Sixty Folk-Tales from Slavonic Sources

What It's About

First published in 1889, this anthology brings together sixty folktales drawn from the various Slavonic traditions — Bohemian, Serbian, Polish, and others — translated into English by A. H. Wratislaw. The tales encompass the full range of folk narrative: enchanted kingdoms, clever peasants, trickster figures, supernatural creatures, quests, and transformations. The collection is notable for drawing exclusively from Slavonic sources at a time when most English-language fairy tale anthologies leaned heavily on German and French material, making it a valuable and relatively rare window into the folklore of Central and Eastern Europe.

About the Author

Albert Henry Wratislaw (1822–1892) was a British scholar with a deep interest in Bohemian language and culture. He served as a headmaster and was one of the few Victorian-era English academics with genuine expertise in Slavonic languages and literature.