Patten. Folk Tales and Myths

Author. TitleToday's free book is Junior Classics: Folk Tales and Myths by various authors, edited by William Patten (1912). For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available at Hathi Trust and Project Gutenberg (I have not checked for other online sources).

(Siegfried Slays the Dragon: Dielitz)

Table of Contents

Stories from Northern Sagas
The Northmen’s Story of How All Things Began
How the Queen of the Sky Gave Gifts to Men
The Dwarfs and the Fairies
How Thor Went to Jötunheim
How Thor’s Hammer Was Lost and Found
Iduna’s Apples of Youth
How the Fenris Wolf Was Chained
The Story of Balder the Beautifu
The Wonderful Quern Stones
The Story of Brunhilda and Siegfried
Brunhilda and the Magic Sword
Brunhilda’s Sleep Guarded by Loki’s Fiery Arm
How Siegfried Killed the Dragon
How Siegfried Finds Brunhilda
The Story of Lohengrin
The Plot Against the Beautiful Elsa of Brabant
[4]The Knights of the Holy Grail
Lohengrin the Champion of Elsa of Brabant
Ortruda Plots for Revenge
The Departure of Lohengrin
The Wooing of the Daughter of the King of Ireland
Three Tales of the Rhine
The Lady of Kynast
The Guardian Angel
The Giant Who Laughed at a Dwarf
The Legend of Saint Christopher
Prince Ivan and the Gray Wolf
King Robert of Sicily
Myths of Greece and Rome
The Riddle of the Sphinx
The Gift of Athene
Daphne, Child of the Morning
The Vengeance of Apollo
The Story of Arion
The Battle of the Frogs and the Mice
Orpheus the Sweet Singer
Niobe, a Victim of Latona’s Jealousy
The Sad Story of Pyramus and Thisbe
The Twelve Labors of Hercules
Hercules’s Search for the Apples of Hesperides
The Story of Cupid and Psyche
How Phaëton Drove the Sun
Baucis and Philemon Changed into Two Trees
The Paradise of Children
Two Tales of the Hudson
Rip Van Winkle
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Some Animal Myths of Various Lands
The Hare Who Thought the World Had Come to an End
A Hindoo Tale translated from the Jataka
The Watering of the Saplings
A Hindoo Tale translated from the Jataka
The Old Hare and the Elephants
A Hindoo Tale translated from the Hitopadeca
The Elephant Has a Bet With the Tiger
A Tale from the Malay Peninsula
How the Tortoise Out-Ran the Deer
A Tale from the Amazon River
Which was the Stronger, the Tortoise, the Tapir, or the Whale?
A Tale from the Amazon River
How the Turtle Got His Shell
A Tale from New Guinea
The Legend of Rata
A Maori Myth
Why the Hippopotamus Lives in the Water
A West African Myth
Why the Elephant Has Small Eyes
A West African Myth
The Boy Who Set a Snare for the Sun
An American Indian Myth
The Bird Lover
Wunzh, the Father of Indian Corn
When Brer Wolf Have His Corn Shucking
A Tale told by the Georgia Negroes
Brer Rabbit’s Cool Air Swing
A Tale told by the Georgia Negroes
Three Stories of the Seasons
The Four Seasons 
The Three Lemons  
The Winter-Spirit and His Visitor

Humishuma. Coyote Stories

Today's free book is Coyote Stories by Mourning Dove,  Humishuma (1933), with illustrations by Heister Dean Guie. 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). You can read more about Mourning Dove at Wikipedia.

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Table of Contents

1. The Spirit Chief Names the Animal People
2. Fox and Coyote and Whale
34 Coyote Fights Some Monsters
IV. Chipmunk and Owl-Woman
5. Coyote and the Buffalo
6. Why the Flint-Rock Cannot Fight Back
7. How Turtle Got His Tail
8. Why Skunk's Tad. Is Black and White
9. Rattlesnake and Salmon
10. Coyote Meets Wind and Some Others
11. Why Gartersnake Wears a Green Blanket
12. Coyote Quarrels With Mole
13. How Coyote Happened To Make the Black Moss Food
14. Why Spider Has Such Long Legs
15. Why Badger Is So Humble
16. Coyote Juggles His Eyes
17. Why Marten's Face Is Wrinkled
18. Crawfish and Grizzly Bear
19. Coyote and Wood-Tick
20. Why Mosquitoes Bite People
21. The Gods of the Sunlamp the Moon
22. Porcupine Learns the Sun Dance
23. En-am-tues—The Wishing Stone
24. Chickadee Makes a Shoo'-mesh Bow
25. Coyote and Chickadee
26. The Arrow Trail
27. Coyote Imitates Bear and Kingfisher

