Mabie. Childhood's Favorites and Fairy Stories

Today's free book is Childhood's Favorites and Fairy Stories by Hamilton W. Mabie (1927). 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).

I Was the Giant Great and Still,
that Sits Upon the Pillow Hill

Table of Contents

NURSERY RHYMES
Hush-a-bye, Baby, on the Tree-top; Rock-a-bye, Baby, thy Cradle is Green;
Bye, Baby Bunting; Hush Thee, my Babby; Sleep, Baby, Sleep;
This Little Pig Went to Market; etc., etc.

NURSERY TALES
The Three Bears
Cinderella
The Three Brothers
The Wren and the Bear
Chicken-Licken
The Fox and the Cat
The Rats and their Son-in-Law
The Mouse and the Sausage
Johnny and the Golden Goose
Titty Mouse and Tatty Mouse
Teeny Tiny
The Spider and the Flea
The Little Shepherd Boy
The Three Spinners
The Cat and the Mouse in Partnership
The Sweet Soup
The Straw, the Coal, and the Bean
Why the Bear Has a Stumpy Tail
The Three Little Pigs

CHILDREN'S FAVORITE POEMS
The Three Children
The Owl and the Pussy-Cat—Edward Lear
Kindness to Animals
How Doth the Little Busy Bee—Isaac Watts
Suppose—Phoebe Cary
Twinkle, Twinkle
Pretty Cow—Jane Taylor
The Three Little Kittens—Eliza Lee Follen
The Land of Counterpane—Robert Louis Stevenson
There was a Little Girl—Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The Boy who never Told a Lie
Foreign Children—Robert Louis Stevenson
The Unseen Playmate—Robert Louis Stevenson
I saw Three Ships
A Was an Ant—Edward Lear
The Table and the Chair—Edward Lear
Precocious Piggy—Thomas Hood
A Boy's Song—James Hogg
Buttercups and Daisies—Mary Howitt
The Violet—Jane Taylor
If ever I See—Lydia Maria Child
The Little Land—Robert Louis Stevenson
A Lobster Quadrille—Lewis Carroll
Where Go the Boats—Robert Louis Stevenson
The Wind and the Moon—George Macdonald
Where are you Going my Pretty Maid
The Lost Doll—Charles Kingsley
Foreign Lands—Robert Louis Stevenson
Bed in Summer—Robert Louis Stevenson
Try Again
A Good Play—Robert Louis Stevenson
Good Night and Good Morning—Richard Monckton Milnes
The Wind—Robert Louis Stevenson
The Spider and the Fly—Mary Howitt
Let Dogs Delight to Bark and Bite—Isaac Watts
Child's Evening Hymn—Sabine Baring-Gould

CHILDREN'S FAVORITE STORIES
Hansel and Gretel
The Fair Catherine and Pif-Paf Poltrie
The Wolf and the Fox
Descreet Hans
Puss in Boots
The Elves and the Shoemaker
Hans in Luck
Master of All Masters
Belling the Cat
Little Red Riding-Hood
The Nail
Jack and the Beanstalk
How to Tell a True Princess
The Sleeping Beauty

OLD FASHIONED POEMS
The Man in the Moon—James Whitcombe Riley
Sage Counsel—Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
Limericks—Edward Lear
More Limericks—Rudyard Kipling and Anonymous
The Dead Doll—Margaret Vandergrift
Little Things—Ascribed to Julia A. F. Carney
The Golden Rule—Unknown
Do the Best You Can—Unknown
The Voice of Spring
The Lark and the Rook—Unknown
Thanksgiving Day—Lydia Maria Child
The Magpie's Nest—Unknown
The Fairies of Caldon Low—Mary Howitt
The Land of Story Books—Robert Louis Stevenson
A Visit From St. Nicholas—Clement Clarke Moore
Little Orphant Annie—James Whitcombe Riley
The Chatterbox—Ann Taylor
The Voice of Spring—Felicia Dorothea Hemans
The History Lesson—Anonymous
Song of Life—Charles Mackay
The Good Time Coming—Charles Mackay
Windy Nights—Robert Louis Stevenson
The Wonderful World—William Brighty Rands
Hark! Hark! The Lark—William Shakespeare
Jog On, Jog On—William Shakespeare
Sweet Story of Old—Jemima Luke
My Shadow—Robert Louis Stevenson
By Cool Siloam's Shady Rill—Reginald Heber
The Wind in a Frolic—William Howitt
The Graves of a Household—Felicia Dorothea Hemans
We Are Seven—William Wordsworth
The Better Land—Felicia Dorothea Hemans
The Juvenile Orator—David Everett
The Fox and the Crow—Little B. (Taylor?)
The Use of Flowers—Mary Howitt
Contented John—Jane Taylor
The Old Man's Comforts, and How He Gained Them—Robert Southey
The Frost—Hannah Flagg Gould
The Battle of Blenheim—Robert Southey
The Chameleon—James Merrick (from M. de Lamotte)
The Blackberry Girl—Unknown
Mabel on Midsummer Day—Mary Howitt
Llewellyn and his Dog—Willim Robert Spencer
The Snowbird's Song—Francis C. Woodworth
For A' That and A' That—Robert Burns

