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Dulac. Sindbad the Sailor

Today's free book is Sindbad the Sailor and Other Stories from The Arabian Nights by Edmund Dulac. For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available at Project Gutenberg and Internet Archive.


SINDBAD THE SAILOR
The First Voyage of Sindbad the Sailor
The Second Voyage of Sindbad the Sailor
The Third Voyage of Sindbad the Sailor
The Fourth Voyage of Sindbad the Sailor
The Fifth Voyage of Sindbad the Sailor
The Sixth Voyage of Sindbad the Sailor
The Seventh Voyage of Sindbad the Sailor

ALADDIN AND THE WONDERFUL LAMP

THE THREE CALENDERS
The Story of the First Calender
The Story of the Second Calender
The Story of the Third Calender

THE SLEEPER AWAKENED

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

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 GutenbergInternet ArchiveSacred Texts ArchiveGoogle 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.)




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.



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

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 GutenbergHathi 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

Glinski. Polish Fairy Tales

Today's free book is Polish Fairy Tales by A. J. Glinski. For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image. The images are by Cecile Watson, and there are lots of these color illustrations, very lovely! You can find out more about Cecile Walton at Wikipedia; he was a well-known Scottish artist and illustrator.

The book is available to Project Gutenberg, Internet Archive, Hathi Trust, and at LibriVox as a free audiobook. There is also a free Kindle ebook. The links below are to the Project Gutenberg edition.


Table of Contents

The Frog Princess

Princess Miranda and Prince Hero

The Eagles

The Whirlwind

The Good Ferryman and the Water Nymphs

The Princess of the Brazen Mountain

The Bear in the Forest Hut

Appendix



Arndt. Fairy Tales from the German Forests

Today's free book is Fairy Tales from the German Forests by Margaret Arndt. For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available at Project Gutenberg. You can get a free Kindle ebook from Amazon too!



What's the Use of It?
The Engineer and the Dwarfs
Käthchen and the Kobold
The Old King
The Dragon's Tail
The Easter Hare
The Nixy Lake
King Reinhold
The Witch's Granddaughter
Holiday Adventures

Ruland. Legends of the Rhine

Today's free book is Legends of the Rhine by Wilhelm Ruland. 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 Kellscraft. You can get a free Kindle ebook from Amazon too!


Table of Contents

St. Gotthard: The Petrified Alp
Thusis on the Hinter Rhine: The Last Hohenrätier
Bodensee: The Island of Mainau
Basle: One Hour in Advance
Castle Niedeck: The Toy of the young Giantess
Strassburg: The Cathedral Clock
The little Man at the Angel's Pillar
Worms: The Nibelungen Lied
Speyer: The Bells of Speyer
Frankfort: The Knave of Bergen
Mayence: Heinrich Frauenlob
Mayence: Bishop Willigis
Johannisberg: Ingelheim: Eginhard and Emma
Rüdesheim: The Brömserburg
Bingen: The Mouse-Tower
Kreuznach: A mighty draught
Kreuznach: The Foundation of Castle Sponheim
Assmannshausen: St. Clement's Chapel
Castle Rheinstein: The Wooing
Castle Sooneck: The Blind Archer
The Ruins of Fürstenberg: The Mother's Ghost
Bacharach: Burg Stahleck
Kaub: Castle Gutenfels
Oberwesel: The Seven Maidens
St. Goar: Lorelei
Rheinfels: St. George's Linden
Sterrenberg and Liebenstein: The Brothers
Rhense: The Emperor Wenzel
Castle Lahneck: The Templars of Lahneck
Coblenz: Riza
Valley of the Moselle: The Doctor's wine of Bernkastel
Andernach: Genovefa
Hammerstein: The old Knight and his Daughters
Valley of the Ahr: The Last Knight of Altenahr
Valley of the Ahr: The Minstrel of Neuenahr
Eifel: The Arrow at Prüm
Aachen: The Building of the Minster
Aachen: The Ring of Fastrada
Rolandseck: Knight Roland
Siebengebirge: The Drachenfels
Siebengebirge: The Monk of Heisterbach
Siebengebirge: The Origin of the Seven Mountains
Siebengebirge: The Nightingale Valley at Honnef
Godesberg: The High Cross at Godesberg
Bonn: Lord Erich's Pledge
Bonn: The Roman Ghosts
Cologne: Richmodis of Aducht
Cologne: The Goblins
Cologne: Jan and Griet
Cologne: The Cathedral-Builder of Cologne
Xanten: Siegfried
Cleve: Lohengrin
Zuydersea: Stavoren

Griffis. Stories From the Wonder-Lore of Japan

Today's free book is Japanese Fairy World. Stories From the Wonder-Lore of Japan by William Elliot Griffis. 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!


