Adler-Ramsay. Told in the Coffee House: Turkish Tales

Today's free book is Told in the Coffee House: Turkish Tales by Cyrus Adler and Allan Ramsay. 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. You can get a free Kindle ebook from Amazon, and there's a free audiobook from LibriVox.

How the Hodja saved Allah
Better is the Folly of Woman than the Wisdom of Man
The Hanoum and the Unjust Cadi
What happened to Hadji, a Merchant of the Bezestan
How the Junkman travelled to find Treasure in his Own Yard
How Chapkin Halid became Chief Detective
How Cobbler Ahmet became the Chief Astrologer
The Wise Son of Ali Pasha
The Merciful Khan
King Kara-Kush of Bithynia
The Prayer Rug and the Dishonest Steward
The Goose, the Eye, the Daughter, and the Arm
The Forty Wise Men
How the Priest knew that it would Snow
Who was the Thirteenth Son?
Paradise sold by the Yard
Jew turned Turk
The Metamorphosis
The Calif Omar
Kalaidji Avram of Balata
How Mehmet Ali Pasha of Egypt administered Justice
How the Farmer learned to cure his Wife: A Turkish Aesop
The Language of Birds
The Swallow's Advice
We know not what the Dawn may Bring Forth
Old Men made Young
The Bribe
How the Devil lost his Wager
The Effects of Raki

Clarke. Story of Aeneas

Today's free book is Story of Aeneas by Michael Clarke. 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. You can get a free Kindle ebook from Amazon too!

Vergil, the Prince of Poets

The Gods and Goddesses

1. The Wooden Horse

2. Aeneas Leaves Troy — The Harpies — Prophesy of Helenus — The Giant Polyphemus

3. A Great Storm — Arrival in Carthage

4. Dido's Love — The Funeral Games — Ships Burned by the Women

5. The Sibyl of Cumae — The Golden Bough — In the Regions of the Dead

6. Aeneas Arrives in Latium — Welcomed by King Latinus

7. Alliance With Evander — Vulcan Makes Arms for Aeneas — The Famous Shield

8. Turnus Attacks the Trojan Camp — Nisus and Euryalus

9. The Council of the Gods — Return of Aeneas — Battle on the Shore — Death of Pallas

10. Funeral of Pallas — Aeneas and Turnus Fight — Turnus Is Slain

Jacobs. Fables of Aesop

Today's free book is The Fables of Aesop by Joseph Jacobs with illustrations by Richard Heighway. You can find out more about this book in the Aesop's Fables (Jacobs) 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, Hathi Books, and Google Books. You can find the stories listed and linked in Diigo.

