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Folk Tales from the Russian — Verra Xenophontovna Kalamatiano de BlumenthalFolk Tales from the Russian — Verra Xenophontovna Kalamatiano de Blumenthal (1903) — nine Russian fairy tales including the Frog Princess, Baba Yaga, Prince Ivan, and the Tsarevna Frog, collected and retold from the Afanasyev tradition.Heroic Ballads of Servia — D.H. LowHeroic Ballads of Servia — D.H. Low's translation of the Serbian epic cycle: the Kosovo ballads, the Marko Kralyevich cycle, and the tradition of Servia under Turkish rule (1922).Roumanian Fairy Tales and Legends — Mrs. E.B. MawrRoumanian Fairy Tales and Legends — Mrs. E.B. Mawr's 1881 English translation of Romanian popular narratives: fairy tales, historical legends, and folk stories from the Danubian principalities, preserving the oral tradition of the Romanian people.Sixty Folk-tales from Slavonic Sources — A.H. WratislawSixty Folk-tales from Slavonic Sources — A.H. Wratislaw's 1890 collection: sixty folk-tales drawn from Bohemian, Slovak, Polish, Lusatian, Russian, Bulgarian, Serbian, and Croatian sources — the first major English anthology of Slavic folklore.Songs of the Russian People — W.E.S. RalstonSongs of the Russian People by W.E.S. Ralston (1872) — a comprehensive study of Russian folk religion through its songs and customs, covering wedding songs, funeral laments, the byliny epic cycle, calendar songs, and the mythological beliefs underlying popular tradition.Stories of Russian Folk-Life — Donald A. MacKenzieStories of Russian Folk-Life — Donald A. MacKenzie's 1916 collection of Russian folk tales and stories: 7 narratives drawing on Russian oral tradition, peasant life, the supernatural, and folk wisdom set against the backdrop of pre-revolutionary Russia.The Key of Gold — Czech Folk Tales — Josef BaudisThe Key of Gold: Czech Folk Tales — Josef Baudis's 1922 collection of 23 Czech and Slovak folk tales: Víťazko the strongman, the Waternick, the Witch and the Horseshoes, the Haunted Mill, and other stories from the deep oral tradition of Bohemia and Moravia.The Tale of the Armament of Igor — Leonard A. MagnusThe Tale of the Armament of Igor — the twelfth-century Russian epic poem of Prince Igor's campaign against the Polovtsi, translated by Leonard A. Magnus (1915): the oldest surviving monument of Russian secular literature.