Church. The Iliad

Today's free book is The Iliad for Boys and Girls by Alfred J. Church (the name of the illustrator is not given). You can find out more about this book in the Homer's Iliad unit of the Myth-Folklore UnTextbook.

For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

This book is available at Internet Archive, Baldwin Project, Hathi Books, and Google Books. There is also a free audiobook at LibriVox. You can get a free Kindle ebook from Amazon too!

Of How the War with Troy Began 

The Quarrel 

What Thetis Did for Her Son 

The Duel of Paris and Menelaus 

How the Oath Was Broken 

The Great Deeds of Diomed 

Concerning Other Valiant Deeds 

Of Glaucus and Diomed 

Hector and Andromache 

How Hector and Ajax Fought 

The Battle on the Plain 

The Repentance of Agamemnon 

The Embassy to Achilles 

The Story of Old Phoenix 

The Adventure of Diomed and Ulysses 

The Wounding of the Chiefs 

The Battle at the Wall 

The Battle at the Ships 

The Deeds and Death of Patroclus 

The Rousing of Achilles 

The Making of the Arms 

The Quarrel Ended 

The Battle at the River 

The Slaying of Hector 

The Ransoming of Hector 

The End of Troy

Guerber. Story of the Greeks

Today's free book is The Story of the Greeks by H. A. Guerber. For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available at the Baldwin Project, Project Gutenberg, Internet Archive, and Hathi Trust. There is also a free audiobook at LibriVox. You can get a free Kindle ebook from Amazon too!

(Reading from Homer)

Early Inhabitants of Greece
The Deluge of Ogyges
The Founding of Many Important Cities
Story of Deucalion
The Story of Dædalus and Icarus
The Adventures of Jason
Theseus Visits the Labyrinth
The Terrible Prophecy
The Sphinx's Riddle
Blindness and Death of Œdipus
The Brothers' Quarrel
The Taking of Thebes
The Childhood of Paris
The Muster of the Troops
The Sacrifice of Iphigenia
The Wrath of Achilles
Death of Hector and Achilles
The Burning of Troy
Heroic Death of Codrus
The Blind Poet
The Rise of Sparta
The Spartan Training
The Brave Spartan Boy
Public Tables in Sparta
Laws of Lycurgus
The Messenian War
The Music of Tyrtæus
Aristomenes' Escape
The Olympic Games
Milo of Croton
The Jealous Athlete
The Girls' Games
The Bloody Laws of Draco
The Laws of Solon
The First Plays
The Tyrant Pisistratus
The Tyrant's Insult
Death of the Conspirators
Hippias Driven out of Athens
The Great King
Hippias Visits Darius
Destruction of the Persian Host
The Advance of the Second Host
The Battle of Marathon
Miltiades' Disgrace
Aristides the Just
Two Noble Spartan Youths
The Great Army
Preparations for Defense
Leonidas at Thermopylæ
Death of Leonidas
The Burning of Athens
The Battles of Salamis and Platæa
The Rebuilding of Athens
Death of Pausanias
Cimon Improves Athens
The Earthquake
The Age of Pericles
The Teachings of Anaxagoras
Beginning of the Peloponnesian War
Death of Pericles
The Philosopher Socrates
Socrates' Favorite Pupil
Youth of Alcibiades
Greek Colonies in Italy
Alcibiades in Disgrace
Death of Alcibiades
The Overthrow of the Thirty Tyrants
Accusation of Socrates
Death of Socrates
The Defeat of Cyrus
The Retreat of the Ten Thousand
Agesilaus in Asia
A Strange Interview
The Peace of Antalcidas
The Theban Friends
Thebes Free Once More
The Battle of Leuctra
Death of Pelopidas
The Battle of Mantinea
The Tyrant of Syracuse
Story of Damon and Pythias
The Sword of Damocles
Dion and Dionysius
Civil War in Syracuse
Death of Dion
Philip of Macedon
Philip Begins His Conquests
The Orator Demosthenes
Philip Masters Greece
Birth of Alexander
The Steed Bucephalus
Alexander as King
Alexander and Diogenes
Alexander's Brilliant Beginning
The Gordian Knot
Alexander's Royal Captives
Alexander at Jerusalem
The African Desert
Death of Darius
Defeat of Porus
The Return to Babylon
Death of Alexander the Great
The Division of the Realm
Death of Demosthenes
The Last of the Athenians
The Colossus of Rhodes
The Battle of Ipsus
Demetrius and the Athenians
The Achæan League
Division in Sparta
Death of Agis
The War of the Two Leagues
The Last of the Greeks
Greece a Roman Province