1. The Cook and the Pearl (Perry 503) 

2. The Wolf and the Lamb (Perry 155) 

3. The Dog and the Shadow (Perry 133)

4. The Lion's Share (Perry 339)

5. The Wolf and the Crane (Perry 156)

6. The Man and the Serpent (Perry 51)

7. The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse (Perry 352)

8. The Fox and the Crow (Perry 124)

9. The Sick Lion (Perry 481)

10. The Ass and the Lapdog (Perry 91)

11. The Lion and the Mouse (Perry 150)

12. The Swallow and the Other Birds (Perry 39)

13. The Frogs Desiring a King (Perry 44)

14. The Mountains in Labour (Perry 520)

15. The Hares and the Frogs (Perry 138)

16. The Wolf and the Kid (Perry 98)

17. The Woodman and the Serpent (Perry 176)

18. The Bald Man and the Fly (Perry 525)

19. The Fox and the Stork (Perry 426)

20. The Fox and the Mask (Perry 27)

21. The Jay and the Peacock (Perry 472)

22. The Frog and the Ox (Perry 376)

23. Androcles and the Lion (Perry 563)

24. The Bat, the Birds, and the Beasts (Perry 566)

25. The Hart and the Hunter (Perry 74)

26. The Serpent and the File (Perry 93)

27. The Man and the Wood (Perry 302)

28. The Dog and the Wolf (Perry 346)

29. The Belly and the Members (Perry 130)

30. The Stag in the Ox-Stall (Perry 492)

31. The Fox and the Grapes (Perry 15)

32. The Horse, Hunter, and Stag (Perry 269)

33. The Peacock and Juno(Hera) (Perry 509)

34. The Fox and the Lion (Perry 10)

35. The Lion and the Statue (Perry 284)

36. The Ant and the Grasshopper (Perry 373)

37. The Tree and the Reed (Perry 70)

38. The Fox and the Cat (Perry 605)

39. The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing (Perry 451)

40. The Dog in the Manger (Perry 702)

41. The Man and the Wooden God (Perry 285)

42. The Fisher (Perry 11)

43. The Shepherd's Boy (Perry 210)

44. The Man and His Mother (Perry 200)

45. The Man and His Two Wives (Perry 31)

46. Nurse and the Wolf (Perry 158)

47. The Tortoise and the Birds (Perry 490)

48. The Two Crabs (Perry 322)

49. The Ass in the Lion's Skin (Perry 188)

50. The Two Fellows and the Bear (Perry 65)

51. The Two Pots (Perry 378)

52. The Four Oxen and the Lion (Perry 372)

53. The Fisher and the Little Fish (Perry 18)

54. Avaricious and Envious (Perry 580)

55. The Crow and the Pitcher (Perry 390)

56. The Man and the Satyr (Perry 35)

57. The Goose With the Golden Eggs (Perry 87)

58. The Labourer and the Nightingale (Perry 627)

59. The Fox, the Cock, and the Dog (Perry 671)

60. The Wind and the Sun (Perry 46)

61. Hercules and the Waggoner (Perry 291)

62. The Man, the Boy, and the Donkey (Perry 721)

63. The Miser and His Gold (Perry 225)

64. The Fox and the Mosquitoes (Perry 427)

65. The Fox Without a Tail (Perry 17)

66. The One-Eyed Doe (Perry 75)

67. Belling the Cat (Perry 613)

68. The Hare and the Tortoise (Perry 226)

69. The Old Man and Death (Perry 60)

70. The Hare With Many Friends (Perry no Perry)

71. The Lion in Love (Perry 140)

72. The Bundle of Sticks (Perry 53)

73. The Lion, the Fox, and the Beasts (Perry 142)

74. The Ass's Brains (Perry 336)

74. The Ass's Brains (Perry 583)

75. The Eagle and the Arrow (Perry 276)

76. The Milkmaid and Her Pail (Perry no Perry)

77. The Cat-Maiden (Perry 50)

78. The Horse and the Ass (Perry 357)

79. The Trumpeter Taken Prisoner (Perry 370)

80. The Buffoon and the Countryman (Perry 527)

81. The Old Woman and the Wine-Jar (Perry 493)

82. The Fox and the Goat (Perry 9)

Griffith. The Stars and Their Stories

Today's free book is The Stars and Their Stories: A Book for Young People by Alice Mary Matlock Griffith with illustrations by Margaret Boroughs. For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available at Internet Archive, Hathi Trust, and Google Books.

THE STARS AND THEIR STORIES
The Volume of the Skies — William Habington
My Star — Robert Browning The Stars and Their Stories
The Song of the Stars — William Cullen Bryant

THE TWO BEARS
The Two Bears .......
Ursa Major — Thomas Hood
Hymn to the North Star  — William Cullen Bryant

THE WINGED HORSE
The Winged Horse
The Chimaera — Nathaniel Hawthorne
Pegasus in Pound — Henry W. Longfellow

THE SUMMER TRIANGLE GROUP
The Lyre, the Eagle, the Swan, the Arrow, the Dolphin
The Finding of the Lyre — James Russell Lowell
Orpheus and Eurydice — Alfred Noyes

THE ROYAL FAMILY
The Star Club — Julia E. Rogers
Andromeda — Charles Kingsley
Orion
Astrology
Taurus — Bayard Taylor
The Lost Pleiad — Mrs. Hemans
Orion — Charles Tennyson Turner
Canopus — Thomas Moore
Canopus — Thomas Carlyle
Canopus — Bayard Taylor

AURIGA AND GEMINI
To Castor and Pollux — Homer (Shelley's translation)
The Battle of Lake Regillus — Thomas Babington Macaulay

THE TWO LIONS AND THE CRAB

BERENICE'S HAIR
Berenice's Hair — Catullus (Martin's translation)

BOOTES—ARIADNE—HERCULES
Bootes, Virgo, and Hercules
Bootes and Virgo — Aratus
The Three Golden Apples — Nathaniel Hawthorne

ARIADNE'S CROWN
The Champion of Athens — R. E. Franeillon
Ariadne's Crown — Nonnus (Mrs. Browning's translation)

CENTAURUS AND THE SOUTHERN CROSS
Alpha Centauri and the Southern Cross
Constellations — William Cullen Bryant

OTHER STORIES OF THE STARS
Selected from "Birth and Growth of Myth" by Edward Clodd
Darkness — Lord Byron
Death of Worlds — Richard A. Proctor
An Ode — Joseph Addison

ASTRONOMY THROUGH THE AGES
Astronomy Through the Ages
Astronomical Observatories — Edward Everett
"Marching on a Star" — R. Weatherhead
The First Telescope—From Galileo's "Astronomical Messenger," translated by E. S. Carlos

APPENDIX
The Magnitudes
Stars of the First Magnitude
Star Names

Smith. Annancy Stories.