Harris. Daddy Jake, The Runaway

Today's free book is Daddy Jake, The Runaway: And Short Stories Told After Dark by Joel Chandler Harris (1889). 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). You can find the stories listed and linked in Diigo. For versions of the stories with the eye-dialect and frametale removed, see: Daddy Jake.

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Table of Contents

Crazy Sue's Story.
How a Witch Was Caught.
The Little Boy and His Dogs.
How Black Snake Caught the Wolf.
Why the Guineas Stay Awake.
How the Terrapin Was Taught to Fly.
The Creature With No Claws.
Uncle Remus's Wonder Story.
The Rattlesnake and the Polecat.
How the Birds Talk.
The Foolish Woman.
The Adventures of Simon and Susanna.
Brother Rabbit and the Gingercakes.
Brother Rabbit's Courtship.

Calmet. The phantom world: Spirits, Apparitions, etc.

Today's free book is The phantom world: or, The philosophy of spirits, apparitions, etc. by Augustin Calmet (1850), based on Calmet's original publication in 1746. 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).

(Dom Augustin Calmet)

Table of Contents

Volume 1

I. The Appearance of Good Angels proved by the Books of the Old Testament

II. The Appearance of Good Angels proved by the Books of the New Testament

III. Under what form have Good Angels appeared

IV. Opinions of the Jews, Christians, Mahometans, and Oriental Nations, concerning the Apparitions of Good Angels

V. Opinion of the Greeks and Romans on the Apparitions of Good Genii

VI. The Apparition of Bad Angels proved by the Holy Scriptures—Under what Form they have appeared

VII. Of Magic

VIII. Objections to the Reality of Magic

IX. Reply to the Objections

X. Examination of the Affair of Hocque, Magician

XI. Magic of the Egyptians and Chaldeans

XII. Magic among the Greeks and Romans

XIII. Examples which prove the Reality of Magic

XIV. Effects of Magic according to the Poets

XV. Of the Pagan Oracles

XVI. The Certainty of the Event predicted, not always a proof that the prediction comes from God

XVII. Reasons which lead us to believe that the greater part of the Ancient Oracles were only Impositions of the Priests and Priestesses, who feigned that they were inspired by God

