Clouston, William Alexander, 1843-1896 / 2008-06-27 00:00:00
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THE
BOOK OF NOODLES:
_STORIES OF SIMPLETONS; OR,
FOOLS AND THEIR FOLLIES_.
BY
W.A. CLOUSTON,
_Author of "Popular Tales and Fictions; their Migrations and
Transformations_"
"Excellent! Why, this is the best fooling when all
is done."--_Twelfth Night_.
LONDON:
ELLIOT STOCK, 62, PATERNOSTER ROW.
1888.
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 67-24351
TO MY DEAR FRIEND
DAVID ROSS, LL.D., M.A., B.Sc.,
PRINCIPAL OF THE
CHURCH OF SCOTLAND TRAINING COLLEGE,
GLASGOW,
THIS COLLECTION OF FACETIAE
IS DEDICATED.
_PREFACE_.
_Like popular tales in general, the original sources of stories of
simpletons are for the most part not traceable. The old Greek jests of
this class had doubtless been floating about among different peoples
long before they were reduced to writing. The only tales and apologues
of noodles or stupid folk to which an approximate date can be assigned
are those found in the early Buddhist books, especially in the
"Jatakas," or Birth-stories, which are said to have been related to his
disciples by Gautama, the illustrious founder of Buddhism, as incidents
which occurred to himself and others in former births, and were
afterwards put into a literary form by his followers.
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