Joseph Jacob’s first volume—English Fairy Tales [1890]—did not
exhaust the scanty remains of traditional English folktales. Most of
the forty-four tales that appear in More English Fairy Tales had
never before appeared in print.

In compiling More English Fairy Tales [1894], Joseph Jacobs flouted
the Florklorist’s creed, choosing to present stories that would fill
children's imaginations “with bright trains of images”. Vividly painted
princesses, Pied Pipers, pots of gold, giants, speaking cats, Kings,
Hoybahs, wise men, washerwomen, and more overflow from this
volume, all bound by the common threads of basic moral lessons.

Many of the tales were recorded verbatim from storytellers. They
are by no means in an authorised form, and even touch on the
“vulgar” using archaic and colloquial English. In the times following
Jacob’s original printing, the literary establishment objected to the
use of such archaic colloquialisms. These tales were told for
generations in a form that used these dialects and ”vulgar” words
for effect.  However, the traditional form makes these stories all
the richer in a modern setting.

We invite you to curl up with this volume and be transported back
in time to when England had a hundred or more local dialects—a
time when the words Lawkamercyme and noddle were commonplace.

A percentage of the net sale from this book will be donated to the
Prince’s Trust for educational scholarships for the underprivileged.