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R. Nisbet (Robert Nisbet) Bain

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R. Nisbet (Robert Nisbet) Bain

Robert Nisbet Bain (1854–1909) was a British historian, linguist, and translator who worked at the British Museum. He is best known for translating fairy tales and folk stories into English from languages such as Russian, Finnish, Hungarian, and Danish, as well as for writing historical works on Scandinavia and Eastern Europe.

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R. Nisbet (Robert Nisbet) Bain

R. Nisbet (Robert Nisbet) Bain

A Hungarian Nabob

Turkish fairy tales and folk tales

Tales from Gorky

The Slaves of the Padishah

'Midst the Wild Carpathians

Tales From Jókai

'Neath the Hoof of the Tartar; Or, The Scourge of God

Russian Fairy Tales from the Skazki of Polevoi

Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales

St. Peter's Umbrella: A Novel

The Lion of Janina; Or, The Last Days of the Janissaries: A Turkish Novel

Pretty Michal

Eyes Like the Sea: A Novel

The Day of Wrath

The Poor Plutocrats

Halil the Pedlar: A Tale of Old Stambul

Weird Tales from Northern Seas