Today's free book is Annancy Stories by Pamela Colman Smith, with illustrations by the author. This collection of stories about the Jamaican trickster Anansi (ultimately of West African origin) was published in 1899, which makes it roughly contemporary to Joel Chandler Harris's Brer Rabbit publications,

I have found this book at Internet Archive, Google Books, and Hathi Trust.

Here is a list of stories in the book:

Annancy and Chim-Chim
De Man An' De Six Poach Eggs
Why Toad Walk 'Pon Four Leg
Annancy An' Tiger Ridin' Horse
Mr. Titman
Why John Crow Hab Peel Head
Candoo
Mother Calbee
How Annancy Win De Five Dubbloon
Morass
Annancy And Gingy Fly
How Annancy Went To Fish Country
Haylefayly An' Pretty Peallope
Paarat, Tiger, An' Annancy
Bull-Garshananee
Annancy An' De Nyam Hills
Ticky-Picky Boom- Boom
De Golden Water, De Singin' Tree An' De Talkin' Bird
How Annancy Fooled Death
The Three Sisters
Annancy And Dry Kull; Or, Why Hog Hab A Long Mouth
Dog An' De Duckanoo

McLaughlin. Myths and Legends of the Sioux

Today's free book is Myths and Legends of the Sioux by Marie McLaughlin. You can find out more about this book in the Sioux Legends 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 Project Gutenberg, Internet Archive, Sacred Texts Archive, Google Books and Hathi Books. There is also a free Kindle eBook from Amazon.

The Forgotten Ear of Corn

The Little Mice

The Pet Rabbit

The Pet Donkey

The Rabbit and the Elk

The Rabbit and the Grouse Girls

The Faithful Lovers

The Artichoke and the Muskrat

The Rabbit, and the Bear with the Flint Body

Story of the Lost Wife

The Raccoon and the Crawfish

Legend of Standing Rock

Story of the Peace Pipe

A Bashful Courtship

The Simpleton's Wisdom

Little Brave and the Medicine Woman

The Bound Children

The Signs of Corn

Story of the Rabbits

How the Rabbit Lost His Tail

Unktomi and the Arrowheads

The Bear and the Rabbit Hunt Buffalo

The Brave Who Went on the Warpath Alone and Won the Name of the Lone Warrior

The Sioux Who Married the Crow Chief's Daughter

The Boy and the Turtles

The Hermit, or the Gift of Corn

The Mysterious ButteThe Wonderful Turtle

The Man and the Oak

Story of the Two Young Friends

The Story of the Pet Crow

The "Wasna" (Pemmican Man) and the Unktomi (Spider)

The Resuscitation of the Only Daughter

The Story of the Pet Crane

White Plume

Story of Pretty Feathered Forehead

The Four Brothers or Inyanhoksila (Stone Boy)

The Unktomi (Spider), Two Widows and the Red Plums

Zitkala-Sa. Old Indian Legends

Today's free book is Old Indian Legends by Zitkala-Sa (1901). For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image. You can find out more at the Myth-Folklore UnTextbook Sioux unit.

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

(Zitkala-Sa)

Table of Contents

IKTOMI AND THE DUCKS

IKTOMI'S BLANKET

IKTOMI AND THE MUSKRAT

IKTOMI AND THE COYOTE

IKTOMI AND THE FAWN

THE BADGER AND THE BEAR

THE TREE-BOUND

SHOOTING OF THE RED EAGLE

IKTOMI AND THE TURTLE

DANCE IN A BUFFALO SKULL

THE TOAD AND THE BOY

IYA, THE CAMP-EATER

MANSTIN, THE RABBIT

THE WARLIKE SEVEN

Bulfinch: Mythology: The Age of Fable.

Today's book is Bulfinch's Mythology: The Age of Fable by Thomas Bulfinch. For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

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

(Some of these editions contain all three volumes: Age of Fable, Age of Chivalry, and Legends of Charlemagne.)

(LibriVox edition)

Table of Contents

CHAPTER I. Introduction.

CHAPTER II. Prometheus And Pandora.

CHAPTER III. Apollo And Daphne- Pyramus And Thisbe- Cephalus And Procris.

CHAPTER IV. Juno And Her Rivals, Io And Callisto- Diana And Actaeon- Latona And The Rustics.

CHAPTER V. Phaeton.

CHAPTER VI. Midas- Baucis And Philemon.

CHAPTER VII. Proserpine- Glaucus And Scylla.

