Old Deccan Days
About this book
Stories from southern India recorded by Mary Frere from the narration of Anna Liberata de Souza, with an introduction and notes by Sir Bartle Frere. Princes, clever animals, magical transformations and difficult bargains fill this early English collection of Indian oral tradition.
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Collected by Mary Frere from Anna Liberata de Souza’s narration; introduction and notes by Sir Bartle Frere; illustrations by Catherine Frances Frere. Old Deccan Days. John Murray reprint, February 1929, visually verified from the latest line of the retained publication history; title undated. Original collection first published February 1868. John Murray. 1929. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/books/old-deccan-days
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