WHY THE BEAR HAS NO TAIL/ AND OTHER RUSSIAN FAIRY

In the 1880s, the artist, designer and illustrator Elena Polenova (1850-98) began illustrating fairy-tales that she noted down durin g her travels around Russian villages. Ten years later, shortly before her death, Polenova became acquainted with an English journal ist called Netta Peacock, who translated several of the tales into English. The original illustrations Polenova created for this Eng lish editionwhich was never publishedand the accompanying translation are in a private collection that has only recently come to l ight. This...[Read more]