CHAPTER VIII. Pygmalion- Dryope- Venus And Adonis- Apollo And Hyacinthus.

CHAPTER IX. Ceyx And Halcyone: Or, The Halcyon Birds.

CHAPTER X. Vertumnus And Pomona.

CHAPTER XI. Cupid And Psyche.

CHAPTER XII. Cadmus- The Myrmidons.

CHAPTER XIII. Nisus And Scylla- Echo And Narcissus- Clytie- Hero And Leander.

CHAPTER XIV. Minerva- Niobe.

CHAPTER XV. The Graeae And Gorgons- Perseus- Medusa- Atlas- Andromeda.

CHAPTER XVI. Monsters. Giants, Sphinx, Pegasus, And Chimaera, Centaurs, Griffin, And Pygmies.

CHAPTER XVII. The Golden Fleece- Medea

CHAPTER XVIII. Meleager And Atalanta.

CHAPTER XIX. Hercules- Hebe And Ganymede.

CHAPTER XX. Theseus- Daedalus- Castor And Pollux.

CHAPTER XXI. Bacchus- Ariadne.

CHAPTER XXII. The Rural Deities- Erisichthon- Rhoecus- The Water Deities- The Camenae- The Winds.

CHAPTER XXIII. Achelous And Hercules- Admetus And Alcestis- Antigone- Penelope.

CHAPTER XXIV. Orpheus And Eurydice- Aristaeus- Amphion- Linus- Thamyris- Marsyas- Melampus- Musaeus.

CHAPTER XXV. Arion- Ibycus- Simonides- Sappho.

CHAPTER XXVI. Endymion- Orion- Aurora And Tithonus- Acis And Galatea.

CHAPTER XXVII. The Trojan War.

CHAPTER XXVIII. The Fall Of Troy- Return Of The Greeks- Agamemnon, Orestes And Electra.

CHAPTER XXIX. Adventures Of Ulysses- The Lotus-eaters- Cyclopse- Circe -sirens- Scylla And Charybdis- Calypso.

CHAPTER XXX. The Phaeacians- Fate Of The Suitors.

CHAPTER XXXI. Adventures Of Aeneas- The Harpies- Dido- Palinurius.

CHAPTER XXXII. The Infernal Regions- The Sibyl.

CHAPTER XXXIII. Aeneas In Italy- Camilla- Evander- Nisus And Euryalus- Mezentius- Turnus.

CHAPTER XXXIV. Pythagoras- Egyptian Deities- Oracles.

CHAPTER XXXV. Origin Of Mythology- Statues Of Gods And Goddesses- Poets Of Mythology.

CHAPTER XXXVI. Modern Monsters- The Phoenix- Basilisk- Unicorn- -salamander.

CHAPTER XXXVII. Eastern Mythology- Zoroaster- Hindu Mythology- Castes- Buddha- Grand Lama.

CHAPTER XXXVIII. Northern Mythology- Valhalla- The Valkyrior.

CHAPTER XXXIX. Thor's Visit To Jotunheim.

CHAPTER XL. The Death Of Baldur- The Elves- Runic Letters- Skalds- Iceland.

CHAPTER XLI. The Druids- Iona.

Brant. Ship of Fools.

Today's free book is The Ship of Fools by Sebastian Brant, translated by Alexander Barclay. 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.

