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

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

Finnegan. Oral Literature in Africa.

Today's free book is Oral Literature in Africa by Ruth Finnegan. For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

For a variety of online versions, see the Open Book Publishers site.

This book is made available thanks to the UnGlue.It organization which raises money to buy the copyright to books and then to make them free, open publications. This book was first published by Oxford University Press in 1970, and now, thanks to the UnGlue.It contributors who raised $7500 to buy the copyright, the book is free to all.

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Table of Contents

Introduction
Poetry
- poetry and patronage
- panegyric
- elegiac poetry
- religious poetry
- special purpose poetry
- lyric
- topical and political songs
- children's songs
Prose
- prose narratives
- proverbs
- riddles
-oratory
Special Forms
- drum language
- drama

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

Littmann. Tales of the Tigre (Ethiopia)

Today's free book is Tales, Customs, Names, and Dirges of the Tigre Tribes (Princeton Expedition to Abyssinia, volume 2) by Enno Littmann. For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

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

(Tigray Women, Ethiopia)

1. The Tale of the two Donkey-Owners
2. The Tale of the Ox, the Sheep, the Chicken and the Donkey
3. The Tale of the Boar, the Fox and the Man
4. The Tale of the Man, the Serpent and the Fox
5. The Tale of the Council of the Mice
6. The Tale of the Boar and the Elephants
7. The Tale of all the Wild Animals, Eatable and Uneatable
8. The Tale of the Guenon, the Baboon and the Lion
9. The Tale of the Lion, the Hyaena and the Fox
10. The Tale of the Lion and the Fox
11. The Tale of the Fox, the White Kite and the Raven
12. The Tale of the Scholar and the Guenon
13. The Tale of how the Fox followed the Elephant
14. The Tale of a Hen
15. The Tale of the Pure-Hearted One and the One with the Black Soul
16. The Tale of Beiho, of the People of Old
17. The Tale of a Woman and her Husband
18. The Tale of the Elephant and the Leopard and his Son
19. The Tale of the Leopard and the Fox
20. The Tale of the Ape and the Gazel
21. The Tale of the Hyaena and her Herdsman
22. The Tale of the Hyaena
23. The Tale of the Hyaena and a Moslem Prophet
24. A Tale of Abunawas
25. The Tale of the Man who made a Bet
26. A Tale of Abunawas
27. The Tale of the Parting of the Brothers
28. A Tale Resembling a Riddle in Figures
29. A Tale Resembling a Riddle
30. A Tale Resembling a Riddle
31. The Story of the Ad Takles
32. The Story of the Fight at Balqat
33. The Story of the Fight of Sangera
34. The Story of Kantebay Sallim and of Ali wad Mao
35. The Story of Kamel wad Gabay and Gahad wad Aggaba
36. The Proverb that Gahad wad Aggaba made
37. The Story of Gendefll
38. The Story of Dannas and his Slave
39. The Proverb that Adeg wad Fedel made
40. The Proverb that the People of Ad Takles made
41. The Legend of the Three Marys
42. The Legend of the Prophet Moses and the Prophet Mahammad
43. The Stars that Have Names
44. The Story of the Great Star
45. The Story of Kema and her Son
46. The Story of the True Seven and Gah and the Qeren
47. A Song of Ali-Gange wad Hemmad-Derar
48. About the Stars, again, he Sang thus
49. Of what is Told about the Stars
50. Of what Happens at the Rise of the New-Moon
51. The Names of the Months of the Year
52. Of what is Believed about the Death of the Moon
53- Of the Computation of Constellations
54. Of the Bird Called Adha or Dah
55. Edris wad Sawer Sang this Song
56. The Tale of the Leopard in his Old Age
57. Of what they Tell about the Chameleon
58. Of the Debbi
59. Of the Wolf
60. Of the Lizards
61. Of the Bird Qerqer and her Son Hamed
62. Of the Guinea-Hen and the Partridge
63. Of the Serpent Called Heway
64. Of a Certain Bird and his Wife
65. Of the Bird Called Suksuk
66. Of the Bird Called Mameraye-mi-tedarrara
67. The Race of the Hyaena
68. The Race of the Fox
69. The Legend of the Monkey, the Beetle, the Wasp, the Fly, the Lizard, the Frog and the Sayat-Tree
70. A Song of Hamad-Lul wad Egel of Marya
71. Keffal wad Bakit of Habab Sang this Song
72. The Legend of God and the Human Race
73. The Legend of the Rom, the Giant People
74. Of how the Rom Came to an End
75. Of how God Takes Care of the Children
76. The Tale of a Man who Knew the Language of all the Animals
77. The Tale of Mount Gadam
78. The Tale of a Man and his Wife
79. Of a Man who Took an Oath about Four Things
80. The Tale of Jacob and Joseph
81. Of the MansacCountry
82. Of the Rites and Customs that are Practised from the Time of Pregnancy until the Time of Childbirth
83. Of the Customs that are Practised from the Betrothal until the Wedding
84. Of the Rite of Circumcision in the Tigre Country
85. Of the Rite of Baptism with the Mansa Bet-Abrehe
86. Names of Persons in the Tigre Country
87. Of the Way in which the Dervishes united
88. The Way in which Factions United
89. Tunes of the Harp
90. War-Cries
91. Of the Highwaymen
92. The Names of Swords
93. Species of Swords
94. The Wered or Ordeal
95. Of the Years of Camels
96. Names of She-Camels
97. The Years of Cattle
98. Races of Cattle
99. The Colours of Cattle
100. The Names of Cattle with the Tigre People
101. The Making of Beverages in the Tigre Country
102. The Making of Unleavened Bread in the Tigre Country
103. The Years and the Time which the Bet-Abrehe Know
104. The Taboos or Forbidden Food of the Tigre People
105. The Greeting of the Tigre People
106. Of the Keeping of Festivals of the Mansa Bet-Abrehe
107. Of the Rite of Sacrifice in the Tigre Country
108. Of the Customs and Rites Observed by the Tigre People from the Time of Disease until Burial
109. Of what is Thrown for the Dead and of the Milk-Sacrifice
110. Dirges Sung by Women for the Men
111. Of the Belief which they Have about the People of Below
112. Of the Gan (the Bird of the Soul)
113. Of what they Call Seher (Sorcerer) and Bozza
114. Of the Demon called Waddegenni
115. Of the Beliefs about Hair
116. Unlucky Hair
117. Of what is Believed about Nails
118. Of what is Believed about Teeth
119. Of what is Believed about the Body of Man and about his Bones
120. Of Some Beliefs about the Digging of Clay
121. The Tale of a Man whose Cattle had been Seized by a She-Demon
122. Of Omens
123. Of the Curse of Trees
124. Cursing of Men
125. The Tribes that Know the Tigre Language and their Way of Living