XVIII. Of Sorcerers and Sorceresses, or Witches

XIX. Instances of Sorcerers and Witches being, as they said, transported to the Sabbath

XX. Story of Louis Gaufredi and Magdalen de la Palud, owned by themselves to be a Sorcerer and Sorceress

XXI. Reasons which prove the Possibility of Sorcerers and Witches being transported to the Sabbath

XXII. Continuation of the same Subject

XXIV. The Truth and Reality of Possession and Obsession by the Devil proved from Scripture

XXV. Examples of Real Possessions caused by the Devil

XXVI. Continuation of the same Subject

XXVII. Objections against the Obsessions and Possessions of the Demon—Reply to the Objections

XXVIII. Continuation of Objections against Possessions, and some Replies to those Objections

XXIX. Of Familiar Spirits

XXX. Some other Examples of Elves

XXXI. Spirits that keep watch over Treasure

XXXII. Other instances of Hidden Treasures, which were guarded by Good or Bad Spirits

XXXIII. Spectres which appear, and predict things unknown and to come

XXXIV. Other Apparitions of Spectres

XXXV. Examination of the Apparition of a pretended Spectre

XXXVI. Of Spectres which haunt Houses

XXXVII. Other Instances of Spectres which haunt certain Houses

XXXVIII. Prodigious effects of Imagination in those Men or Women who believe they hold Intercourse with the Demon

XXXIX. Return and Apparitions of Souls after the Death of the Body, proved from Scripture

XL. Apparitions of Spirits proved from History

XLI. More Instances of Apparitions

XLII. On the Apparitions of Spirits who imprint their Hands on Clothes or on Wood

XLIII. Opinions of the Jews, Greeks, and Latins, concerning the Dead who are left unburied

XLIV. Examination of what is required or revealed to the Living by the Dead who return to Earth

XLV. Apparitions of Men still alive, to other living Men, absent, and very distant from each other

XLVI. Arguments concerning Apparitions

XLVII. Objections against Apparitions, and Replies to those Objections

XLVIII. Some other Objections and Replies

XLIX. The Secrets of Physics and Chemistry taken for supernatural things

L. Conclusion of the Treatise on Apparitions

LI. Way of explaining Apparitions

LII. The difficulty of explaining the manner in which Apparitions make their appearance, whatever system may be proposed on the subject

Volume 2

I. That the Resurrection of a Dead Person is the Work of God only

II. Revival of Persons who were not really Dead

III. Resurrection of a Man who had been buried Three Years, resuscitated by St. Stanislaus

IV. Can a Man really Dead appear in his own Body?

V. Revival or Apparition of a Girl who had been Dead some Months

VI. A Woman taken Alive from her Tomb

VII. Revenans, or Vampires of Moravia

VIII. Dead Men of Hungary who suck the Blood of the Living

IX. Narrative of a Vampire from the Jewish Letters, Letter 137

X. Other Instances of Revenans. — Continuation of the "Gleaner"

XI. Argument of the Author of the Jewish Letters, concerning Revenans

XII. Continuation of the Argument of the Dutch Gleaner

XIII. Narrative from the "Mercure Gallant" of 1693 and 1694 on Revenans

XIV. Conjectures of the Dutch Gleaner

XV. Another Letter on Revenans

XVI. Pretended Vestiges of Vampirism in Antiquity

XVII. Ghosts in Northern Countries

XVIII. Ghosts in England

XIX. Ghosts in Peru

XX. Ghosts in Lapland

XXI. Return of a Man who had been Dead some Months

XXII. Excommunicated Persons who went out of Churches

XXIII. Some Instances of the Excommunicated being rejected or cast out of Consecrated Ground

XXIV. Instance of an Excommunicated Martyr being cast out of the Ground

XXV. A Man cast out of the Church for having refused to pay Tithes

XXVI. Instances of Persons who have given Signs of Life after their Death, and have withdrawn themselves respectfully to make room for more worthy Persons