Lang. Stories from the Iliad

Today's free book is Stories from the Iliad, or, The Siege of Troy by Jeannie Lang. 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.

What Led to the Seige of Troy 

How Achilles and Agamemnon Fell Out
The Council
The Fight Between Paris and Menelaus
How Menelaus was Wounded
Hector and Andromache
The Fight Bewteen Hector and Ajax
The Burning of the Dead and the Battle of the Plai
The Message to Achilles
The White Horses of Rhesus
The Fighting on the Plain
How Patroclus Fought and Died
The Rousing of Achilles

Francillon. Gods and Heroes

Today's free book is Gods and Heroes; or, The Kingdom of Jupiter by Robert Edward Francillon. For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

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

Saturn
The Gods and the Giants
The First Man
The Great Flood
The Stories of Latona and Niobe
The Flayed Piper
Too Much Gold
The Critic
The Laurel
The Hyacinth
The Sun-Flower
The Narcissus
Presumption
Diana
Minerva
The God of Fire
Love and the Soul
Mercury and Iris
Neptune
The King and Queen of the Dead
The Kingdom
Orpheus and Eurydice
Man Who Never Died
The Adventures of Perseus
The Golden Fleece
A Lost Secret
The Champion of Athens
The Oracle
His First Labor: The Lion
His Second Labor: The Hydra
His Third Labor: The Stag
His Fourth Labor: The Boar
His Fifth Labor: The Augean Stable
More Labors
His Eleventh Labor: The Garden of the Hesperides
His Twelfth Labor: The Descent into Hades
The Choice of Hercules
The Tunic of Nessus
The Apple of Discord

Dasent. Popular Tales From the Norse.

Today's free book is Popular Tales From the Norse (1904) by George Webbe Dasent. For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

This book is available at Baldwin Project, Project Gutenberg, Internet Archive, Sacred Texts, Hathi Trust, Google Books, and LibriVox. There is also a free Kindle ebook.

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Table of Contents

True and Untrue
Why the Sea Is Salt
The Old Dame and Her Hen
East o' the Sun and West o' the Moon
Boots Who Ate a Match with the Troll
Hacon Grizzlebeard
Boots Who Made the Princess Say, ''That's A Story.''
The Twelve Ducks
The Giant Who Had No Heart in His Body
The Fox as Herdsman
The Mastermaid
The Cat on the Dovrefell
Princess on the Glass Hill
How One Went Out to Woo
The Cock and Hen
The Master-Smith
The Two Step-Sisters
Buttercup
Taming the Shrew
Shortshanks
Gudbrand on the Hill-side
The Blue Belt
Why the Bear Is Stumpy-Tailed
Not a Pin to Choose Between Them
One's Own Children Are Always Prettiest
The Three Princesses of Whiteland
The Lassie and Her Godmother
The Three Aunts
The Cock, the Cuckoo, and the Blackcock
Rich Peter the Pedlar
Gertrude's Bird
Boots and the Troll
Goosey Grizzel
The Lad Who Went to the North Wind
The Master Theif
The Best Wish
The Three Billy-Goats Gruff
Well Done and Ill Paid
The Husband Who Was to Mind the House
Dapplegrim
Farmer Weathersky
Lord Peter
The Seven Foals
The Widow's Son
Bushy Bride
Boots and His Brothers
Big Peter and Little Peter
Tatterhood
The Cock and Hen That Went to the Dovrefell
Katie Woodencloak
Thumbikin
Doll i' the Grass
The Lad and the Deil
The Cock and Hen a-Nutting
The Big Bird Dan
Soria Moria Castle
Bruin and Reynard
Tom Totherhouse
Little Annie the Goose-Girl

Appendix: Ananzi Stories from the West Indies
* Dasent knew of these stories because of his family ties to St. Vincent in the Caribbean; more in this Memoir.