Nyabongo. African Fairy Tales

Today's free book is Winds and Lights: African Fairy Tales by H. H. Prince Akiki K. Nyabongo. Prince Akiki K. Nyabongo (born in 1907) was the son of Kyembambe, King of Toro, a state in Uganda. He lived in both England and in the United States, receiving a Ph.D. from Harvard, and he died in 1975. You can see online a copy of a letter that he wrote to W. E. B. DuBois in 1937: Prince Akiki K. Nyabongo to W. E. B. DuBois.

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

The book is available from Hathi Trust.

1. Ekituru or The Shadow.
2. Mahangwe na Nyamugoromora or The-Wind-From-The-Rising-Sun and The-Wind-From-The-Setting-Sun.
3. Omusisa or Earthquake.
4. Enzirasi Yaruhemba or The Wind That Blows From North To South.
5. Kabimbiri or The Wind That Blows From North To West.
6. Nyakinyunyuzi na Nyamuhaibonwa Enganzi Yokwezi or Morning Star and Evening Star.
7. Omunyantaza Waruhemba or The Comet.
8. Kibonwaomu na Kalinda or Shooting Star and Orion's Foot.
9. Omuhangazima or The Rainbow.
10. Omuiguru Haliyoki? or What Is In Heaven?

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

Bleek-Lloyd. Bushman Folklore

Today's free book is Specimens of Bushman Folklore by W. H. I. Bleek and L. C. Lloyd. The San people (Bushmen) are hunter-gatherers who live in southern African; you can learn more about them at Wikipedia.