XXVII. People who perform Pilgrimage after Death

XXVIII. Reasoning upon the Excommunicated who go out of Churches

XXIX. Do the Excommunicated decay in the Earth?

XXX. Instances to show that the Excommunicated do not decay, and that they appear to the Living

XXXI. Instances of these Returns to Earth of the Excommunicated

XXXII. A Vroucolaca exhumed in the presence of M. de Tournefort

XXXIII. Has the Demon power to kill, and then to restore to Life?

XXXIV. Examination of the Opinion that the Demon can restore Animation to a Dead Body

XXXV. Instances of Phantoms which have appeared to the Living, and given many Signs of Life

XXXVI. Devoting People to Death, practised by the Heathens.

XXXVII. Instances of dooming to Death among Christians

XXXVIII. Instances of Persons who have promised to give each other News of themselves from the other World

XXXIX. Extracts from the Political Works of the Abbe de St. Pierre

XL. Divers Systems to explain Ghosts

XLI. Divers Instances of Persons being Buried Alive

XLII. Instances of Drowned Persons who have come back to Life and Health

XLIII. Instances of Women thought Dead who came to Life again

XLIV. Can these Instances be applied to the Hungarian Kevenans?

XLV. Dead People who masticate in their Graves and devour their own Flesh

XLVI. Singular Example of a Hungarian Revenant

XLVII. Argument on this matter

XLVIII. Are the Vampires or Revenans really Dead 1

XLIX. Instance of a Man named Curma being sent back to this World

L. Instances of Persons who fall into Ecstatic Trances when they will, and remain senseless

LI. Application of such Instances to Vampires

LII. Examination of the Opinion that the Demon fascinates the Eyes of those to whom Vampires appear

LIII. Instances of Resuscitated Persons who relate what they saw in the other World

LIV. The Traditions of the Pagans on the other Life, are derived from the Hebrews and Egyptians

LV. Instances of Christians being Resuscitated and sent back to this World.—Vision of Vetinus, a Monk of Augia

LVI. Vision of Bertholdus, related by Hincmar, Archbishop of Rheims

LVII. Vision of St. Fursius

LVIII. Vision of a Protestant of York, and others

LIX. Conclusion of this Dissertation

LX. Moral Impossibility that Ghosts can come out of their Tombs

LXI. That what is related of the Bodies of the Excommunicated who walk out of Churches, is subject to very great Difficulties

LXII. Remarks on the Dissertation, concerning the Spirit which appeared at St. Maur des Fosses

LXIII. Dissertation of an Anonymous Writer on the Appearance of Spirits at St. Maur, in 1706

Letter of the Marquis Maffei on Magic

Letter of the Reverend Father Dom Calmet, to M. Debure

Swanton. Haida texts and myths

Today's free book is Haida texts and myths by John R. Swanton (1905). 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).

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Table of Contents

How Shining-heavens caused himself to be born
How Master-carpenter began making a canoe to war with Southeast
Canoe people who wear headdresses
Tc!in qa'-idjit 
The girl who fed a raven
Sounding-gambling-sticks
Tc!aawu'nk!
Story of the Food-giving-town people
Story of Those-born-at-Skedans
Story told to accompany bear songs
Fight at the town of Da'x.ua
War between the West Coast Haida and the Tlingit

Myths in English:
Raven traveling
A-slender-one-who-was-given-away
The one abandoned for eating the flipper of a hair seal
Sacred-one-standing-and-moving, Stone-ribs, and Upward
Supernatural-being-who-went-naked
He-who-was-born-from-his-mother's-side
He-who-travels-behind-us (or Qona'ts)
He-who-got-supernatural-power-from-his-little-finger
tAguadji'na, or Eg.aniV'ogana
He who hunted birds in his father's village
The story of him whose sister brought him food from the land otters
How something pulled a row of eagles into the water
The story about him who destroyed his nine nephews
The story of one who saw an eagle town
The one they abandoned because he was the first to spear sea lions
The man who married a killer-whale woman
He who was abandoned by his uncles
The story of those who were abandoned at Stasqa'os
He who married the daughter of the devilfish chief
Those who were fasting to become shamans
Big-tail
The story of him through whom EA'gua spoke
Cloud-watcher
Story of the shaman, G.A'ndox's-father
Djila'qons
Story of the House-point families
How the Seaward-sqoii'ladas obtained the names of their gambling sticks
How one of the Stasa'os-la'nas became wealthy
Stories of the Pitch people
How a red feather pulled up some people in the town of Gunwa
How one was helped by a little wolf
Gunanasi'mgit
Story of the two towns that stood on opposite sides of Nass river
Slaughter-lover
The woman at Nass who fled from her husband
The rejected lover
He who gathered food for an eagle
QcVik!e
Two children's stories
A raid on the Tlingit
War between the West Coast and Ninstints Haidaand the Giti'sda
Raid by the Ninstints Haida on those of the West Coast
Fight between the Kaigani and West Coast Haida
Wars between the Stikine and Sitka Tlingit
Fights between the Town-of-Tc!iVat-giti'ns and the Middle-giti'ns
Fights between the Tsimshian and Haidaand among the northern Haida
War between the Eggs-of-Ski'tg.ao and the Inlet-rear-town people
Wars with the Niska and Tsimshian and conflicts between Haida families
Fight between Those-born-at-Qa'gials and Those-born-at-Skedans
War between the Pebble-town people and the Slaves
War between the people of Kloo and the people of Ninstints
A fight between the Xa'gi-town people and Sand-town people
Wars between the people of Ninstints and the people of Skidegate
Wars between the peoples of Skidegate and Kloo
Wars between the towns of Kloo and Kitkatla and between the Kloo families
War between the people of Kloo and the Tsimshian
War between the people of Kloo and the Bellabella
War between the people of Kloo and the Giti'sda

Marsh. Negro folk-lore in America

Today's free book is Types and distribution of negro folk-lore in America by Vivian Costroma Osborne Marsh (1922). For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image. You can find out more about Vivian Osborne Marsh at Wikipedia.

