Folk Tales of Bengal

Lal Behari Dey, Folk Tales of Bengal, London: Macmillan & Co., Limited, 1912

xiv + 273 pages including 32 illustrations in colour by Warwick Gobles along with captions; highly decorated red cloth boards in gilt with intricate patterns on upper board and spine along with all painted edges
10 x 7 in (25.5 x 18 cm)

First published in 1883, this reprinted edition of Folk Tales of Bengal from 1912, is a collection of 22 folk and fairy tales written by Lal Behari Dey, a journalist and pioneer of English writing and enhanced by 32 magnificent colour plates by Warwick Gobles. From astronomical myths to exotic tales about the origins of opium and rubies, the stories in this book were based on Dey's knowledge of his native Bengal's wealth of folklore. In his own words: "An old Brahman told me two stories; an old barber, three; an old servant of mine told me two; and the rest I heard from another old Brahman. None of my authorities knew English; they all told the stories in Bengali, and I translated them into English."

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