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<tr><th>Illustrator</th><td>Robin Jacques</td></tr><tr><th>Cover Artist</th><td>Robin Jacques</td></tr><tr><th>Country</th><td>United States</td></tr><tr><th>Language</th><td>English</td></tr><tr><th>Genre(s)</th><td>Fairy Tales</td></tr> <tr><th>Media Type</th><td>Print (hardcover)</td></tr><tr><th>Pages</th><td>127 pp</td></tr>

A Book of Ghosts and Goblins

Author	Ruth Manning-Sanders
Publisher	E. P. Dutton
Released	1969

A Book of Ghosts and Goblins is a 1969 anthology of 21 fairy tales from around the world that have been collected and retold by Ruth Manning-Sanders. It is one in a long series of such anthologies by Manning-Sanders.

This book was first published in the United Kingdom in 1968, by Methuen & Co. Ltd.

Some of tales from this book are recollected in A Choice of Magic (1971) by Manning-Sanders.

[edit] Table of contents

Foreword

• 1. A Box on the Ear (Mallorca)
• 2. The Goblins at the Bath House (Estonia)
• 3. Golden Hair (Corsica)
• 4. Bring me a Light (Spain)
• 5. The Cook and the House Goblin (Estonia)
• 6. The Skull (Tyrol)
• 7. The Tailor in the Church (Scotland)
• 8. Pappa Greatnose (France)
• 9. Hans and His Master (Hungary)
• 10. The Golden Ball (England)
• 11. The Strange Adventure of Paddy O'Toole (Ireland)
• 12. Little Jip (England)
• 13. The Headless Horseman (Ireland)
• 14. The Ring (Spain)
• 15. Water Drops (Estonia)
• 16. The Maiden Suvarna (Siberia)
• 17. The Beauty and Her Gallant (France)
• 18. The Kindly Ghost (Africa)
• 19. The Three Silver Balls (Italy)
• 20. The Good Woman (Ireland)
• 21. The Leg of Gold (France)

[edit] Additional reading

• Wikipedia entry on Ghost
• Wikipedia entry on Goblin