. Evenings with the old story tellers; select tales from the Gesta Romanorum, etc . ions, andtherefore I agree with you that great praise may with reason begiven to all the tales we have heard, and to no one more than thatwith which our last evening, I fear, must now conclude. One thingI would ask you, Lathom; you spoke of the want of the usual ac-cessories to fiction in these old monks stories. One or two slipshave not escaped me; but, unless you have re-produced many ofthe tales, the credit of great experience in writing fictions must beallowed to the authors of the Gesta. I do not mean to d
. Evenings with the old story tellers; select tales from the Gesta Romanorum, etc . ions, andtherefore I agree with you that great praise may with reason begiven to all the tales we have heard, and to no one more than thatwith which our last evening, I fear, must now conclude. One thingI would ask you, Lathom; you spoke of the want of the usual ac-cessories to fiction in these old monks stories. One or two slipshave not escaped me; but, unless you have re-produced many ofthe tales, the credit of great experience in writing fictions must beallowed to the authors of the Gesta. I do not mean to deny that I have re-written many of thesetales, and in some places introduced a little embroidery, but no 172 ANCIENT MORAL TALES. where have I done more than re-set the old jewels, and put oldpictures into new frames. This, then, is our last evening with the old story-tellers, saidThompson ; to-morrow, Herbert and I are off for a week ofhome, whilst you are left here to To reset some more old jewels, should these, through yourreport, obtain favour and acceptance with my : PRINTED UY RORSON, LEVEY, AND , AMUSING AND INSTRUCTIVE : 136, HIGH , a Tale of Early Christians, cloth, frontispiece, Nights, revised for Young People, elegantly printed, 2 vols. cloth, gaily bound, exquisite engravings, 7s. Aslaugas Knight and Two Captains, 2 Romances, by Fouque, trans-lated, fine engravings. 6cl. Ballads and Metrical Tales, from Percy, Ritson, and other CoPeitions,with full Notes and COPIOUS GLOSSARY, ./roe wood engravings byTenniel, Scions, &c, 2s. Ditto, and SONGS from GERMAN, a collection of 46 best translationsfrom Uhland, Burger, Schamisso, Becker, &c, both parts in one, beau-tiful engravings by Warren, Selous, Corbould, &c, 2s. Book of Fables and Allegories, 131 of best Specimens, very delightful,most unexceptionable ever published, cloth, numerous cuts, 2s. Ditto, of POETRY, selected by REV. B. G. JOHNS, includes thechoi
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