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Showing posts with label Place: Spain. Show all posts

Thoms. Lays and legends of Spain

Today's free book is Lays and legends of Spain by William J. Thoms (1834). 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

The Dean of Santiago and Don Illan of Toledo
Peter de Cabina
Bernardo del Carpio and the King
La Sortilega, or The Charmed Ring
The Cid and the Jew
The King and the Alcayde
Of the Moor who Married a Shrew
Omar, A Lusian Legend
Anthonio Costilla
The Enchanted Princess
The Hell-Hounds
Tale of the Green Taper: A Legend of Seville
The Duende an Enemy to Gambling
The Concealed Sin
The Goblin of Salamanca
Pepito the Hunchback
Durandarte
The Spirit Horse
She Sleeps

Iriarte. Literary Fables

Today's free book is Literary Fables by Tomás de Iriarte, translated from the Spanish by George Devereux. For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available at Project Gutenberg, Internet Archive, Hathi Trust, and Google Books. There is also a free Kindle ebook.


Table of Contents

THE ELEPHANT AND OTHER ANIMALS
THE SILKWORM AND SPIDER
THE BEAR, THE MONKEY AND THE HOG
THE DRONES AND THE BEE
THE TWO PARROTS AND THE MAGPIE
THE SHOWMAN'S MONKEY AND HIS MASTER
THE CATHEDRAL BELL AND THE LITTLE BELL
THE ASS AND THE FLUTE
THE ANT AND THE FLEA
THE WALL-FLOWER AND THE THYME
THE RABBITS AND THE DOGS
THE EGGS
THE DUCK AND THE SNAKE
THE MUFF, THE FAN, AND THE UMBRELLA
THE FROG AND THE TADPOLE
THE BUSTARD
THE LINNET AND THE SWAN
THE HACK MULE
THE GOAT AND THE HORSE
THE BEE AND THE CUCKOO
THE BAT AND THE CAT
THE OWL AND LAMP, AND THE DOGS AND THE RAGMAN
THE THRUSH, PARROT AND MAGPIE
THE WOLF AND THE SHEPHERD
THE LION, EAGLE AND BAT
THE MONKEY
THE ASS AND HIS MASTER
THE TURNSPIT AND THE MULE OF THE WELL
THE AUTHOR AND THE RAT
THE SQUIRREL AND THE HORSE
THE FOP AND THE LADY
THE OSTRICH, THE DROMEDARY, AND THE FOX
THE CROW AND THE TURKEY
THE SILKWORM AND THE CATERPILLAR
THE PURCHASE OF THE ASS
THE OX AND THE GRASSHOPPER
THE MACAW AND THE MARMOT
THE PORTRAIT
THE TWO INNS
THE TEA-PLANT AND SAGE
THE CAT, THE LIZARD, AND THE CRICKET
THE CONCERT OF THE BEASTS
THE SWORD AND THE SPIT
THE UNFORTUNATES
THE COCKS
THE MONKEY AND THE MAGPIE
THE NIGHTINGALE AND THE SPARROW
THE GARDENER AND HIS MASTER
THE TWO THRUSHES
THE LACE-MAKERS
THE HUNTER AND HIS FERRET
THE PIG, THE COCK AND THE LAMB
THE FLINT AND THE STEEL
THE JUDGE AND THE ROBBER
THE HOUSEMAID AND THE BROOM
THE LIZARDS
THE WATCHES
THE MOLE AND OTHER ANIMALS
THE ROPE-DANGER
THE OWL AND THE TOAD
THE OIL MERCHANT'S ASS
THE CONNOISSEURS
THE FROG AND THE HEN
THE BEETLE
THE RICH MAN'S LIBRARY
THE VIPER AND THE LEECH

Sellers. Spanish and Portuguese Folklore.

Today's free book is Tales from the Lands of Nuts and Grapes - Spanish and Portuguese Folklore by Charles Sellers. For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available at Project GutenbergInternet Archive, and Hathi Trust. There is also a free Kindle ebook.


Table of Contents

The Ingenious Student
The Ugly Princess
The Wolf-Child
The Magic Mirror
The Black Slave
A Legend of St. Bartholomew
The White Cat of Ecija
The Church Auctioneer and Clown of Villar
The Wise King of Leon
The Cobbler of Burgos
Barbara, the Grazier’s Wife
The Watchful Servant
Silver Bells
King Robin
The Wicked King
The Palace of the Enchanted Moors
The Seven Pigeons
Lady Clare
Good St. James, and the Merry Barber of Compostella
Elvira, the Sainted Princess
The Enchanted Mule

Baldwin. Stories of Don Quixote

Today's free book is Stories of Don Quixote by James Baldwin. For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available at the Baldwin Project, Hathi Trust, and Google Books.


