JOSEPH JACOBS
Australian author (1854-1916)
Biography:
Joseph Jacobs was born in Sydney in 1854, but soon emigrated to England and USA. He was a preminent scholar and literay critic, and published many books on Jewish history and tradition, but nowadays he is best remembered for his contribution to children's literature. In 1890 he published a collection of legends and fairy tales under the title English Fairy Tales, where you can find falous stories like "Tom Tit Tot", "The Story of Three Little Pigs", "Tom Thumb" or "Jack and the Beanstalk". Jacobs went on to compile five more volumes of English, Celtic, Indian, and European folktales and stories, as well as a version of The Fables of Aesop and The Thousand and One Nights (see The Arabian Nights).
Other famous stories that he published are "Henny-Penny", "The Story of three Bears", "Molly Whuppie", "Lazy Jack", "Johnny Cake" and "Master of all Masters".
Joseph jacobs, author of illustrated works:
Celtic fairy tales, illustrated by John Batten, Dover, 1892.
English Fairy Tales, illustrated by John Batten, Dover, 1890.
Indian Fairy Tales, illustrated by John Batten, Dover, 1890.
Favourite Celitic Fairy Tales, illustrated by Thea Kiros, Dover Publications, 1994.
Jack and the Beanstalk, illustrated by Henry C. Pitz, Grumhold Collection.
Fables of Aesop, illustrated by Richard Heighway, Schocken Books, 1894.