Near the Euphrates River, as Moses leads the Israelites in search of their homeland, a stubborn donkey delivers a message from an angel and helps her master save the Israelites from the King of Moab, in a richly illustrated tale from the Hebrew Bible. Reprint.
Illustrated hardcover. A contemporary of Pushkin and Gogol, the well-known Russian Prince Vladimir Odoyevsky (1804-1869) is th author of many works including extremely popular tales for children. Here are two of them, the delightful title story about Misha's adventures with a musical snuff-box, and "Old Father Frost", also highly entertaining and instructive.