I. The Meeting of the Star Lovers.
II. The Travels of Two Frogs.
III. The Child of the Thunder.
IV. The Tongue-cut Sparrow.
V. The Fire-fly's Lovers.
VI. The Battle of the Ape and the Crab.
VII. The Wonderful Tea-Kettle.
VIII. Peach-Prince and the Treasure Island.
IX. The Fox and the Badger.
X. The Seven Patrons of Happiness.
XI. Daikoku and the Oni.
XII. Benkei and the Bell.
XIII. Little Silver's Dream of the Shoji.
XIV. The Tengus, or the Elves with Long Noses.
XV. Kintaro, or the Wild Baby.
XVI. Jiraiya, or the Magic Frog.
XVII. How the Jelly-Fish Lost its Shell.
XVIII. Lord Cuttle-Fish Gives a Concert.
XIX. Yorimasa, the Brave Archer.
XX. Watanabé cuts off the Oni's Arm.
XXI. Watanabé Kills the Great Spider.
XXII. Raiko and the Shi Ten Doji.
XXIII. The Sazayé and the Tai.
XXIV. Smells and Jingles.
XXV. The Lake of the Lute and the Matchless Mountain.
... The Waterfall of Yoro, or the Fountain of Youth.
XXVI. The Earthquake Fish.
XXVII. The Dream Story of Gojiro.
XXVIII. The Procession of Lord Long-Legs.
XXIX. Kiyohimé, or the Power of Love.
XXX. The Fisherman and the Moon-Maiden.
XXXI. The Jewels of the Ebbing and the Flowing Tide.
XXXII. Kai Riu O, or the Dragon King of the World Under the Sea.
XXXIII. The Creation of Heaven and Earth.
XXXIV. How the Sun Goddess was Enticed out of her Cave.

Tolstoy. Fables for Children

Today's free book is Fables for Children by Leo Tolstoy, in The Complete Works, Volume 12, translated by Leo Wiener. 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!



FABLES FOR CHILDREN
Aesop's Fables
The Ant and the Dove
The Turtle and the Eagle
The Polecat
The Lion and the Mouse
The Liar
The Ass and the Horse
The Jackdaw and the Doves
The Woman and the Hen
The Lion, the Bear, and the Fox
The Dog, the Cock, and the Fox
The Horse and the Groom
The Frog and the Lion
The Grasshopper and the Ants
The Hen and the Golden Eggs
The Ass in the Lion's Skin
The Hen and the Swallow
The Stag and the Fawn
The Fox and the Grapes
The Maids and the Cock
The Fisherman and the Fish
The Fox and the Goat
The Dog and Her Shadow
The Crane and the Stork
The Gardener and His Sons
The Wolf and the Crane
The Hares and the Frogs
The Father and His Sons
The Fox
The Wild Ass and the Tame Ass
The Stag
The Dog and the Wolf
The Gnat and the Lion
The Horse and His Masters
The Old Man and Death
The Lion and the Fox
The Stag and the Vineyard
The Cat and the Mice
The Wolf and the Goat
The Reeds and the Olive-tree
The Two Companions
The Wolf and the Lamb
The Lion, the Wolf, and the Fox
The Lion, the Ass, and the Fox
The Peasant and the Water-sprite
The Raven and the Fox

Adaptations and Imitations of Hindoo Fables 
The Snake's Head and Tail
Fine Thread
The Partition of the Inheritance
The Monkey
The Monkey and the Peas
The Milch Cow
The Duck and the Moon
The Wolf in the Dust
The Mouse Under the Granary
The Best Pears
The Falcon and the Cock
The Jackals and the Elephant
The Heron, the Fishes, and the Crab
The Water-sprite and the Pearl
The Blind Man and the Milk
The Wolf and the Bow
The Birds in the Net
The King and the Falcon
The King and the Elephants
Why There Is Evil in the World
The Wolf and the Hunters
The Two Peasants
The Peasant and the Horse
The Two Horses
The Axe and the Saw
The Dogs and the Cook
The Hare and the Harrier
The Oak and the Hazelbush
The Hen and the Chicks
The Corn-crake and His Mate
The Cow and the Billy Goat
The Fox's Tail