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Table of Contents

¶ Alexander Barclay excusynge the rudenes of his translacion, ye first lefe Barclay ye translatour to ye folys.
A prologe in prose shewynge to what intent this Boke was firste made, & who were the first Auctours of it.
Another Prologe: in Balade concernyng the same.
In what place this Boke was translate and to what purpose it was translatyd.
¶ Here begynneth the Folys and firste of inprofytable bokys.
¶ Of euyll Counsellours Juges & men of lawe.
Of couetyse and prodigalyte.
Of newe disgysynges in apparayle.
¶ A lawde of the nobles and grauyte of Kynge Henry the eyght.
Of olde Folys encresynge foly with age.
Of negligent Fathers ayenst their Children.
Of taleberers: & mouers of debate.
Of nat folowers of good counsel.
Of vngoodly maners, and dysordred.
Of the hurtynge of frendshyp.
Of dispysers of holy scripture.
Of folys inprouydent.
Of disordred & venerious loue.
Of them that synne trustynge vpon the mercy of almyghty god.
Of folys yt begyn great byldynge without sufficient prouysion.
Of glotons, and droncardes.
Of ryches vnprofytable.
Of folys that wyl serue two lordes both togyther.
Of superflue speche.
Of them that correct other, them self culpable in the same faut.
Of folys that fynde others good, nat restorynge the same to the owner.
¶ The sermon or doctryne of wysdom.
Of Folys bostyng them in fortune.
Of the superflue curyosyte of men.
Of great borowers, & slacke payers.
Of vnprofitable vowers & peticions.
Of negligent stodyers.
Of them that folvsshly speke ayenst the workes of god.
Of lewde Juges of others dedes.
Of pluralytees of benefyces.
Of synners that prolonge from daye to day to amende theyr myslyuyng.
Of men that ar Jelous.
Of auoutry, and specially of suche as ar bawdes to theyr wyues.
Of suche as nedys wyll contynue in theyr foly nat withstandynge holsom erudicion.
An addicion of the secundaries of Otery saynt Mary, in Deuynshyre.
Of wrathfull folys.
Of the mutabylyte of fortune.
Of seke men inobedient.
Of to open councellers.
Of folys that can nat be ware by ye mysfortune nor take example of others damage.
Of folys that force or care for the bacbytynge of lewde people.
Of mockers and fals accusers.
Of them that despyse euerlastynge blys for worldly thynges & transitory.
Of talkers and makers of noyse in the Chirche of god.
Of folys that put them self in wylful ieopardy and peryll.
Of the way of felycyte, and godnes and the payne to come to synners.
Of olde folys yt gyue example of vyce to youth negligent & vnexpert.
Of bodely lust or corporall voluptuosyte.
Of folys that can nat kepe secrete theyr owne counsell.
Of yonge folys that take olde wymen to theyr wyues nat for loue but for ryches.
Of enuyous Folys.
Of impacient folys disdaynynge to abyde and suffer correccion, for theyr profyte.
Of folysshe Fesicians vsynge theyr practyke without speculacyon.
Of the ende of worldly honour & power and of folys yt trust in them.
An addicion of Alexander barclay.
Of predestinacyon.
Of folys that aply other mennys besynes leuynge theyr owne vndone.
Of the vyce of ingratytude or vnkyndnes and folys that vse it.
Of Folys that stande to moche in theyr owne conceyte.
Of folys that delyte them in daunsynge.
Of nyght watchers.
Of the vanyte of beggers.

Lang. Stories from the Faerie Queen

Today's free book is Stories from the Faerie Queen Told to the Children by Jeanie Lang with illustrations by Rose Le Quesne. 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 audiobook at LibriVox. You can get a free Kindle ebook from Amazon too!

Una and the Lion
St. George and the Dragon
Britomart and the Magic Mirror
The Quest of Sir Guyon
Pastorella
Cambell and Triamond
Marinell, the Sea-Nymph’s Son
Florimell and the Witch

Andersen. Fairy Tales and Wonder Stories

Today's free book is Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales and Wonder Stories with illustrations by Louis Rhead. For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

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

The Ugly Duckling
The Swineherd
The Snow-Queen
Little Claus and Big Claus
The Ice-Maiden
The Little Sea-Maid
Soup Made of a Sausage-Stick
The Wild Swans
The Constant Tin Soldier
Sunshine Stories
The Daisy
The Snow Man
The Nightingale
The Storks
The Red Shoes
The Snail and the Rose-Tree
Little Ida's Flowers
The Flying Trunk
The Tinder-Box
Five out of One Shell
"What the Goodman Does is Sure to be Right!"
The Rose-Elf
The Little Match-Girl
The Fir-Tree
Thumbling
The Emperor's New Clothes
The Darning-Needle
The Princess on the Pea
The Shepherdess and the Chimney-Sweep
The Flax
The Leap-Frog
The Buckwheat
The Nis at the Grocer's
"It's Quite True!"
The Summer-Gowk
The Naughty Boy
The Girl Who Trod upon Bread
The Farm-yard Cock and the Weather-Cock
The Toad
The Happy Family
The Court Cards
The Beetle
What Happened to the Thistle

Champney. Romance of Old Japan

Today's free book is Romance of Old Japan by E. W. Champney and F. Champney. You can find out more about this book in the Japanese Mythology 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, Hathi Books, and Google Books. There is also an edition at Kellscraft, plus a free audiobook from LibriVox.

PART I. MYTHOLOGY AND LEGEND

I.   THE TRAVAIL OF THE GODS

II.  THE LABOURS OF YAMATO

III. MYTHS OF THE FLOWERY ISLES

PART II. MEDIAEVAL ROMANCE

IV.   THE LOTUS LIFE

V.     A MIKADO AND A GEISHA.

VI.   THE CLASHING OF THE CLANS

VII.  THE FOLLY OF THE KHAN

VIII. THE THREE DEVILS

IX.   THE QUEST OF LIFE

X.    THE SCARLET THREAD

PART III. LATTER-DAY TALES

XI.   THE OPEN GATE

XII.    A MODERN SAMURAI 

XIII.  THE TRIUMPH

XIV. NOTABLE EXAMPLES OF  JAPANESE ARCHITECTURE

Winter. Aesop for Children

Today's free book is The Aesop for Children, with illustrations by Milo Winter. You can find out more about this book in the Aesop for Children (Winter) 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 Project Gutenberg, Hathi Books, and Google Books.There is also a free audiobook at LibriVox. You can get a free Kindle ebook from Amazon too!

