Folk Tales from Bohemia by Adolf Wenig - First Edition Children's Books - Vintage Book, Artist Josef Wenig

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First edition of Folk Tales from Bohemia by Adolf Wenig, illustrated by artist Josef Wenig.

Written by Adolf Wenig. Illustrated by Josef Wenig. Translated by Lillian P. Mokrejs. 1998 first edition thus (originally published 1902). Hippocrene Books, New York.

Adolf Wenig (1874 - 1940) was a Czech writer, teacher, and librettist, and the father of Jan and Adolf Wenig and brother of artist Josef Wenig, who illustrated this volume.

Front flap:

"This collection of folk tales focuses on humankind's struggle with evil in the world - particularly naughty devils. In Bohemia it seems that the Devil is a rather delightful old fellow, a little slow to be sure, a little ill-natured, but far from the arch fiend of the more western parts of Europe, and a far more agreeable companion for boys and girls."

CONTENTS

How the Devil Contended with Man
How a Soldier Punished the Devil
About the Real and the Unreal Devils
The Devil's Gifts
About the Devil and the Blacksmith
How the Devil Became Afraid of a Woman
How a Young Man Served in Hell
The Devil's Mill
How an Old Woman Cheated the Devil

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