Author:Joseph Jacobs

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Joseph Jacobs (1854–1916)

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Litt.D. Professor of English Literature in the New York Jewish Theological Seminary of America. President of the Jewish Historical Society of England. Corresponding Member of the Royal Academy of History, Madrid

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This author wrote articles for the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica.
Articles attributed to this author are designated in EB1911 by the initials "J. Ja."

Works

• The fables of Aesop, as first printed by William Caxton in 1484, with those of Avian, Alfonso and Poggio (1889) (Scan indexes: Vol 1, Vol 2)
• English Fairy Tales (1890) illustrated by John D. Batten
• Indian Fairy Tales (1890) illustrated by John D. Batten
• Celtic Fairy Tales (1892) illustrated by John D. Batten
• The Jews of Angevin England (1893)
• Studies in Biblical Archaeology (1894)
• The Fables of Æsop (1894) illustrated by Richard Heighway
• More English Fairy Tales (1894) illustrated by John D. Batten
• More Celtic Fairy Tales (1895) illustrated by John D. Batten
• Barlaam and Josaphat. English lives of Buddha (1896) (page scan index)
• As others saw Him: a retrospect, A.D. 54 (1900)
• Man and Evolution; The Advance in Scientific Knowledge Since Darwin's Day - Prof. Ernst Haeckel's Recent Books (1905)
• Europa's Fairy Book (1916) illustrated by John D. Batten
• The story of Geographical Discovery (1916)
• The Book of Wonder Voyages (1919) illustrated by John D. Batten

As editor

• The Palace of Pleasure (3 volumes)
  • The Palace of Pleasure, Volume 1 (1890), scan index, vol.1
  • The Palace of Pleasure, Volume 2 (1890), scan index, vol.2
  • The Palace of Pleasure, Volume 3 (1890), scan index, vol.3

As contributor

• “The Science of Folk-Tales and the Problem of Diffusion” Transactions of the Second International Folk-Congress (1892)

to Folk-Lore: (editor 1890–1893)

• "Editorial" in Folk-Lore, 1 (1890), pp. 1–3
• "Recent Research in Comparative Religion" in Folk-Lore, 1 (1890), pp. 384–397
• "Review: Les Contes Moralisés de Nicole Bozon" in Folk-Lore, 1 (1890), pp. 270–271
• "A Tale of Campbell and its Foundation in Usage" in Folk-Lore, 1 (1890), pp. 405–406
• "Childe Rowland" in Folk-Lore, 2 (1891), pp. 182–196
• "The Folk" in Folk-Lore, 4 (1893), pp. 233–238
• "Cinderella in Britain" in Folk-Lore, 4 (1893), pp. 269–285

to 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica

• "Jew, The Wandering," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
• "Nethinim," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
• "Passover," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
• "Purim," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
• "Tabernacles, Feast of," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)

Reviews by this author

• "The Science of Fairy Tales: an Inquiry into Fairy Mythology" by Hartland, E. Sidney in Folk-Lore, 2 (1891), pp. 123–127

Articles in Popular Science Monthly

• "Are Jews Jews?" in Popular Science Monthly, 55 (August 1899)

Works about Jacobs

• "Jacobs, Joseph," in A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature, by John William Cousin, London: J. M. Dent & Sons (1910)