PREFACE. 



The printing of this book began in December 1914 but bas for various reasons been 

 greatly delayed. 



The number of folk-tales coUected by me in Ki'wai is, in my original notes, 859, each 

 one of which comprehends one separate storj- in the narrator's vievv. Of thèse 85 havc not been 

 included in the precent . collection. A great number of the narratives related, hovvever, contained 

 différent versions of the same taies; in other cases two or more distinct taies vvere conjoined in 

 such a vvay that either the one was inserted in the other or formed a séquence to it. The cases 

 in which stories, originally told together, hâve been separated are indicated in the text. The actual 

 number of différent taies in this collection is 498; vvith the various versions they amount to 925. 



To Dr. A. C. Haddon I wish to express' my great indebtedness for the constant interest 

 he has shown in the progress of my work and for his kindness in reading parts of the manuscript 

 to which he has contributed valuable hints and suggestions. Professor Kaarle Krohn and Dr. 

 Oskar Hackman hâve kindly given me the benefit of their advice in editorial questions regarding 

 the folk-tales and their différent versions. I hâve also sincerely to thank Miss Lilian Whitehouse 

 vvho with keen sj'mpathy and admirable skill has revised the greater part of the manuscript. The 

 remaining portion of the manuscript has been read over by Miss Mabel Freeman, while Mrs. 

 Arthur R. Reade and Miss Charlotte Frietsch hâve corrected the proofs; to air of whom I feel 

 much indebted. 



Helsingfors, March 1917. 



GUNNAR LANDTMAN 



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