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 Valassku (S. Moravia). "Národopisný

sborník ceskoslovanský," Svazek vii. Prague, 1901.

Elpl, Rada pohádek a povestí nasbíraných v Lísni 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 Bozena Nemcová (from the Slovak).

My translation could not be, of course, a literal one, because many

phrases in the original might seem strange to the English reader's ear.

Finally, I wish to express my thanks to Miss Eleanor Hull and Mr. Robin

Flower for revising my English.

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