Why the Jack-Spaniard's Waist Is Small
Ananzi and the Lion
Ananzi and Quanqua
The Ear of Corn and the Twelve Men
The King and the Ant's Tree
The Little Child and the Pumpkin Tree
The Brother and His Sisters
The Girl and the Fish
The Lion, The Goat, and The Baboon
Ananzi and Baboon
The Man and the Doukana Tree
Nancy Fairy
The Dancing Gang

Colum. The Golden Fleece

Today's free book is The Golden Fleece and the Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles by Padraic Colum (1921). For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

Available at the Baldwin Project, Project Gutenberg, Internet Archive, Hathi Trust, Google Books, and LibriVox. There is also a free Kindle ebook.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

I. The Voyage to Colchis
The Youth Jason
King Pelias
The Golden Fleece
The Assembling of the Heroes
The Argo
The Beginning of Things
Polydeuces’ Victory and Heracles’ Loss
King Phineus
King Phineus’s Counsel
Landing in Lemnos
The Lemnian Maidens
Demeter and Persephone
Atalanta’s Race
The Departure from Lemnos
The Golden Maid
The Passage of the Symplegades
The Mountain Caucasus
Prometheus

II. The Return to Greece
King Æetes
Medea the Sorceress
The Winning of the Golden Fleece
The Slaying of Apsyrtus
Medea Comes to Circe
In the Land of the Phæacians
They Come to the Desert Land
The Carrying of the Argo.
The Story of Perseus
Near to Iolcus Again

III. The Heroes of the Quest
Atalanta the Huntress
Peleus and His Bride from the Sea
Theseus and the Minotaur
The Life and Labors of Heracles
The Battle of the Frogs and Mice
Admetus
Orpheus the Minstrel
Jason and Medea

Kingsley. The Heroes: Or, Greek Fairy Tales

Today's free book is The Heroes: Or, Greek Fairy Tales by Charles Kingsley. For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

This was a popular book in many editions; this edition has illustrations by T. H. Robinson.

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

STORY I.—Perseus
Part I. How Perseus and His Mother Came to Seriphos
Part II. How Perseus Vowed a Rash Vow
Part III. How Perseus Slew the Gorgon
Part IV. How Perseus Came to the Aethiops
Part V. How Perseus Came Home Again

STORY II.—The Argonauts
Part I. How the Centaur Trained the Heroes on Pelion
Part II. How Jason Lost His Sandal in Anauros
Part III. How They Built the Ship Argo in Iolcos
Part IV. How the Argonauts Sailed to Colchis
Part V. How the Argonauts Were Driven into the Unknown Sea
Part VI. What Was the End of the Heroes

STORY III.—Theseus
Part I. How Theseus Lifted the Stone
Part II. How Theseus Slew the Devourers of Men
Part III. How Theseus Slew the Minotaur
Part IV. How Theseus Fell By His Pride

Shaw. Stories of the Ancient Greeks

Today's free book is Stories of the Ancient Greeks by Charles D. Shaw. 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.

