



Produced by Delphine Lettau, Charles Franks and the people at DP







WELSH FAIRY-TALES AND OTHER STORIES

By Anonymous


Collected And Edited By P. H. Emerson


To

Leonard, Sybil, Gladys, And Zoe.




AUTHOR'S NOTE.

These tales were collected by me whilst living in Anglesea during the
winter 1891-2.

With the exception of the French story, they were told me and I took
them down at the time.

Particulars respecting the narratives will be found in the Notes.

In most cases I have done but little "editing", preferring to give the
stories as told.

The old book referred to in the Notes I bought from a country
bookseller, who knew neither its author, title, or date, but I have
since been informed the book is Williams' _Observations on the Snowdon
Mountains_, published in 1802, a book well known to students of