FABLES FROM ÆSOP
The Goose that Laid Golden Eggs
The Boys and the Frogs
The Lion and the Mouse
The Fox and the Grapes
The Frog and the Ox
The Cat, the Monkey, and the Chestnuts
The Country Maid and Her Milkpail
The Ass in the Lion's Skin
The Tortoise and the Hare
The Vain Jackdaw
The Fox Without a Tail
The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing
The Crow and the Pitcher
The Man, his Son, and his Ass

FABLES OF INDIA
Adapted by P. V. Ramaswami Raju
The Camel and the Pig
The Man and his Piece of Cloth
The Sea, the Fox, and the Wolf
The Birds and the Lime
The Raven and the Cattle
Tinsel and Lightning
The Ass and the Watchdog
The Lark and its Young Ones
The Two Gems

SCANDINAVIAN STORIES
The Hardy Tin Soldier—Hans Christian Andersen
The Fir Tree—Hans Christian Andersen
The Darning-Needle—Hans Christian Andersen
Thumbelina—Hans Christian Andersen
The Tinder-Box—Hans Christian Andersen
Boots and his Brothers—George Webbe Dasent
The Husband who was to Mind the House—George Webbe Dasent
Buttercup—George Webbe Dasent

GERMAN STORIES
Seven at One Blow—Wilhelm and Jakob Grimm
One Eye, Two Eyes, Three Eyes—Wilhelm and Jakob Grimm
The Musicians of Bremen—Wilhelm and Jakob Grimm
The Fisherman and his Wife—Wilhelm and Jakob Grimm
Little Snow-White—Wilhelm and Jakob Grimm
The Goose Girl—Wilhelm and Jakob Grimm
The Golden Bird—Wilhelm and Jakob Grimm

FRENCH STORIES
Beauty and the Beast—Adapted by E. Nesbit
The White Cat—The Comtesse d'Aulnoy
The Story of Pretty Goldilocks
Toads and Diamonds

ENGLISH STORIES
The History of Tom-Thumb—Adapted by Ernest Rhys
Jack the Giant Killer—Adapted by Joseph Jacobs
The Three Sillies—Adapted by Joseph Jacobs

CELTIC STORIES
King O'Toole and his Goose—Adapted by Joseph Jacobs
The Haughty Princess—Adapted by Patrick Kennedy
Jack and his Master—Adapted by Joseph Jacobs
Hudden and Dudden and Donald O'Neary—Adapted by Joseph Jacobs
Connla of the Golden Hair and the Fairy Maiden—Adapted by Patrick Weston Joyce

ITALIAN STORIES
Pinocchio's Adventures in Wonderland—Carlo Lorenzini

JAPANESE STORIES
The Story of the Man who did not wish to Die—Adapted by Yei Theodora Ozaki
The Accomplished and Lucky Teakettle—Adapted by A. B. Mitford
The Tongue-cut Sparrow
Battle of the Monkey and the Crab
Momotaro, or Little Peachling
Uraschina Taro and the Turtle

EAST INDIAN STORIES
The Son of Seven Queens—Adapted by Joseph Jacobs
Who Killed the Otter's Babies—Adapted by Walter Skeat
The Alligator and the Jackal—Adapted by M. Frere
The Farmer and the Money Lender
Tit for Tat—Adapted by M. Frere
Singh Rajah and the Cunning Little Jackals—Adapted by M. Frere
AMERICAN INDIAN STORIES
The White Stone Canoe—Adapted by H. R. Schoolcraft
The Maiden who Loved a Fish
The Star Wife

ARABIAN STORIES
The Story of Caliph Stork
Persevere and Prosper—Adapted by A. R. Montalba

CHINESE STORIES
The Most Frugal of Men
The Moon-Cake
The Ladle that Fell from the Moon
The Young Head of the Family
A Dreadful Boar

RUSSIAN STORIES
King Kojata
The Story of King Frost

TALES FOR TINY TOTS
Tell Us a Tale—Edward Shirley
Little Red Hen
In Search of a Baby—F. Tapsell
Jock and I and the Others
Dolly Dimple—F. Tapsell
The Tale of Peter Rabbit—Beatrix Potter
The Miller, His Son, and Their Ass
The Visit to Santa Claus Land
The Greedy Brownie
The Fairies' Passage—James Clarence Mangan
The World

FANCIFUL STORIES
White Magic
The Brownies—Juliana Horatia Ewing
The Story of Peter Pan
Sir Lark and King Sun—George MacDonald
The Imps in the Heavenly Meadow—Kate E. Bunce
The Birthday Honors of the Fairy Queen—Hapgood Moore