Clouston. Popular tales and fictions

Today's free book is Popular tales and fictions, their migrations and transformations by W. A. Clouston (1887). 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).


Table of Contents

VOLUME 1

INTRODUCTION ...... 1

Origin and diffusion of popular tales ; “ solar myth.” theory — introduction of Oriental fictions into Europe : the ‘ Disciplina Clericalis ’ ; ^ Fables of Bidpai ’ ; ‘ Syntipas ’ ; Seven Wise Masters — Dolopathos — Mediaeval Sermon -Books and Stories: the ‘Sermones’ of Jacques de Vitry; the Liber de Donis  of Etienne de Bourbon ; the Gesta Romanorum — Tales : the True Heir — the Old Man and his Two Wives — the Poor Poet ill and well clothed — the Innkeeper who spilled his customers’ wine — Parnell’s Hermit — Sancho’s decision in the case of the woman and the young man — the Widow who was comforted — the Nun who tore out her eyes — Spread of Buddhist tales and apologues — Classical Tales in the Talmud, etc. — Chivalric Romances, Asiatic and European — Worldwide Jests : the Impudent Letter-reader — Scot and Sot — the One-legged Fowl — a Strange Animal —  the One-eyed Husband — Killing a Fly — “ Small of its Age,” — Weighing Smoke — Laird Braco and his “ siller,” — Hanged for stealing a Bridle— Decisions of sapient judges, — Was Egypt the cradle-land of civilisation?
Note : The Arabian Romance of Antar

INVISIBLE CAPS AND CLOAKS : SHOES OF SWIFTNESS .

INEXHAUSTIBLE PURSE, ETC.

GOLD-PRODUCING ANIMALS

ADVENTURES WITH GIANTS, TROLLS, GHULS, ETC.

DRAGONS AND MONSTROUS BIRDS

PETRIFYING VICTIMS : LIFE-TOKENS : TESTS OF CHASTITY

BIRD-MAIDENS

SUBAQUEOUS FAIRY HALLS : FORBIDDEN ROOMS : CUPID AND PSYCHE LEGENDS

FAIRY HINDS : MAGIC BARKS

THE THANKFUL BEASTS : SECRETS LEARNED FROM BIRDS 

THE GOOD MAN AND THE BAD MAN

THE UNGRATEFUL SERPENT

THE HARE AND THE TORTOISE
Note: Origin of Fables

THE FOUR CLEVER BROTHERS

CUMULATIVE STORIES

ALADDIN'S WONDERFUL LAMP
Note : Life depending on some Extraneous Object

THE HUNCHBACK AND THE FAIRIES

THE ENCHANTED HORSE

THE DEMON ENCLOSED IN A BOTTLE : CONTRACTS WITH  THE EVIL ONE, ETC.

“ THE RING AND THE FISH ” LEGENDS : MEN LIVING
INSIDE MONSTROUS FISH
Note: Luminous Jewels

MAGICAL TRANSFORMATIONS
1. THE INEXHAUSTIBLE PURSE, ETC. — 
Tamil Version
2. WHO EATS MY HEART, ETC.—
Tamil Version
3. THE GOOD MAN AND THE BAD MAN — 
Sinhalese Variant 
4. ENCOUNTERS WITH OGRES, ETC. — 
Bengali Version 
5. ‘CUPID AND PSYCHE’ LEGENDS — 
Bengali Analogue
6. ALADDIN'S WONDERFUL LAMP — 
Another Arabian Variant 
Burmese (Buddhist) Version 
7. THE MAGICAL CONFLICT — 
Turkish Version 

VOLUME 2

THE THREE GRAZIERS AND THE ALEWIFE
Note: Precocious Children 

THE SILENT COUPLE 
Note : Book of the Forty Vazirs 

THE SHARPERS AND THE SIMPLETON 

THE COBBLER AND THE CALF 

THE HEIR OF LINNE
Note: Story of King Shah Bakht and his Vazir

WHITTINGTON AND HIS CAT 

THE TAILOR'S DREAM 

THE THREE TRAVELLERS AND THE LOAF 
Note: Sending one to an Older and the Oldest Person  

THE MERCHANT AND THE FOLK OF FALSETOWN  

THE ROBBERY OF THE KING’S TREASURY 
Note: Marking a Culprit  

LLEWELLYN AND HIS DOG GELLERT 

THE LOVER'S HEART  

THE MERCHANT, HIS WIFE, AND HIS PARROT 

THE ELOPEMENT 
Note : Falling in Love through a Dream 

LITTLE FAIRLY 

THE LADY AND HER SUITORS  

A KING'S LIFE SAVED BY A MAXIM

IRRATIONAL EXCESS OF SORROW 

THE INTENDED DIVORCE 

THE THREE KNIGHTS AND THE LADY : THE THREE HUNCHBACKS, ETC.
Note: Women Betraying their Husbands 

THE ADVANTAGES OF SPEAKING TO A KING  

THE LOST PURSE 

THE UNGRATEFUL SON  

CHAUCER'S PARDONER'S TALE 
Note : Resuscitation in Folk-Lore  

THE LUCKY IMPOSTOR 
“ don’t count your chickens until they are hatched!"

THE FAVOURITE WHO WAS ENVIED 

THE MILLER’S SON ; OR, DESTINY  

“ LUCKILY, THEY ARE NOT PEACHES ! ” 

APPENDIX 

I. ASS OR PIG?” — 
Modern Egyptian Version  

II. THE TALE OF BERYN

III. ROBBERY OF THE KING’S TREASURY — 
Modern Egyptian Analogue 

IV. FALLING IN LOVE THROUGH A DREAM — 
Persian Analogue 

V. LITTLE FAIRLY — 
The Sack Trick : 
Scotch Analogue 
Norse Analogue

VI. THE MAXIM THAT SAVED A KING’S LIFE — 
Sinhalese Version 

VII. THE CAPON-CARVER — 
Albanian Version 

VIII. THE SACRISTAN OF CLUNI — 
Norse Variant 

IX. WOMEN BETRAYING THEIR HUSBANDS — 
Story from Jacques de Vitry 

X. RESUSCITATION IN FOLK-LORE — 
Additional Analogues 

XI. WOMEN WHOSE LOVE IS SLIGHTED — 
Analogues of the Incident of Joseph and Potiphar’s  Wife