The Gods of Greece
The Fire from Heaven
The Magic Box
The Voices of the Gods
Deucalion's Flood
In the Woods
Under the Waves
In the Moonlight
Among the Stars
The Kingdom under the Ground
Sowing Dragon's Teeth
The Race of Atalanta
Men Turned to Stone
Black Sails or White
Wings of Wax
The Good Ship Argo
The Golden Fleece
Lost by Looking Back
The Horse with Wings
The Singer and the Dolphin
A Fiery Runaway
What a Strong Man Did
A Golden Girl
How Death Was Conquered
The Shepherd Prince of Troy
The Trojan War
The Wooden Horse
The Giant's Cave
The Enchanted Island
Dangers of the Sea
A Friendly Land
The Wanderer's Return
The Splendid City
The Boy and the Fox
The Olympic Games
The Great Lawgivers
The Ring of Polycrates
"I Will Be the Greatest"
The Poets
The Three Orders of Architecture
With Chisel and Pencil
The Battle of Marathon
The Greatest Army
The Brave Three Hundred
The Wooden Walls
The Seven Wise Men
The Richest King
Glorious Days
The Wise Man with the Snub Nose
A Wasted Life
The Retreat of the Ten Thousand
False and Cruel
The Theban Pair
Philip of Macedon
The Man with the Silver Tongue
The Man Called "The Broad"
The Faithful Friends
The Wise Man Who Lisped
The Man Who Was Called "The Good"
Alexander the Great
The Wise Man Who Lived in a Tub
The End of Glory
The Great Mechanic
Conquered by Rome

Babbitt. Jataka Tales

Today's free book is Jataka Tales by Ellen C. Babbitt. You can find out more about this book in the Jataka Tales (Babbitt) unit of the Myth-Folklore UnTextbook.

For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available at Internet Archive, Sacred Texts, Baldwin Project, Google Books and Hathi Books. There is a free audiobook at LibriVox.

The illustrations are by Ellsworth Young, and I have made a Flickr collection.

I. The Monkey and the Crocodile
II. How the Turtle Saved His Own Life
III. The Merchant of Seri
IV. The Turtle Who Couldn't Stop Talking
V. The Ox Who Won the Forfeit
VI. The Sandy Road
VII. The Quarrel of the Quails
VIII. The Measure of Rice
IX. The Foolish, Timid Rabbit
X. The Wise and the Foolish Merchant
XI. The Elephant Girly-Face
XII. The Banyan Deer
XIII. The Princes and the Water-Sprite
XIV. The King's White Elephant
XV. The Ox Who Envied the Pig
XVI. Grannie's Blackie
XVII. The Crab and the Crane
XVIII. Why the Owl Is Not King of the Birds

Pyle. The Wonder Clock

Today's free book is The Wonder Clock by Howard Pyle. For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available at the Baldwin Project, Internet Archive, Hathi Trust, and Google Books. There is also a free audiobook at LibriVox.

Bearskin
The Water of Life
How One Turned his Trouble to Some Account
How Three Went out into the Wide World
The Clever Student and the Master of Black Arts
The Princess Golden Hair and the Great Black Raven
Cousin Greylegs, the Red Fox, and Grandfather Mole
One Good Turn Deserves Another
The White Bird
How The Good Gifts were Used by Two
How Boots Befooled the King
The Step-mother
Master Jacob
Peterkin and the Little Grey Hare
Mother Hildegarde
Which is Best
The Simpleton and his Little Black Hen
The Swan Maiden
The Three Little Pigs and the Ogre
The Staff and the Fiddle
How the Princess's Pride was Broken
How Two Went into Partnership
King Stork
The Best that Life has to Give

Colum. The Children of Odin

Today's free book is The Children of Odin: A Book of Northern Myths by Padraic Colum, with illustrations by Willy Pogany. For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available at the Baldwin Project, Project Gutenberg, Internet Archive, Sacred Texts, and Hathi Trust. There is also a free audiobook at LibriVox. You can get a free Kindle ebook from Amazon too!

Far Away and Long Ago
The Building of the Wall
How Loki Put the Gods in Danger
How Loki Wrought Mischief in Asgard
How Brock the Dwarf Brought Judgement on Loki
How Freya Gained Her Necklace
How Frey Won Gerda, the Giant Maiden
Heimdall and Little Hnossa
All-Father's Forebodings
Odin Goes to the Mimir's Well
Odin Faces an Evil Man
Odin Wins for Men the Magic Mead
Odin Tells to Vidar the Secret of His Doings
Thor and Loki in the Giants' City
How Thor and Loki Befooled Thrym the Giant
Ægir's Feast: How Thor Triumphed
The Dwarf's Hoard, and the Curse That It Brought
Foreboding in Asgard
Loki the Betrayer
Loki Against the Æsir
The Valkyrie
The Children of Loki
Baldur's Doom
Loki's Punishment
Sigurd's Youth
The Sword Gram and the Dragon Fafnir
The Dragon's Blood
The Story of Sigmund and Signy
The Story of Sigmund and Sinfiotli
Story of the Vengeance of the Volsungs
Brynhild in the House of Flame
Sigurd at the House of the Nibelungs
How Brynhild Was Won for Gunnar
The Death of Sigurd
The Twilight of the Gods

