Strange tales from many lands

All the world loves a mysterious tale, as shown by this collection of nineteen tales from 14 diverse countries of origin which girdle the globe. Tales include from Scotland: THE PIPER OF KEIL by Barbara Ker Wilson and THE SEAL CATCHER AND THE MERMAN by Elizabeth W. Grierson; from China: THE INN THAT WASN'T THERE by Frederick H. Martens; from Japan: TOKUTARO by Bernard Henderson and C. Calvert and THE STORY OF O-TEI by Lafcadio Hearn; from Isle of Man: THE WATER-BULL by Dora Broome; from Italy: THE MYSTERIOUS FIG TREE by Charles Godfrey Leland; from Korea: TIGER WOMAN by Eleanore M. Jewett; from Switzerland: THE SHEPHERD'S CHOICE by Helene Adelin Guerber and THE KNIGHT WITH THE STONE HEART by Roger Duvoisin; from Spain: THE WEREWOLF by S. G. C. Middlemore and THE WISH THAT CAME TRUE by Francisco de Paula Capella; from Germany: RICHMUTH OF COLOGNE by Barbara Leonie Picard; from Russia: THE GOLDEN COCKEREL by Ida Zeitlin; from South Africa: THE BIRD THAT WOULD NOT STAY DEAD by Frances Carpenter; from Ireland: THE KITCHEN POOKA by Patrick Kennedy and THE TERRIBLE STRANGER by Robert M. Hyatt. from Iceland: THE BOY IN THE SECRET VALLEY by Jon Amason; and from South America: EL ENANO by Charles Finger. Freya Littledale, author of Ghosts and Spirits of Many Lands, has once again gathered a choice selection of tales that storytellers the world over know will shiver a young reader's timbers. 148 pp; illustrated.