Schon. Hausa stories and fables

Today's free book is Magana Hausa; Hausa stories and fables collected by J. F. Schon and edited by Charles H. Robinson (1906). For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available at Hathi Trust (I have not checked for other online sources). The 1906 version does NOT contain the English translations. For English, you need to consult the earlier edition of 1885.



Table of Contents

1. Narrative of a hunting expedition
2. The hyena and the jerboa
3. The priest and the jerboa
4. The two girls who had the same mother and the same father
5. The mother and her obedient boy
6. The Englishman and his stick
7. The girl and the four bachelors
8. The woman, her husband, and the lion
9. The origin of monkeys
10. The two men and their corn; the one in heaven, and the other in the fire
11. The woman, her daughter, and their dogs
12. The woman who did not give alms
13. The jerboa, the hyena, and the fish
14. The doctor and his two servants
15. The stranger and the water serpent
16. Conversation between a bird and a hen
17. Laughter without compassion
18. The man and his two wives, and their dogs
19. The two wives, their husbands, and their two daughters
20. The boy, the horse of Asbon breed, the spider, and the witch
21. The goat, her child, and the hyena
22. A conversation between three persons whose names were Kusa, Kwania and Gaba
23. The schoolboys and their father
24. Wonderful things exhibited in a school
25. Conversation between the stars
26. The work of the sun
27. Taking a walk
28. The boat and the water
29. The story of the coffee-drinkers
30. The boy and his farm
31. The glutton
32. The paper, the pen, and the ink quarrelling among themselves
33. The sun and the moon
34. The rival wife and the chief wife and their husband
35. Abega's story of the pot of honey
36. A story about a judge
37. The paschal lamb
38. The woman and her child, the hyena and the jerboa, and their song
39. The mare and her child and the hyena
40. The guinea-fowl
41. The girl and the young men
42. The blind man
43. The story of a saint, by Ali, a native of Katsena
44. The strangers in trouble and the black ants
45. The child of the bird with the black beak
46. The boy, his farm, and pumpkins
47. The child of the hen with the layan kamso
48. The two gamblers
49. The sister and her brother who was very mischievous
50. The two wives, and their two daughters, and the man who repaired persons
51. Onions a cure for a snake-bite
52. The use of dogs and cows
53. A conversation
54. Something about Dorugu's friend
55. Description of the founding of Lokoja
56. Specimen of a public proclamation at Lokojah
57. An account of the cutting down of two baobab trees at Lokoja
58. The news of the Prophet Jesus
59. The skull which He made to talk
60. The story of a slave raid
61. The jackal the priest of the forest; the lion the king of forest
62. The time of the prophet Musa. The jackal a mallam
63. The spider and the cobweb
64. The news about about a certain man from a village near Kano
65. A song about poverty
66. The news of the tailor of Madaki Awwa, the mother of the king of Kano
67. The news about the saint who was a mallam
68. The news about Dogo
69. The words of Omoru
70. The words of Omar
71. The words of Hashimu
72. The words of Omoru the warrior
73. A description of Kano by Omoru
74. A description of Kano by Doragu
75. The news about the rinding of Dan Daura, i.e. Dorugu
76. A story of ancient times relating to some old people. An old man and his three children
77. The tale of the hare who killed the lion
78. The camel, the elephant, and the jerboa
79. Explanation of the Hausa book. Arshadan Allah
80. The owner of an ox, and a blind man
81. The same story, related by the Haji Abdulahi of Sinder
82. The song of the son of Balkore
83. The story of Jaha and his wife