Dutton. The Tortoise and the Geese

Today's free book is The Tortoise and the Geese and Other Fables of Bidpai by Maude Barrows Dutton with illustrations by E. Boyd Smith. You can find out more about this book in the Bidpai unit of the Myth-Folklore UnTextbook. For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available at Baldwin Project, Hathi Books, and Google Books. The links below are to the Baldwin edition of the book.

The illustrations are by E. Boyd Smith, and I have made a Flickr collection.

1 The Tortoise and the Geese
2 The Fox, the Hen, and the Drum
3 The Carpenter and the Ape
4 The Poor Man and the Flask of Oil
5 The Rich Man and the Bundle of Wood
6 The Scorpion and the Tortoise
7 The Partridge and the Crow
8 The Hunter, the Fox, and the Leopard
9 The Youth, the Hawk, and the Raven
10 The Bleacher, the Crane, and the Hawk
11 The Gardener and the Bear
12 The Hen and the Falcon
13 The Three Fish
14 The Frog, the Crab, and the Serpent
15 The Tyrant who became a Just Ruler
16 The Apes, the Glow-Worm, and the Popinjay
17 The Fox and the Piece of Meat
18 The Blind Man and the Snake
19 The Farmer, the Sheep, and the Robbers
20 The Sparrows and the Snake
21 The Ape and the Boar
22 The Rustic and the Nightingale
23 The Partridge and the Hawk
24 The King, the Falcon, and the Drinking-Cup
25 The Hare, the Fox, and the Wolf
26 The Merchant and His Iron
27 The Lean Cat and the Fat Cat
28 The King, the Hermit, and the Two Princes
29 The Two Travelers
30 The Lion and the Hare
31 The Crane and the Crab
32 The Ass, the Lion, and the Folk
33 The Crow, the Jackal, the Wolf, and the Camel
34 The Camel Driver and the Adder

Steel. Tales of the Punjab.

Today's free book is Tales of the Punjab by Flora Annie Steel (1917). You can find out more about this book in the Raja Rasalu unit of the Myth-Folklore UnTextbook.

For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image. These stories also appear in Wide-Awake Stories: A Collection of Tales Told by Little Children, between Sunset and Sunrise, in the Panjab and Kashmir by F. A. Steel and R. C. Temple, which you can find at Hathi Trust.

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

The illustrations are by J. Lockwood Kipling, and I've made a Flickr collection.

Sir Buzz: text
The Rat's Wedding: text
The Faithful Prince: text
The Bear's Bad Bargain: text
Prince Lionheart and his Three Friends: text
The Lambikin: text

Bopoluchi: text
Princess Aubergine: text
Valiant Vicky, the Brave Weaver: text
The Son of Seven Mothers: text
The Sparrow and the Crow: text
The Tiger, the Brahman, and the Jackal: text
The King of the Crocodiles: text
The Anklebone: text

