The Talking Thrush, and Other Tales from India

Name: The Talking Thrush, and Other Tales from India
Author: William Crooke

by William Crooke, W. H. D. (William Henry Denham) Rouse

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Project Gutenberg

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Produced by Chris Curnow, Emmy and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Release date

2009-12-09

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Public domain in the USA.

Subjects

Folklore -- India

About the authors

William Crooke

1848–1923

Known for bringing together folklore, religion, and everyday life in colonial India, this Irish-born civil servant became one of the best-known interpreters of North Indian customs for English readers. His books remain notable for their wide-ranging curiosity and rich detail.

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W. H. D. (William Henry Denham) Rouse

1863–1950

A pioneering classics teacher, translator, and school reformer, this British scholar pushed for Latin and Greek to be taught as living languages rather than as dry exercises. He is still widely remembered for clear, readable translations of Homer and Plato and for helping shape the early Loeb Classical Library.

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