Folk-Tales of Bengal

MACMILLAN AND CO., LIMITED
LONDON · BOMBAY · CALCUTTA
MELBOURNE

THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
NEW YORK · BOSTON · CHICAGO
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THE MACMILLAN CO. OF CANADA, LTD.
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“She rushed out of the palace ... and came to the upper world.”

Folk-Tales of Bengal

By the
Rev. Lal Behari Day
Author of ‘Bengal Peasant Life,’ etc.
With 32 illustrations in colour
By Warwick Goble

Macmillan and Co., Limited
St. Martin’s Street, London
1912

First Edition 1883
With Coloured Illustrations by Warwick Goble, 1912

TO
RICHARD CARNAC TEMPLE
CAPTAIN, BENGAL STAFF CORPS
F.R.G.S., M.R.A.S., M.A.I., ETC.
WHO FIRST SUGGESTED TO THE WRITER
THE IDEA OF COLLECTING
THESE TALES
AND WHO IS DOING SO MUCH
IN THE CAUSE OF INDIAN FOLK-LORE
THIS LITTLE BOOK
IS INSCRIBED

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