The Close Alliance: text
The Two Brothers: text
The Jackal and the Iguana: text
The Death and Burial of Poor Hen-sparrow: text
Princess Pepperina: text
Peasie and Beansie: text
The Jackal and the Partridge: text
The Snake-woman and King Ali Mardan: text
The Wonderful Ring: text
The Jackal and the Pea-hen
The Grain of Corn: text
The Farmer and the Money-lender: text
The Lord of Death: text
The Wrestlers: text
The Legend of the Glacier-hearted Queen: text
The Barber's Clever Wife: text
The Jackal and the Crocodile: text
How Raja Rasalu was Born: text
How Raja Rasalu Went Out Into the World: text
How Raja Rasalu's Friends Forsook Him: text
How Raja Rasalu Killed the Giants: text
How Raja Rasalu Became a Jogi: text
How Raja Rasalu Journeyed to the City of King Sark: text
How Raja Rasalu Swung the Seventy Fair Maidens: text
How Raja Rasalu Played Chaupur with King Sarkap: text
The King Who was Fried: text
Prince Half-a-son: text
The Mother and Daughter Who Worshipped the Sun: text
The Ruby Prince: text

Morris. Historical Tales - Scandinavian

Today's free book is Historical Tales - Scandinavian by Charles Morris. For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

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

Table of Contents

How King Rolf Won His Bride
Ragnar Lodbrok and his Sons
Harold Fair-Haired
Gorm the Old
Erik Blood-Axe
Sea-Kings and their Feats
Haakon the Good
Earl Haakon and Jomsvikings
A Slave-Boy Won the Throne
Olaf Dethrones Odin
Olaf the Saint a
Canute the Great
Magnus the Good
Sverre, the Cook's Son
The Foes of a Boy Prince
Valdemar and Bishop Absolon
Misfortunes of Valdemar II
Conquest of Finland
First Swedish-Russian War
Punishment of King Birger
Queen Margaret
Sir Tord Fiught for Sweden
Sten Sture's Victory
The Ditmarshers
The Blood-bath of Stockholm
Adventures of Gustavus Vasa
The Fall of Christian II
West Gothland Insurrection
Love Affairs of King Erik
Gustavus Adolphus at Leipsic
Charles X Invades of Denmark
Charles XII of Sweden
The English Invaders
French Soldier Becomes King
Dismemberment of Denmark
Norway Splits from Sweden

Griffis. Fairy Tales of Old Japan

Today's free book is The Fire-Fly's Lovers, and Other Fairy Tales of Old Japan by William E. Griffis. For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available at the Baldwin Project, Internet Archive, and Hathi Trust.

The Fire-Fly's Lovers

The Travels of the Two Frogs

The Child of the Thunder

The Tounge-Cut Sparrow

The Ape and the Crab

The Wonderful Tea-Kettle

Benkei and the Bell

Little Silver's Dream

The Magic Frog

How the Jelly-Fish Lost His Shell

Lord Cuttle-Fish's Concert

Raiko and His Guards

Raiko Slays the Demons

The Ambitious Carp

Lord Long-Leg's Procession

The Power of Love

The Tide-Jewels

The Grateful Crane

The Idol and the Whale

The Gift of Gold Lacquer

Brown. In the Days of Giants

Today's free book is In the Days of Giants: A Book of Norse Tales by Abbie Farwell Brown with illustrations by E. Boyd Smith. For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available at the Baldwin Project, Project Gutenberg, Internet Archive, Hathi Trust, and Google Books. There is also a free audiobook at Librivox.

I. The Beginning of Things
II. How Odin Lost His Eye
III. Kvasir's Blood
IV. The Giant Builder
V. The Magic Apples
VI. Skadi's Choice
VII. The Dwarf's Gifts
VIII. Loki's Children
IX. The Quest of the Hammer
X. The Giantess Who Would Not
XI. Thor's Visit to the Giants
XII. Thor's Fishing
XIII. Thor's Duel
XIV. In the Giant's House
XV. Balder and the Mistletoe
XVI. The Punishment of Loki

Nesbit. Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare

Today's free book is Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare by Edith Nesbit. For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available at the Baldwin Project, Gutenberg, Internet Archive, and Hathi. There is also a free audiobook at LibriVox! Amazon has a free Kindle ebook.

