TALES

AND

POPULAR FICTIONS;

THEIR RESEMBLANCE,

AND

TRANSMISSION FROM COUNTRY TO COUNTRY.

BY

THOMAS KEIGHTLEY,

AUTHOR OF OUTLINES OF HISTORY,' 'THE CRUSADERS, ETC.

"'Fore God, they are both in a tale!"

Much Ado about Nothing.

LONDON:

WHITTAKER AND CO., AVE-MARIA LANE.

TALES

AND

POPULAR FICTIONS;

THEIR RESEMBLANCE,

AND

TRANSMISSION FROM COUNTRY TO COUNTRY.

BY

THOMAS KEIGHTLEY,

AUTHOR OF OUTLINES OF HISTORY,' 'THE CRUSADERS, ETC.

"'Fore God, they are both in a tale!"

Much Ado about Nothing.

LONDON:

WHITTAKER AND CO., AVE-MARIA LANE.

25227.3

HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY

COLLEGE LUSTRA

6

Shapleigh Fund.
20 July 1857.

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