or, a Selection from the Traditional Tales.First edition. 8vo. Original brown cloth, gilt, lightly foxed. xii, 212pp. London, W Swan Sonnenschein & Co., 1882.
Theal amassed this collection of folklore over a twenty year period and provides explanatory notes on proverbs and figurative expressions. It’s a typically well-researched work by this important scholar. Mendelssohn II, p475.