The Wolf and the Kid

The Tortoise and the Ducks

The Young Crab and His Mother

The Frogs and the Ox

The Dog, the Cock, and the Fox

Belling the Cat

The Eagle and the Jackdaw

The Boy and the Filberts

Hercules and the Wagoner

The Kid and the Wolf

The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse

The Fox and the Grapes

The Bundle of Sticks

The Wolf and the Crane

The Ass and His Driver

The Oxen and the Wheels

The Lion and the Mouse

The Shepherd Boy and the Wolf

The Gnat and the Bull

The Plane Tree

The Farmer and the Stork

The Sheep and the Pig

The Travelers and the Purse

The Lion and the Ass

The Frogs Who Wished for a King

The Owl and the Grasshopper

The Wolf and His Shadow

The Oak and the Reeds

The Rat and the Elephant

The Boys and the Frogs

The Crow and the Pitcher

The Ants and the Grasshopper

The Ass Carrying the Image

A Raven and a Swan

The Two Goats

The Ass and the Load of Salt

The Lion and the Gnat

The Leap at Rhodes

The Cock and the Jewel

The Monkey and the Camel

The Wild Boar and the Fox

The Ass, the Fox, and the Lion

The Birds, the Beasts, and the Bat

The Lion, the Bear, and the Fox

The Wolf and the Lamb

The Wolf and the Sheep

The Hares and the Frogs

The Fox and the Stork

The Travelers and the Sea

The Wolf and the Lion

The Stag and His Reflection

The Peacock

The Mice and the Weasels

The Wolf and the Lean Dog

The Fox and the Lion

The Lion and the Ass

The Dog and His Master's Dinner

The Vain Jackdaw and his Borrowed Feathers

The Monkey and the Dolphin

The Wolf and the Ass

The Monkey and the Cat

The Dogs and the Fox

The Dogs and the Hides

The Rabbit, the Weasel, and the Cat

The Bear and the Bees

The Fox and the Leopard

The Heron

The Cock and the Fox

The Dog in the Manger

The Wolf and the Goat

The Ass and the Grasshoppers

The Mule

The Fox and the Goat

The Cat, the Cock, and the Young Mouse

The Wolf and the Shepherd

The Peacock and the Crane

The Farmer and the Cranes

The Farmer and His Sons

The Two Pots

The Goose and the Golden Egg

The Fighting Bulls and the Frog

The Mouse and the Weasel

The Farmer and the Snake

The Goatherd and the Wild Goats

The Spendthrift and the Swallow

The Cat and the Birds

The Dog and the Oyster

The Astrologer

Three Bullocks and a Lion

Mercury and the Woodman

The Frog and the Mouse

The Fox and the Crab

The Serpent and the Eagle

The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing

The Bull and the Goat

The Eagle and the Beetle

The Old Lion and the Fox

The Man and the Lion

The Ass and the Lap Dog

The Milkmaid and Her Pail

The Wolf and the Shepherd

The Goatherd and the Goat

The Miser

The Wolf and the House Dog

The Fox and the Hedgehog

The Bat and the Weasels

The Quack Toad

The Fox Without a Tail

The Mischievous Dog

The Rose and the Butterfly

The Cat and the Fox

The Boy and the Nettles

The Old Lion

The Fox and the Pheasants

Two Travelers and a Bear

The Porcupine and the Snakes

The Fox and the Monkey

The Mother and the Wolf

The Flies and the Honey

The Eagle and the Kite

The Stag, the Sheep, and the Wolf

The Animals and the Plague

The Shepherd and the Lion

The Dog and His Reflection

The Hare and the Tortoise

The Bees and Wasps, and the Hornet

The Lark and Her Young Ones

The Cat and the Old Rat

The Fox and the Crow

The Ass and His Shadow

The Miller, His Son, and the Ass

The Ant and the Dove

The Man and the Satyr

The Wolf, the Kid, and the Goat

The Swallow and the Crow

Jupiter and the Monkey

The Lion, the Ass, and the Fox

The Lion's Share

The Mole and his Mother

The North Wind and the Sun

The Hare and His Ears

The Wolves and the Sheep

The Fox and the Cock

The Ass in the Lion's Skin

The Fisherman and the Little Fish

The Fighting Cocks and the Eagle

Shumway. The Nibelungenlied

Today's free book is The Nibelungenlied translated by Daniel B. Shumway. For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

