{"product_id":"2940013262928","title":"The Scottish Fairy Book: Thirty Fairy Tales for Children (Illustrated)","description":"There are, roughly speaking, two distinct types of Scottish Fairy Tales. There are what may be called \"Celtic Stories,\" which were handed down for centuries by word of mouth by professional story-tellers, who went about from clachan to clachan in the \"Highlands and Islands,\" earning a night's shelter by giving a night's entertainment, and which have now been collected and classified for us by Campbell of Isla and others. These stories, which are also common to the North of Ireland, are wild and fantastic, and very often somewhat monotonous, and their themes are strangely alike. They almost always tell of some hero or heroine who sets out on some dangerous quest, and who is met by giants, generally three in number, who appear one after the other; with whom they hold quaint dialogues, and whom eventually they slay. Most of them are fairly long, and although they have a peculiar fascination of their own, they are quite distinct from the ordinary Fairy Tale.  But along with this dark and gloomy view, we find touches of delicate playfulness and brightness. The Fairy Queen might be in league with Satan, but her subjects were not all bound by the same law, and many charming tales are told of the \"sith\" or silent folk, who were always spoken of with respect, in case they might be within earshot, who made their dwellings under some rocky knowe, and who came out and danced on the dewy sward at midnight. There are also, as in all other countries, animal tales, where the animals are endowed with the power of speech; and weird tales of enchantment; and last, but not least, there are the legendary stories, many of them half real, half mythical, which are to be found in the pages of Hogg, and Leyden, and above all, in Sir Walter Scott's \"Border Minstrelsy.\" It is a pleasure to publish this new, high quality, and affordable edition of these timeless stories.","brand":"Petra Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47152571482352,"sku":"2940013262928","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013262928_p0.jpg?v=1763579107","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013262928","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}