Marsh. Negro folk-lore in America

Today's free book is Types and distribution of negro folk-lore in America by Vivian Costroma Osborne Marsh (1922). For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image. You can find out more about Vivian Osborne Marsh at Wikipedia.

The book is available at Hathi Trust (I have not checked for other online sources).


Table of Contents

Introduction.
Origin and Distribution of Stories.
The Bird that Made Milk.
Brother Rabbit and The Little Girl.
The Jabuti That Cheated The Man,
Trickster stories.
Hlakanyana of Africa.
Brother Rabbit and Granny Fox.
Brother Mink and the Diving Match with Brother Tarrypin
Brother Rabbit nails Brer Fox's Tail to the Roof
Bear That Nursed The Alligators.
The Lion and The Jackal.
Brer Rabbit escapes Brer Wolf.
Demane and Demazana.
Story of the Great Chief of the Animals.
Fate of Jack Sparrow.
Brer Fox and Brer Terrapin.
Jaguar Who Catches A Tortoise.
How the Tortoise Outran the Ostriches.
How the Tortoise Outran the Deer.
How the Tortoise Outran the Rabbit.
How the Carapato Outran the Deer.
The White Man and The Snake
The Fox and The Raven.
Brer Wolf Plays Dead.
Stories of Cleverness
Tar Baby Story.
The Bride of The Old Boy.
The Little Girl and The Devil.
The Hunters and The Deer
Creation Story.
Summary