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

Preface
Introductory Sketch
Adventure I
Adventure II: Of Siegfried.
Adventure III: How Siegfried Came to Worms.
Adventure IV: How He Fought with the Saxons.
Adventure V: How Siegfried First Saw Kriemhild.
Adventure VI: How Gunther Fared To Isenland for Brunhild.
Adventure VII: How Gunther Won Brunhild.
Adventure VIII: How Siegfried Fared To His Men-At-Arms, the Nibelungs.
Adventure IX: How Siegfried Was Sent To Worms.
Adventure X: How Brunhild Was Received At Worms.
Adventure XI: How Siegfried Journeyed Homeward With His Wife.
Adventure XII: How Gunther Bade Siegfried To The Feasting.
Adventure XIII: How They Journeyed To The Feasting.
Adventure XIV: How The Queens Reviled Each Other.
Adventure XV: How Siegfried Was Betrayed.
Adventure XVI: How Siegfried Was Slain.
Adventure XVII: How Kriemhild Mourned Her Husband And How He Was Buried.
Adventure XVIII: How Siegmund Journeyed Home Again.
Adventure XIX: How The Nibelung Hoard Was Brought to Worms.
Adventure XX: How King Etzel Sent To Burgundy For Kriemhild.
Adventure XXI: How Kriemhild Journeyed To The Huns.
Adventure XXII: How Etzel Made Kriemhild His Bride.
Adventure XXIII: How Kriemhild Thought To Avenge Her Wrongs.
Adventure XXIV: How Werbel And Swemmel Brought The Message.
Adventure XXV: How The Lords All Journeyed To The Huns.
Adventure XXVI: How Gelfrat Was Slain By Dankwart.
Adventure XXVII: How They Came To Bechelaren.
Adventure XXVIII: How The Burgundians Came To Etzel's Castle.
Adventure XXIX: How Hagen Would Not Rise For Kriemhild.
Adventure XXX: How They Kept The Watch.
Adventure XXXI: How They Went To Church.
Adventure XXXII: How Bloedel Was Slain.
Adventure XXXIII: How The Burgundians Fought The Huns.
Adventure XXXIV: How They Cast Out The Dead.
Adventure XXXV: How Iring Was Slain.
Adventure XXXVI: How The Queen Gave Orders To Burn the Hall.
Adventure XXXVII: How Margrave Rudeger Was Slain.
Adventure XXXVIII: How All Sir Dietrich's Warriors Were Slain.
Adventure XXXIX: How Gunther And Hagen And Kriemhild Were Slain.

Vinycomb. Fictitious and Symbolic Creatures

Today's free book is Fictitious and Symbolic Creatures in Art with Special Reference to Their Use in British Heraldry by John Vinycomb. For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image. The links below are to the Sacred Texts edition of the book.

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

Introduction
The Symbolism of Attitude or Position
The Heraldic Spirit—Effective decorative Quality essential in Heraldry

Celestial Beings
Angels
Mistaken Modern Conception of Angels
Mediæval Art Treatment of Angels
Cherubim and Seraphim in Heraldry
Cherubim & Seraphim of Scripture
Emblems of the Four Evangelists

Chimerical Creatures of the Dragon and Serpent kind
The Dragon
The Dragon in Christian Art
St. George and the Dragon
The Dragon in the Royal Heraldry of Britain
The Crocodile as the Prototype of the Dragon
The Heraldic Dragon
The Hydra
The Wyvern
The Chimera
The Lion-Dragon
The Gorgon
The Cockatrice
The Basilisk
The Mythical Serpent
The Scorpion

Other Chimerical Creatures and Heraldic Beasts
The Unicorn
Mediaeval Conception of the Unicorn
The Horn of the Unicorn
The Pegasus
Sagittary, Centaur, Sagittarius, Centaurus, Hippocentaur
The Griffin
The Male Griffin
Other Varieties of the Griffin
The Opinicus, or Epimacus
The Sphynx
The Phœnix Bird of the Sun
The Harpy
The Heraldic Pelican
The Martlet
The Alerion
The Liver (Cormorant)
The Heraldic Tigre or Tyger
The Royal Tiger
Leopard, or Panther, Felis Pardus, Lybbarde
The Panther Incensed
The Lynx
Cat-a-Mountain—Tiger Cat or Wild Cat
The Salamander
Heraldic Antelope
Heraldic Ibex
Bagwyn
The Camelopard, Camel-leopard
Musimon, Tityrus
The Enfield
Mantiger, Montegre or Manticora Satyral
Lamia or Emipusa
Baphomet
Apres
Stelliones

Fictitious Creatures of the Sea
Introductory Notes
Poseidon or Neptune
Merman or Triton
The Mermaid or Siren
The Sirens of Classical Mythology
The Dolphin of Legend and of Heraldry
The Dauphin of France
The Heraldic Dolphin
The Sea-Horse
Sea-lion
Sea-dog

Wagner. The Rhinegold and The Valkyrie

Today's free book is The Rhinegold and The Valkyrie by Richard Wagner translated by Margaret Armour with illustrations by Arthur Rackham. 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.

