Today's free book is A collection of Temne traditions, fables and proverbs by Christian Friedrich Schlenker (1861). For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image. You can read about the Temne people of West Africa at Wikipedia.
The book is available at Hathi Trust (I have not checked for other online sources).
Table of Contents
Traditions about the ancient Heroes of the Temnes
Traditions respecting the Creation of the World and of the first Men
Traditions concerning the State of Man after Death
Fables:
The Iguana and the Dog
The Spider, and the Ant-Eater and Mr. Tamba
The Child and the Bird
The Elephant and the Goat
The Spider, the Bushgoat, and the Deer, and the Antelope, and the Bushcow, and the Fillentamba
The Spider, and the Bushgoat, and the Ant-Eater, and the Leopard
The King, and his Daughter, and Mr. Tamba
