |
8. | "She came to the blue sea-ocean . . . and beside it she saw a palace" |
188 |
9. | "Bade them build a square tower . . . and shutting her within it . . . surrounded it with soldiers and ships" |
230 |
10. | "The Baba-Yaga came riding in her mortar, driving with the pestle and sweeping away her trail with the kitchen broom" |
258 |
11. | "The vessel which carried him . . . cast anchor at the monastery" |
282 |
12. | "Kastchey" |
300 |
This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1927.
The author died in 1956, so this work is also in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 60 years or less. This work may also be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.