Finnish Legends for English Children

PREFACE

The following stories cover almost all of the songs of the Kalevala, the epic of the Finnish people. They will lead the English child into a new region in the fairy world, yet one where he will recognise many an old friend in a new form. The very fact that they _do_ open up a new portion of the world of the marvellous, will, it is hoped, render them all the more acceptable, ...