The children will not be the less interested in the stories which the Russian grandmother told to the little peasant boy if they discover in her wonder-tales some analogies with stories that they already know. The adventures of Master Reinecke and Mrs. Petz, of Isegrim and Lampe, will surely remind them of the Uncle Remus tales; they will find some suggestion of Kamer-es-zaman and the Princess Budoor in the story of "The Beg and the Fox," a hint of the "City of Brass," in that of "The Vila in Muhlenberg," a faint reflection of the "Arabian Nights" story of the Fisherman in the tale of the "Three Eels," and they will be especially pleased to recognize their old friend--and Sindbad the Sailor's--the roc, in the bird Kumrikusha. The transformations which are so enchanting a feature of the "Arabian Nights" are here suggested in the story of "Steelpacha," while the dress of feathers, most universal of folk-fancies, found among every people in the world, and most perfectly developed in the Arabian "Story of Hassan of Bassora," here appears in the tale of "The Golden Apple-tree and the Nine Pea-hens." That these stories originated in that fountain-head of wonder-tales, the East, is very evident. They give more than a few suggestions of biblical story: the servant sent to announce the readiness of the feast (a courtesy of which I was myself the recipient in Syria last winter), the Delilah-like importunities by which the youngest sister lures from Steelpacha the secret of his strength, are perhaps the most striking instances.