Church. The Iliad

Today's free book is The Iliad for Boys and Girls by Alfred J. Church (the name of the illustrator is not given). You can find out more about this book in the Homer's Iliad 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, Baldwin Project, Hathi Books, and Google Books. There is also a free audiobook at LibriVox. You can get a free Kindle ebook from Amazon too!

Of How the War with Troy Began 

The Quarrel 

What Thetis Did for Her Son 

The Duel of Paris and Menelaus 

How the Oath Was Broken 

The Great Deeds of Diomed 

Concerning Other Valiant Deeds 

Of Glaucus and Diomed 

Hector and Andromache 

How Hector and Ajax Fought 

The Battle on the Plain 

The Repentance of Agamemnon 

The Embassy to Achilles 

The Story of Old Phoenix 

The Adventure of Diomed and Ulysses 

The Wounding of the Chiefs 

The Battle at the Wall 

The Battle at the Ships 

The Deeds and Death of Patroclus 

The Rousing of Achilles 

The Making of the Arms 

The Quarrel Ended 

The Battle at the River 

The Slaying of Hector 

The Ransoming of Hector 

The End of Troy

Church. Stories from Virgil

Today's free book is Stories from Virgil by Alfred Church. 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!

I. THE HORSE OF WOOD: text

II. THE SACK OF TROY: text

III. ÆNEAS AND ANCHISES: text

IV. POLYDORUS—DELOS—CRETE—THE HARPIES: text

V. KING HELENUS—THE CYCLOPS: text

VI. THE SHIPWRECK: text

VII. CARTHAGE: text

VIII. DIDO: text

IX. THE LOVE AND DEATH OF DIDO: text

X. THE FUNERAL GAMES OF ANCHISES: text

XI. THE FUNERAL GAMES (CONTINUED): text

XII. THE BURNING OF THE SHIPS—THE VOYAGE TO ITALY: text

XIII. THE SIBYL: text

XIV. THE DWELLINGS OF THE DEAD: text

XV. KING LATINUS: text

XVI. THE WRATH OF JUNO: text

XVII. THE GATHERING OF THE CHIEFS: text

XVIII. KING EVANDER: text

XIX. THE ARMS OF ÆNEAS: text

XX. NISUS AND EURYALUS: text

XXI. THE BATTLE AT THE CAMP: text

XXII. THE BATTLE ON THE SHORE: text

XXIII. THE COUNCIL: text

XXIV. THE BATTLE AT THE CITY: text

XXV. THE BROKEN TREATY: text

XXVI. THE DEATH OF TURNUS: text

Church. Heroes and Kings

Today's book is Heroes and Kings: Stories from the Greek by Alfred J. Church. For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available at Internet Archive and Hathi Trust.

The Story of the Ship Argo (from Apollonius of Rhodes)
The Meeting of Glaucus and Diomedes (from Homer)
The Embassy to Achilles (from Homer)
The Battle of the Gods (from Homer)
The Funeral Games of Patroclus (from Homer)
The Visit of Ulysses to the Dead (from Homer)
The Triumph of Ulysses (from Homer)
The Story of Periander of Corinth (from Herodotus)
The Story of Polycrates of Samos (from Herodotus)

Church. Stories From Livy

Today's free book is Stories From Livy by Alfred Church. For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

This book is available at Project Gutenberg, Internet Archive, Hathi Trust, and Google Books. Plus, there is a free Kindle ebook.

Romulus and Numa 

Alba 

The Elder Tarquin 

Servius 

Brutus 

Lars Porsenna 

Coriolanus 

The Fabii 

Cincinnatus 

The Decemvirs and Virginia 

Veii 

Camillus 

Rome and the Gauls 

Rome and the Gauls continued 

Manlius of the Twisted Chain 

Certain Great Romans 

Passes of Caudium

Church. Lucian's True Tale

Today's free book is Lucian's A Traveller's True Tale by Alfred J. Church with illustrations by C. O. Murray. 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 book was later published under a different title: The Greek Gulliver; Stories from Lucian.