The Rhinegold
First Scene
Second Scene
Third Scene
Fourth Scene

The Valkyrie
The First Act
The Second Act
The Third Act

Bray. A Peep at the Pixies

Today's free book is A Peep at the Pixies, or Legends of the West by Anna Eliza Bray. For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available at Sacred Texts, Internet Archive, Hathi Trust, and Google Books.

Introduction
Pixy Gathon, or, the Tailor's Needle
The Three Trials, or, the Story of Crabby Cross
The Seven Crosses of Tiverton, or, The Pixy Picket
Background Notes on the Seven Crosses of Tiverton
Fontina, or, The Pixies' Bath
The Lady of the Silver Bell
The Belfry Rock, or, The Pixies' Revenge
Appendix: Notes

Isaacs. Stories from the Rabbis

Today's free book is Stories from the Rabbis by Abraham S. Isaacs. For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available at Internet Archive, Hathi Trust, and Google Books. The links below are to the Internet Archive version.

Introduction
The Faust of the Talmud
The Wooing of the Princess
The Rip Van Winkle of the Talmud
Rabbinical Romance
The Shepherd's Wife
The Repentant Rabbi
The Inheritance
Elijah in the Legends
When Solomon was King
Rabbinical Humor
The Munchausen of the Talmud
The Rabbi's Dream
The Gift that Blessed
In the Sweat of Thy Brow
A Four-Leaved Clover
The Expiation
A String of Pearls

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

Culbertson. Animal Folks

Today's free book is At the Big House: Where Aunt Nancy and Aunt 'Phrony Held Forth on the Animal Folks by Anne Virginia Culbertson and illustrated by E. Warde Blaisdell. Don't be put off by the title of this book: although it is the product of a racist era, it is at the same time a powerful testimony to the interaction between African-American and Native American storytelling traditions in the American South (specially, the Eastern Cherokee of North Carolina).

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

The book is available at Internet Archive, Hathi Trust, and Google Books. You can find the stories listed and linked in Diigo.

Going Down to Uncle Henry's
Mr Fox's Funeral
Mr Fox and Molly Hare Go Fishing
Mr Hare Imitates Mr Bear
The Friendship of Mr Bear and Mis Turkey
The Toad, the Grasshopper and the Rooster
Mr Terrapin Gets the Nose-Bleed
How the Possum's Tail Became Bare
Why the Possum Has Black Ears
How Mr Terrapin Lost His Beard
How Mr Terrapin Lost His Plumage and Whistle
Mis Cat and Mr Frisky Mouse
Mr Hare Tries to Get a Wife
How Mr Hare Lost His Horns
Why the Titmouse Has a Blunt Tongue
The Woman Who Married an Owl
Mr Mud-Turtle's Adventure
Why the Flounder is Flat
Brother Squirrel and Molly Hare
Mr Hare and Mr Flint Rock
Mr Wildcat Goes Turkey-Hunting
Mr Fox Turns Farmer
Canadi and the Wolves
The Story of a Giant
Why the Buzzard is Bald
Mis Goose Deceives Mr Bear
Mr Bear Tends Store for Mr Fox
A Star Story
Why Crabs Walk Backward
The Origin of the Cat
The Dragon and the Thunder
The Tlaniwa
The Possum and the Grub-Worm
Mr Bear and Mr Terrapin Go Courting
Molly Cottontail Steals Mr Fox's Butter
The Lazy Fox
Mr Hare, Mr Mink and Mis Duck
The Hummingbird and the Tobacco
Why Moles Have Hands
The Fox and the Duck
Why the Groundhog Has a Short Tail
Mr Hare, Mr Wildcat and Mr Otter
Mr Hare and Mr Elephant
The Toad and the Terrapin
The Mockingbird and the Dry-Fly
The Saucy Young Frog
The Crane and the Hummingbird
The Fox and the Hot Potatoes
The Funeral of Mr Dog
How the Deer Lost His Upper Teeth
The Hare Disappears For Ever