Today's free book is The Melanesians; studies in their anthropology and folk-lore by R. H. Codrington (1891). For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.
The book is available at Hathi Trust (I have not checked for other online sources).
Table of Contents
Chapter 19 contains stories:
I. Animal Stories
1. Heron and Turtle.
2. Three Fish.
3. Rat and Rail.
4. Birds' Voyage.
5. Shark and Snake.
6. Hen and Chickens.
II. Myths, Tales of Origins
I. Kamakajaku.
2. Samuku.
3. The Mim.
4. Muesarava.
5. Tagaro's Departure.
6. Hnw Tagaro made the Sea.
7. How Tagaro found Fish.
8. How the old Woman made the Sea.
III. Wonder Tales
1. Dilingavuv.
2. Story of an Eel.
3. Molgon and Molwor.
4. Ghost-wife.
5. Ganviviris.
6. The Little Orphan.
7. The Woman and Eel.
8. The Little Owl.
9. The Winged Wife.
10. Taso.
11. Betawerai.
12. Basi and Dovaowari.
13. Deitari.
14. Tarkeke.
15. The Woman and Ghost.
16. Tagaro the Little.
17. Merambuto and Tagaro