I. LUCIAN STARTS ON A JOURNEY, AND IS
CARRIED A LONG WAY
II. THE BATTLE AND THE TREATY
III. OF THE MOON-FOLK AND THEIR MANNERS
AND CUSTOMS
IV. LUCIAN COMES TO LANTERN-CITY
V. LUCIAN AND HIS MEN ARE SWALLOWED UP
VI. LUCIAN DEFEATS HIS NEIGHBOURS
VII. THE BATTLE OF THE ISLANDS
VIII. LUCIAN ESCAPES FROM THE BEAST, AND
COMES TO THE SEA OF MILK AND CHEESE
ISLAND
IX. THE TRAVELLERS MEET THE CORK-FOOT-
FOLK, AND COME TO THE ISLAND OF THE
BLESSED
X. THE ISLAND OF THE BLESSED
XI. THE INHABITANTS OF THE ISLAND OF THE
BLESSED
XII. LUCIAN TALKS WITH HOMER.—GAMES ARE
CELEBRATED IN THE ISLAND
XIII. THE ISLAND IS INVADED.—THE FLIGHT OF
THE FAIR HELEN
XIV. LUCIAN BIDS FAREWELL TO KING RHADAMANTHUS AND DEPARTS.—HE VISITS THE ABODE OF THE WICKED
XV. THE ISLAND OF DREAMS.—LUCIAN VISITS
CALYPSO
XVI. LUCIAN SEES THE PUMPKIN PIRATES, AND
OTHER STRANGE CREATURES AND THINGS
XVII. THE OCEAN FOREST.—THE OX-HEADED
PEOPLE AND OTHER MARVELS

Church. Stories from the Bible

Today's free book is Stories from the Bible by Alfred Church with illustrations inspired by Julius Schnorr. For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available at Internet Archive and Hathi Trust.

The illustrations are inspired by Julius Schnorr, and I've made a Flickr collection.

The Story of Abraham:
I — Abram
II — Abraham
The Story of Joseph
The Story of Moses:
I — In Egypt
II — The Going Forth
III — In the Wilderness
The Story of Joshua
The Story of Ruth
The Story of David:
I — The Champion
II — The Outcast
III— The King
The Story of Ahab and his House
The Story of Jeremiah the Prophet
The Rebuilding of Jerusalem
The Story of Queen Esther
The Story of the Maccabees

Church. Stories from the Greek Tragedians.

Today's free book is Stories from the Greek Tragedians by Alfred Church. For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

Available at: Project Gutenberg, Internet Archive, Hathi Trust, and Google Books. There is a free Kindle ebook also! The links below are to the Project Gutenberg edition.

The illustrations inspired by Flaxman and others, and I've made a Flickr collection.

Table of Contents

Preface.

Contents

The Story Of The Love Of Alcestis.

The Story Of The Vengeance Of Medea.

The Story Of The Death Of Hercules.

The Story Of The Seven Chiefs Against Thebes.

The Story Of Antigone.

The Story Of Iphigenia In Aulis.

The Story Of Philoctetes, Or The Bow Of Hercules.

The Story Of The Death Of Agamemnon.

The Story Of Electra, Or The Return Of Orestes.

The Story Of The Furies, Or The Loosing Of Orestes.

The Story Of Iphigenia Among The Taurians.

The Story Of The Persians, Or The Battle Of Salamis.

The Story Of Ion.

The Ajax Series

Notes

Church. Stories of the East from Herodotus

Today's free book is Stories of the East from Herodotus by Alfred J. Church. For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available at the Baldwin Project, Internet Archive, Hathi Trust, and Google Books. The links below are to the Baldwin edition.

The Story of King Croesus
Croesus Consulteth the Oracles
King Croesus is Defeated
Croesus is Saved from Death
The Birth and Bringing Up of Cyrus
Cyrus Overthroweth Astyages
The City of Babylon, Cyrus Taketh It
Cyrus Maketh War Against the Massagetae
Of the Manners of the Egyptians
Of Certain Kings of Egypt
Of Certain Other Kings of Egypt
The Persians Conquer Egypt
Cambyses Maketh War Upon the Nations Round About
The False Smerdis is Slain
The Kingdom of Darius
Babylon Rebelleth Against the King, and is Taken
King Darius Maketh War Upon the Scythians
Of the Scythians and Other Nations

Church. Stories of the Magicians

Today's free book is Stories of the Magicians Alfred J. Church. For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available at the Baldwin Project, Internet Archive, Hathi Trust, and Google Books.