STORIES FOR CHILDREN
The Foundling
The Peasant and the Cucumbers
The Fire
The Old Horse
How I Learned to Ride
The Willow
Bulka
Bulka and the Wild Boar
Pheasants
Milton and Bulka
The Turtle
Bulka and the Wolf
What Happened to Bulka in Pyatigorsk
Bulka's and Milton's End
The Gray Hare
God Sees the Truth, but Does Not Tell at Once
Hunting Worse than Slavery
A Prisoner of the Caucasus
Ermak

NATURAL SCIENCE STORIES
Stories From Physics:
The Magnet
Moisture
The Different Connection of Particles
Crystals
Injurious Air
How Balloons Are Made
Galvanism
The Sun's Heat
Stories From Zoology:
The Owl and the Hare
How the Wolves Teach Their Whelps
Hares and Wolves
The Scent
Touch and Sight
The Silkworm
Stories From Botany:
The Apple-Tree
The Old Poplar
The Bird-Cherry
How Trees Walk

The Decembrists
On Popular Education
What Men Live By
The Three Hermits
Neglect the Fire
The Candle
The Two Old Men
Where Love Is, There God Is Also

TEXTS FOR CHAPBOOK ILLUSTRATIONS
The Fiend Persists, but God Resists
Little Girls Wiser than Old People
The Two Brothers and the Gold
Ilyas

A Fairy-Tale about Ivan the Fool


Baum. Tin Woodman of Oz.

Today's free book is Tin Woodman of Oz by L. Frank Baum. For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available at GutenbergHathi, and Google Books, with a free audiobook at Librivox. Amazon has a free Kindle ebook.



Table of Contents

1 Woot the Wanderer
2 The Heart of the Tin Woodman
3 Roundabout
4 The Loons of Loonville
5 Mrs. Yoop, the Giantess
6 The Magic of a Yookoohoo
7 The Lace Apron
8 The Menace of the Forest
9 The Quarrelsome Dragons
10 Tommy Kwikstep
11 Jinjur's Ranch
12 Ozma and Dorothy
13 The Restoration
14 The Green Monkey
15 The Man of Tin
16 Captain Fyter
17 The Workshop of Ku-Klip
18 The Tin Woodman Talks to Himself
19 The Invisible Country
20 Over Night
21 Polychrome's Magic
22 Nimmie Amee
23 Through the Tunnel
24 The Curtain Falls







Church. Stories from Virgil

Today's free book is Stories from Virgil by Alfred Church. 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!




I. THE HORSE OF WOOD: text
II. THE SACK OF TROY: text
III. ÆNEAS AND ANCHISES: text
IV. POLYDORUS—DELOS—CRETE—THE HARPIES: text
V. KING HELENUS—THE CYCLOPS: text
VI. THE SHIPWRECK: text
VII. CARTHAGE: text
VIII. DIDO: text
IX. THE LOVE AND DEATH OF DIDO: text
X. THE FUNERAL GAMES OF ANCHISES: text
XI. THE FUNERAL GAMES (CONTINUED): text
XII. THE BURNING OF THE SHIPS—THE VOYAGE TO ITALY: text
XIII. THE SIBYL: text
XIV. THE DWELLINGS OF THE DEAD: text
XV. KING LATINUS: text
XVI. THE WRATH OF JUNO: text
XVII. THE GATHERING OF THE CHIEFS: text
XVIII. KING EVANDER: text
XIX. THE ARMS OF ÆNEAS: text
XX. NISUS AND EURYALUS: text
XXI. THE BATTLE AT THE CAMP: text
XXII. THE BATTLE ON THE SHORE: text
XXIII. THE COUNCIL: text
XXIV. THE BATTLE AT THE CITY: text
XXV. THE BROKEN TREATY: text
XXVI. THE DEATH OF TURNUS: text

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!


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