Getting Ready for Adventures 
The Adventure at the Inn
The Adventure With the Farmer
The Adventure With the Merchants
The Library
The Choosing of a Squire
The Adventure With the Windmills
The Adventure With the Monks
The Lost Helmet
The Adventure With the Sheep
The Adventure WIth the Barber
The Adventure With the Prisoners
In the Black Mountains
The Message to Dulcinea
Sancho Panza on the Road
The Ox-Cart Journey
With Friends and Neighbors
In Search of Dulcinea
The Strolling Players
The Knight of the Mirrors
The Adventure With the Lions
The Enchanted Bark
The Duke and the Duchess
The Wooden-Peg Horse
Sancho in His Island
The Innkeeper of Saragossa
The Knight of the White Moon
The Last Adventure of All

Webster. Basque Legends

Today's free book is Basque Legends by Wentworth Webster. For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available at Project Gutenberg, Internet Archive, Sacred Texts, Hathi Trust, and Google Books. You can get a free Kindle ebook from Amazon too!


Table of Contents

I.—Legends of the Tartaro      
The Tartaro      
Errua, the Madman      
The Three Brothers, the Cruel Master, and the Tartaro       
The Tartaro and Petit Perroquet       
II.—The Heren-Suge.—The Seven-Headed Serpent       
The Grateful Tartaro and the Heren-Suge       
The Seven-Headed Serpent       
The Serpent in the Wood       
III.—Animal Tales       
Acheria, the Fox       
The Ass and the Wolf       
IV.—Basa-Jaun, Basa-Andre, and Lamiñak       
Basa-Jauna       
The Servant at the Fairy’s       
The Fairy in the House       
The Pretty but Idle Girl       
The Devil’s Age       
The Fairy-Queen Godmother       
V.—Witchcraft and Sorcery       
The Witches at the Sabbat       
The Witches and the Idiots       
The Witch and the New-Born Infant       
The Changeling       
VI.—Contes des Fées       
(A) Tales like the Keltic       
Malbrouk       
The Fisherman and his Sons       
Tabakiera, the Snuff-Box       
Mahistruba, the Master Mariner       
Dragon       
Ezkabi-Fidel       
 The Lady-Pigeon and her Comb       
Suggested Explanation of above       
Laur-Cantons       
The Young School-Boy       
The Son who Heard Voices       
The Mother and her Idiot Son; or, the Clever Thief       
Juan Dekos, the Blockhead (Tontua)       
Juan de Kalais       
The Duped Priest       
(B) Contes des Fées, derived directly from the French       
Ass’-Skin       
The Step-Mother and Step-Daughter       
Beauty and the Beast       
The Cobbler and his Three Daughters (Blue-Beard)       
The Singing Tree, the Bird which tells the Truth, and the Water which makes Young       
The White Blackbird       
The Sister and her Seven Brothers       
List of Publication of Foreign Legends in France       
VII.—Religious Tales       
Fourteen       
Jesus Christ and the Old Soldier       
The Poor Soldier and the Rich Man       
The Widow and her Son       
The Story of the Hair-Cloth Shirt (La Cilice)       
The Saintly Orphan Girl       
The Slandered and Despised Girl  

Jones. Adventures of Don Quixote

Today's free book is The adventures of Don Quixote de la Mancha by M. Jones (1895). For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

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


Table of Contents

Don Quixote, his quality and manner...
In search of adventures
Sets out again with his squire...
Beaten with pack-staves
Don Quixote attacks the flock of...
Mambrino's helmet
Don Quixote does penance in the...
Adventure with the wine-skins
Don Quixote seized by officers...
Sets out a second time with his...
Don Quixote and Sancho arrive at...
The knight of the looking-glass...
Don Diego de Miranda
Camacho's wedding
The enchanted bark
Sancho's conversation with the...
The afflicted matron and her bearded...
Sancho made governor of the island...
Sancho, as governor
Sancho's wife and daughter
End of Sancho's government
Don Quixote leaves the castle
Don Quixote's dancing
Don Quixote and Sancho carried...
Don Quixote and Sancho reach their...