A HISTORY OF STORY-TELLING
Reading edition

EDITED BY ARTHUR RANSOME
THE WORLD'S STORY-TELLERS
Each volume contains a selection of complete stories, an Introductory Essay by Arthur Ransome, and a Frontispiece Portrait by J. Gavin.
List of volumes already published:—
GAUTIER
HOFFMANN
POE
HAWTHORNE
MÉRIMÉE
BALZAC
CHATEAUBRIAND
THE ESSAYISTS
CERVANTES
Others in preparation
In cloth, 1s. net; cloth gilt, gilt top, 1s. 6d. net per vol.
LONDON AND EDINBURGH
T. C. AND E. C. JACK
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JEAN DE MEUNG

A HISTORY OF STORY-TELLING
STUDIES IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF NARRATIVE
BY ARTHUR RANSOME
Editor of 'The World's Story-Tellers'

WITH 27 PORTRAITS BY J. GAVIN
LONDON: T. C. & E. C. JACK 16 HENRIETTA STREET, W.C. 1909
TO MY WIFE