Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore
Footnotes:
[1] So our word “book,” the German Buch, is derived from the Buche or beech tree, of which the old Runic staves were formed. Cf. liber and βίβλος.
[2] “Russische Volksmärchen in den Urschriften gesammelt und ins Deutsche übersetzt von A. Dietrich.” Leipzig, 1831.
[3] “Russian Popular Tales,” Chapman and Hall, London, 1857.
[4] “Die ältesten Volksmärchen der Russen. Von J. N. Vogl.” Wien, 1841.
[5] Such as the “Orient und Occident,” “Ausland,” &c.
[6] Professor Reinhold Köhler, who is said to be preparing a work on the Skazkas, in co-operation with Professor Jülg, the well-known editor and translator of the “Siddhi Kür” and “Ardshi Bordschi Khan.”
[7] In my copy, pt. 1 and 2 are of the 3d, and pt. 3 and 4 are of the 2d edition. By such a note as “Afanasief, i. No. 2,” I mean to refer to the second story of the first part of this work.
[8] This book is now out of print, and copies fetch a very high price. I refer to it in my notes as “Afanasief, Legendui.”
[9] This work is always referred to in my notes as “Afanasief, P.V.S.”
[10] There is one other recent collection of skazkas—that published last year at Geneva under the title of “Russkiya Zavyetnuiya Skazki.” But upon its contents I have not found it necessary to draw.