  The present collection has been selected from the following sources:— Josef KubÍn, PovÍdky kladskÉ, i., ii. (in “NÁrodopisnÝ vestnÍk ceskoslovanskÝ”). V. VondrÁk, Nekolik pohÁdek z Dubu u Vodnan (S. Bohemia), in “CeskÝ Lid,” xiii. V. Tille, PovÍdky sebranÉ na ValaŠsku (S. Moravia). “NÁrodopisnÝ sbornÍk ceskoslovanskÝ,” Svazek vii. Prague, 1901. Elpl, Rada pohÁdek a povestÍ nasbÍranÝch v LÍŠni u Brna (Moravia). B. M. Kulda, MoravskÉ nÁrodnÍ pohÁdky a povesti, i. (Prague, 1874). From Moravia. The first two stories (“Twelve Months,” “VÍtazko”) have been retold by the novelist Boena NemcovÁ (from the Slovak). My translation could not be, of course, a literal one, because many phrases in the Finally, I wish to express my thanks to Miss Eleanor Hull and Mr. Robin Flower for revising my English. JOSEF BAUDIŠ. London, October 1917. Group of people standing around a wood-fire at night. |
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