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

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

The Mantis Assumes The Form Of A Hartebeest
!Gaunu-Tsaxau (The Son Of The Mantis), The Baboons, And The Mantis
The Story Of The Leopard Tortoise.
The Children Are Sent To Throw The Sleeping Sun Into The Sky.
The Origin Of Death; Preceded By A Prayer Addressed To The Young Moon.
The Moon Is Not To Be Looked At When Game Has Been Shot.
The Girl Of The Early Race, Who Made Stars.
The Great Star, !Gaunu, Which, Singing, Named The Stars.
What The Stars Say, And A Prayer To A Star.
!Ko-G!nuing-Tara, Wife Of The Dawn's-Heart Star, Jupiter.
The Son of the Wind.
The Wind.
#Kaga'Ra And !Haunu, Who Fought Each Other With Lightning.
The Hyena's Revenge. First Version.
The Hyena's Revenge. Second Version.
The Lion Jealous Of The Voice Of The Ostrich.
The Resurrection Of The Ostrich.
The Vultures, Their Elder Sister, And Her Husband.
Ddi-Xerreten, The Lioness, And The Children.
The Mason Wasp And His Wife.
The Young Man Of The Ancient Race, Who Was Carried Off By A Lion; When Asleep In The Field.
A Woman Of The Early Race And The Rain Bull.
The Girl's Story; The Frogs' Story.
The Man Who Ordered His Wife To Cut Off His Ears.
The #Nerru And Her Husband.
The #Nerru, As A Bird
The Death Of The Lizard.
The Cat's Song.
The Song of the Caama Fox.
The Songs of the Blue Crane.
The Old Woman's Song.
A Song Sung By The Star !Gaunu, And Especially By Bushman Women.
Sirius And Canopus.
The Song Of The Bustard.
The Song Of The Springbok Mothers.
||Kabbo's Song On The Loss Of His Tobacco Pouch.
The Broken String.
The Song Of !Nu!Numma-!Kwiten.
The Leopard And The Jackal.
Doings Of The Springbok.
Habits Of The Bat And The Porcupine.
The Saxicola Castor And The Wild Cat.
The Baboons And ||Xabbiten||Xabbiten.
A Lion's Story.
The Man Who Found A Lion In A Cave.
Certain Hunting Observances, Called !Nanna-Sse.
!Nanna-Sse, Second Part.
Treatment of Bones by the Narrator's Grandfather, Tsatsi.
How The Father-In-Law Of The Narrator Treated Bones.
Tactics in Springbok Hunting.
||Kabbo's Capture And Journey To Cape Town. First Account.
||Kabbo's Capture And Journey To Cape Town. Second Account.
||Kabbo's Journey In The Railway Train.
||Kabbo's Intended Return Home.
How |Hang#Kass'o'S Pet Leveret Was Killed.
The Thunderstorm.
Cutting Off The Top Of The Little Finger, And Piercing Ears And Nose.
Cutting Off The Top Of The Little Finger. Second Account
Bushman Presentiments
Doings And Prayers When Canopus And Sirius Come Out.
The Making Of Clay Pots.
The Bushman Soup Spoon.
The Shaped Rib Bone.
The Bushman Drum And Dancing Rattles.
How the Dancing Rattles are Prepared.
The Use of the !Going!Going, Followed by an Account of a Bushman Dance.
Preparation of the Feather Brushes Used in Springbok Hunting.
The Marking Of Arrows.
The Adhesive Substance Used By The Bushmen In Marking Arrows.
Mode Of Getting Rid Of The Evil Influence Of Bad Dreams.
Concerning Two Apparitions.
The Jackal's Heart Not To Be Eaten.
||Hara And Tto.
How Tto Is Obtained.
Signs Made By Bushmen In Order To Show In Which Direction They Have Gone.
A Bushman, Becoming Faint From The Sun's Heat When Returning Home, Throws Earth Into The Air, That Those At Home May See The Dust And Come To Help Him.
Death.
The Relations Of Wind, Moon, And Cloud To Human Beings After Death.
1. The Doings Of |Xue Are Many.
2. Further Changes Of Form.
3. |Xue As A ||Gui Tree And As A Fly.
4. |Xue As Water and As Other Things. In His Own Form, He Rubs Fire and Dies.
Prayer To The Young Moon.
The Treatment of Thieves.
The Four Pieces of Wood Called |Xu, Used for Divining Purposes.
To Beat The Ground (With A Stone).
Snakes, Lizards, And A Certain Small Antelope, When Seen Near Graves, To Be Respected.
A Certain Snake, Which, By Lying Upon Its Back, Announces A Death In The Family; And Which Must Not, Under These Circumstances, Be Killed.

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

Field. Jewish Legends of the Middle Ages

Today's free book is Jewish Legends of the Middle Ages, translated by Claud Field and illustrated by Mary Mulliner. For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available at Hathi Trust.

The Bird That Sang to a Bridegroom
The Witnesses
The "Kamzan"
Rabbi Rashi's Companion
Moses Maimonides and The Limekiln
The Witness of the Fig-tree
The Ape and the Gold Pieces
The Pound of Flesh
The Massacre at Prague
Moses Maimonides and His Pupil
The Deliverer
The Prisoner of the Inquisition

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.

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

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.

(illustration by Cecile Walton)

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!

(Des Schwanenritters Abschied)

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

Brown. The Wisdom of the Egyptians

Today's free book is The Wisdom of the Egyptians, edited by Brian Brown. For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available at Sacred Texts and Hathi Trust. The links below are to the Sacred Texts edition of the book.

Introduction
Chapter I: The Story of Egypt
Chapter II: Religion of Ancient Egypt
Chapter III: The Ptah-Hotep And The Ke'gemni: The Oldest Books In The World
Chapter IV: The Book of the Dead
Chapter V: Hermes Trismegistus
Chapter VI: Egyptian Magic
Chapter VII: The Vision of Hermes
Chapter VIII: The Story of the Book of Thoth