FOLK–LORE AND LEGENDS _ENGLISH_ FOLK–LORE AND LEGENDS ENGLISH [Illustration: DECORATION] W. W. GIBBINGS 18 BURY ST., LONDON, W.C. 1890 INTRODUCTORY NOTE. The old English Folklore Tales are fast dying out. The simplicity of character necessary for the retaining of old memories and beliefs is being lost, more rapidly in England, perhaps, than in any other part of the world. Our folk are giving up the old myths for new ones. Before remorseless “progress,” and the struggle for existence, the poetry of life is being quickly blotted out. In editing this volume I have endeavoured to select some of the best specimens of our Folklore. With regard to the nursery tales, I have taken pains to give them …
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