This collection is one of the first and the finest attempts to compile these treasures from Bengali folk literature. It contains 22 tales.
The Reverend Lal Behari Dey (Bengali: লাল বিহারী দে - also transliterated as Lal Behari Day) (18 December 1824 – 28 October 1892) was a Bengali Indian journalist, who converted to Christianity, and became a Christian missionary himself. (Wikipedia)