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<p>[QUOTE="Fid, post: 4170722, member: 7724"]it's very difficult to tell when this collection of stories started. most probably around 1750 and not by the Baron himself, although some stories were probably "after" stories told by himself when he came back from Russia and the east. </p><p>some stories were publicised by a hoodlum in English and later re-translated into German and included into later editions, as were other stories. so rather a "work in progress" by several authors and still read to children these days.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Fid, post: 4170722, member: 7724"]it's very difficult to tell when this collection of stories started. most probably around 1750 and not by the Baron himself, although some stories were probably "after" stories told by himself when he came back from Russia and the east. some stories were publicised by a hoodlum in English and later re-translated into German and included into later editions, as were other stories. so rather a "work in progress" by several authors and still read to children these days.[/QUOTE]
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