The title poem reflects the influence of the brothersGrimm
's Household Tales and Joseph Jacobs
's More Celtic Fairy Tales. In a footnote AR
relates her golden bird to theirs.
Ridler, Anne. The Golden Bird. Faber and Faber.
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Literary responses
Lucy Toulmin Smith
In a review for the journal Folklore, Joseph Jacobs
stated that the editors had made students of folk-lore their debtors by their admirable edition of the exempla of Nicole Bozon.