The Story of Thalaba
The Meeting of the Magicians
Aswad
How Abdaldar the Magician sought for Thalaba
How Thalaba Went on his Errand
How Thalaba Fared on his Journey
What Thalaba Saw at Babylon
The Paradise of Sin
How Oneiza was Saved and Lost
The Deliverance of Thalaba
The Magic Thread
Leila
The Sledge and the Boat
The Doom

The Story of Rustem
Of Zal, the Father of Rustem
The First Exploits of Rustem
Rustem and his Horse Raksh
Rustem Fights with Afrasiab
How King Kaous Marched against the Land of the Gen
The Seven Adventures of Rustem
The Seven Adventures of Rustem (continued)
Sohrab
Sohrab (continued 2)
Sohrab (continued 3)
Sohrab (continued 4)
The Last Victory of Rustem
The Death of Rustem

The Story of Kehama
The Curse
The Glendoveer
Ladurlad
The Ancient Tombs
The Refuge
The Doom

Church. Stories from the Greek Comedians

Today's free book is Stories from the Greek Comedians by Alfred J. Church. For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available at the Baldwin Project, Internet Archive, Hathi Trust, and Google Books.

Stories from the Old Comedy (Aristophanes): 
The Acharnians
The Knights
Peace
The Wasps
The Clouds
The Birds
The Frogs
The Parliament of Women
Plutus

Stories from the New Comedy (Philemon, Menander, Diphilus, Apollodorus):
The Buried Treasure
The Ghost
The Shipwreck
The Brothers
The Girl of Andros
Phormio

Church. Aeneid

Today's free book is The Aeneid by Alfred J. Church. For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available at the Baldwin Project, Internet Archive, Hathi Trust, and Google Books.

(The Flight from Troy)

The Horse of Wood
The Sack of Troy
Aeneas and Anchises
Of the Voyage of Aeneas
The Voyage of Aeneas (continued)
The Shipwreck
Carthage
Dido
The Funeral Games of Anchises
The Burning of the Ships—The Coming to Italy
In Italy
The Plots of Juno
The Gathering of the Chiefs
King Evander
The Arms of Aeneas
Nisus and Euryalus
The Battle at the Camp
The Battle on the Shore
The Council
The Deeds and Death of Camilla
The Broken Treaty
The Death of Turnus
Afterwards

Church. Story of the Odyssey

Today's free book is The Story of the Odyssey by Alfred Church. For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available at Project Gutenberg, Internet Archive, and Hathi Trust. You can get a free Kindle ebook from Amazon too!

Table of Contents

I. THE COUNSEL OF ATHENE

II. THE ASSEMBLY

III. NESTOR'S TALE

IV. IN SPARTA

V. MENELAUS'S TALE

VI. ULYSSES ON HIS RAFT

VII. NAUSICAA

VIII. ALCINOUS

IX. THE PHAEACIANS

X. THE CYCLOPS

XI. AEOLUS; THE LAESTRYGONS; CIRCE

XII. THE DWELLINGS OF THE DEAD

XIII. THE SIRENS; SCYLLA; THE OXEN OF THE SUN

XIV. ITHACA

XV. EUMAEUS, THE SWINEHERD

XVI. THE RETURN OF TELEMACHUS

XVII. ULYSSES AND TELEMACHUS

XVIII. ULYSSES IN HIS HOME

XIX. ULYSSES IN HIS HOME (continued)

XX. ULYSSES IS DISCOVERED BY HIS NURSE

XXI. THE TRIAL OF THE BOW

XXII. THE SLAYING OF THE SUITORS

XXIII. THE END OF THE WANDERING

XXIV. THE TRIUMPH OF ULYSSES