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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

Barker-Sinclaire. West African Folktales

Today's free book is West African Folktales by William H. Barker and Cecilia Sinclair, with drawings by Cecilia Sinclair. You can find out more about this book in the West African Folktales 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, Hathi Books, and Sur La Lune. There is also a free audiobook at LibriVox.


I. Anansi, or Spider, Tales
How We Got the Name "Spider Tales"
How Wisdom Became the Property of the Human Race 
Anansi and Nothing 
Thunder and Anansi 
Why the Lizard Moves His Head Up and Down 
Tit For Tat 
Why White Ants Always Harm Man's Property 
The Squirrel and the Spider 
Why We See Ants Carrying Bundles As Big As Themselves 
Why Spiders Are Always Found in Corners of Ceilings 
Anansi and the Blind Fisherman 
Adzanumee and Her Mother 
The Grinding-Stone That Ground Flour By Itself 
Morning Sunrise 
Why the Sea-turtle When Caught Beats Its Breast With Its Forelegs 
How Beasts and Serpents Came into the World 
Honourable Minu 
Why the Moon and the Stars Receive Their Light From the Sun

II. Miscellaneous Tales
Ohia and the Thieving Deer 
How the Tortoise Got Its Shell 
The Hunter and the Tortoise 
Kwofi and the Gods 
The Lion and the Wolf 
Maku Mawu and Maku Fia 
The Robber and the Old Man 
The Leopard and the Ram 
Why the Leopard Can Only Catch Prey On Its Left Side
Quarcoo Bah-Boni 
King Chameleon and the Animals 
To Lose an Elephant For the Sake of a Wren Is a Very Foolish Thing To Do
The Ungrateful Man 
Why Tigers Never Attack Men Unless They Are Provoked 
The Omanhene Who Liked Riddles 
How Mushrooms First Grew 
Farmer Mybrow and the Fairies

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.



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

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 ArchiveHathi 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 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

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 ArchiveBaldwin ProjectHathi 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

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



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

Mackail. Aeneid of Virgil

Today's free book is The Aeneid of Virgil translated by J. W. Mackail (1885). For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available at Project Gutenberg (I have not checked for other online sources). There's also a free audiobook at LibriVox.



Table of Contents

1 The Coming of Aeneas to Carthage
2 The Story of the Sack of Troy
3 The Story of the Seven Years' Wandering
4 The Love of Dido, and Her End
5 The Games of the Fleet
6 The Vision of the Under World
7 The Landing in Latium, and the Roll of the Armies of Italy
8 The Embassage to Evander
9 The Siege of the Trojan Camp
10 The Battle on the Beach
11 The Council of the Latins, and the Life and Death of Camilla
12 The Slaying of Turnus


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.



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 ProjectProject 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


Francklin. Lucian's Trips to the Moon

Today's free book is Lucian's Trips to the Moon translated by Thomas Francklin (1887). For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image. You can read an article about this book in the Public Domain Review.

The book is available at Project Gutenberg (I have not checked for other online sources). There's also a free audiobook at LibriVox.



Table of Contents

Introduction by Professor Henry Morley.
Instructions for Writing History.
The True History.
    Preface.
    Book 1.
    Book 2.
Icaro-Menippus—A Dialogue.


Lang. King Arthur

Today's free book is King Arthur: Tales of the Round Table by Andrew Lang, illustrated by H. J. Ford. You can find out more about this book in the King Arthur 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 the Internet ArchiveSacred TextsHathi Books, and Google Books. There's also a free audiobook from LibriVox.



King Arthur
The Drawing of the Sword
The Questing Beast
The Sword Excalibur
The Story of Sir Balin
How the Round Table Began
The Passing of Merlin
How Morgan le Fay Tried to Kill King Arthur
What Beaumains Asked of the King

The Quest of the Holy Graal
I: How The King Went on Pilgrimage, and his Squire was Slain in a Dream
II: The Coming of the Holy Graal
The Adventure of Sir Galahad
IV: How Sir Lancelot Saw a Vision, and Repented of His Sins
V: The Adventure Of Sir Percivale
VI: An Adventure of Sir Lancelot
VII: An Adventure of Sir Gawaine
VIII: The Adventure of Sir Bors
IX: Adventure of Sir Galahad
X: Sir Lancelot Meets Sir Galahad, and They Part For Ever
XI: How Sir Galahad Found The Graal And Died Of That Finding

The Evil Days of Arthur
The Fight for the Queen
The Fair Maid of Astolat
Lancelot and Guenevere
The End of it All

Bush. Stories of Robin Hood

Today's free book is Stories of Robin Hood by Bertha Evangeline Bush (1912). For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available at Project Gutenberg (I have not checked for other online sources). There's also a free audiobook at LibriVox.




Table of Contents

Winning the Sheriff's Golden Arrow
How Little John Joined Robin Hood
Allen-a-dale and Friar Tuck
Robin Hood and the Sorrowful Knight
Robin Hood and the King
Death of Robin Hood
Robin Hood and Allen-a-Dale



Howes. Maoriland Fairy Tales

Today's free book is Maoriland Fairy Tales by Edith Howes. For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available at Internet Archive and Hathi Trust. There is also a free audiobook at LibriVox.



The Wanderers
The Six Brothers
Tiki
Tawhaki's Climb
How the Moon was Made
Brother and Sister
The Sea King's Victory
The Magician's Magic
Maui
More about Maui
The King and the Fairies
Hatupatu
The Star Hunt
The Pet Whale
On the Moon
The Wooden Head
The Fountain of Fish
Rata
The Island and the Taniwha
The Most Beautiful Maiden in the World
The Giant in the Cave
Tama and His Brother
Tama and His Wife
Sea Goblins
The Great Bird of the Hills
The Floating Island
The Princess and the Giant
Hinemoa's Swim