Old Deccan Days

What do you know about mysterious India? What do you know about it’s ancient culture, traditions and habits? You have a great opportunity to find out more about it! 

“Old Deccan Days” is a collection of Indian folk stories, published in 1868. A collector of Indian folklore Mary Frere had heard and recorded all this stories during long travels, in which hеr only female companion was a local ayah named Anna Liberata d'Souza. As the result, it is the first English-language field-collected book of Indian story tales, which became very successful in it's time and still remains nowadays.

Max Muller said: "If I were to look over the whole world to find out the country most richly endowed with all the wealth, power and beauty that nature can bestow, in some parts a very paradise on earth—I should point to India”. Start your journey in wise India with that book!