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Table of Contents

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM
THE TEMPEST
AS YOU LIKE IT
THE WINTER'S TALE
KING LEAR
TWELFTH NIGHT
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING
ROMEO AND JULIET
PERICLES
HAMLET
CYMBELINE
MACBETH
THE COMEDY OF ERRORS
THE MERCHANT OF VENICE
TIMON OF ATHENS
OTHELLO
THE TAMING OF THE SHREW
MEASURE FOR MEASURE
TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA
ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL
QUOTATIONS FROM SHAKESPEARE

Morris. Historical Tales - Japanese and Chinese.

Today's free book is Historical Tales, Vol. 12 - Japanese and Chinese by Charles Morris. For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

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

(from Ogata Gekko's Views of Mt. Fuji)

Table of Contents

The First of the Mikados
How Civilization Came to Japan
Yamato-Dake, a Hero of Romance
Jingu, the Amazon of Japan
The Decline of the Mikados
How the Taira and Minamoto Fought for Power
The Bayard of Japan
The Hojo Tyranny
The Tartar invasion of Japan
Nobunaga and the Fall of the Buddhists
How a Peasant Boy Became Premier
The Founder of Yedo and Modern Feudalism
The Progress of Christianity in Japan
The Decline and Fall of Christianity in Japan
The Captivity of Captain Golownin
The Opening of Japan
The Mikado Comes to His Own Again
How the Empire of China Arose and Grew
Confucius, the Chinese Scholar
The Founder of the Chinese Empire
Koatsou and the Dynasty of the Hans
The Empress Poisoner of China
The Invasion of the Tartar Steppes
The 'Crimson Eyebrows'
The Conquest of Central Asia
The Siege of Sinching
From the Shoemaker's Bench to the Throne
Three Notable Women
The Reign of Taitson the Great
A Female Richelieu
The Tartars and Ghenghis Khan
How the Friars Fared Among the Tartars
The Siege of Sianyang
The Death-Struggle of China
The Palace of Kublai Khan
The Expulsion of the Mongols
The Rise of the Manchus
The Manchu Conquest of China
The Career of a Desert Chief
The Raid of the Goorkhas
How Europe Entered China
The Burning of the Summer Palace
The Great Christian Movement and its Fate
Corea and it Neighbors
The Battle of the Iron-Clads
Progress in Japan and China

Steedman. In God's Garden - Stories of the Saints.

Today's free book is In God's Garden - Stories of the Saints by Amy Steedman. For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

This book is available at the Baldwin Project and at Project Gutenberg. There is a free audiobook at Librivox, and Amazon has a free free Kindle ebook.

Table of Contents

SAINT URSULA
SAINT BENEDICT
SAINT CHRISTOPHER
SAINT CATHERINE OF SIENA
SAINT AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO
SAINT AUGUSTINE OF CANTERBURY
SAINT CECILIA
SAINT GILES
SAINT NICHOLAS
SAINT FAITH
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SAINT MARTIN
SAINT GEORGE
SAINT FRANCIS OF ASSISI

Morris: Historic Tales - Greek.

Today's free book is Historic Tales - Greek by Charles Morris. For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

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

(The Argo, by Lorenzo Costa)

Table of Contents

How Troy was Taken
Voyage of the Argonauts
Theseus and Ariadne
Seven Against Thebes
Lycurgus and Spartan Laws
Aristomenes, Hero of Messenia
Solon, Law-Giver of Athens
The Fortune of Croesus
The Suitors of Agariste
The Tyrants of Corinth
The Ring of Polycrates
The Adventures of Democedes
Darius and the Scythians
The Athenians at Marathon
Xerxes and His Army
The Spartans at Thermopylae
The Wooden Walls of Athens
Plataea's Famous Day
Four Famous Men of Athens
How Athens Rose from Ashes
The Plague at Athens
The Envoys of Life and Death
The Defense of Plataea
How the Long Walls Fell
Socrates and Alcibiades
Retreat of the Ten Thousand
The Rescue of Thebes
The Humiliation of Sparta
Timoleon, Favorite of Fortune
The Sacred War
Alexander and Darius
The World's Greatest Orator
The Olympic Games
Pyrrhus and the Romans
The Fall of Sparta
The Death-Struggle of Greece
Zenobia and Longinus

The Literary Glory of Greece