The book is available at Hathi Trust (I have not checked for other online sources).

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Table of Contents

Introduction.
Origin and Distribution of Stories.
The Bird that Made Milk.
Brother Rabbit and The Little Girl.
The Jabuti That Cheated The Man,
Trickster stories.
Hlakanyana of Africa.
Brother Rabbit and Granny Fox.
Brother Mink and the Diving Match with Brother Tarrypin
Brother Rabbit nails Brer Fox's Tail to the Roof
Bear That Nursed The Alligators.
The Lion and The Jackal.
Brer Rabbit escapes Brer Wolf.
Demane and Demazana.
Story of the Great Chief of the Animals.
Fate of Jack Sparrow.
Brer Fox and Brer Terrapin.
Jaguar Who Catches A Tortoise.
How the Tortoise Outran the Ostriches.
How the Tortoise Outran the Deer.
How the Tortoise Outran the Rabbit.
How the Carapato Outran the Deer.
The White Man and The Snake
The Fox and The Raven.
Brer Wolf Plays Dead.
Stories of Cleverness
Tar Baby Story.
The Bride of The Old Boy.
The Little Girl and The Devil.
The Hunters and The Deer
Creation Story.
Summary

Coffin. Indian tales of North America

Today's free book is Indian tales of North America: an anthology for the adult reader by Tristram Potter Coffin. (1961). For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available at Hathi (I have not checked for other online sources).

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Table of Contents

Preface
Remarks on Reading the Tales
The Tales
Part 1: The Way the World Is
1. The Emergence (Hopi)
2. The Earthdiver (Western Mono)
3. Ouiot and Frog (San Lulseno)
4. Theft of Fire (Southern Paiute)
5. Theft of Light (Tahltan)
6. How the Four Winds Were Created (Ojibwa)
7. Coyote Arranges the Seasons of the Year (Shasta)
8. The Origin of the Pleiades (Onondaga)
9. The Girl Who Married a Dog (Cheyenne)
10. The Deer and the Rainbow (Wyandot)
11. The Frogs in the Moon (Lillooet)
12. Afterbirth and Lodge Boy (Wichita)
13. Loon-Woman (Shasta)
14. Coyote Kills the Sucking Monster (Flathead)
15. Walking Skeleton (Western Mono)
Part 2: What Man Must Know and Learn
16. Bloodclot (Southern Ute)
17. The Story of Sweet Medicine (Cheyenne)
18. Yellowtop-to-Head Woman (Cheyenne)
19. The Origin of Corn (Wabanaki)
20. Forgetting the Song (Zuni)
21. The Conquering Gambler (Tahltan)
22. Star Husband (Sekani)
23. Northern Lights (Wabanaki)
24. The Land of the Dead (Coos)
25. Water Jar Boy (Tewa)
26. The Sun-Snare (Tete de Boule)
27. The Lecherous Father and His Daughter (Southern Ute)
28. The Toothed Vagina (Yurok)
Part 3: The Excitement of Living
29. Rolling Skull (Cheyenne)
30. Rolling Rock (Flathead)
31. The Man Who Married a Branch (Lillooet)
32. The Origin of the Narwhal (Eskimo)
33. Grizzly Bear and Doe (Lassik)
34. Turtle's War-Party (Plains Ojibwa)
35. Porcupine and Caribou (Carrier)
36. Coyote Borrows Feathers (Uintah Ute)
37. Why Buzzard is Bald (Iowa)
38. The Hoodwinked Dancers (Comanche)
39. The Bungling Host (Southern Ute)
40. The Eye-Juggler (Cheyenne)
41. Adventures of Naniboju (Mississaga)
42. Adventures of Whiskey Jack (Plains Cree)
43. Coyote's Amorous Adventures (Shasta)
44. Turtle's Sacred War-Bundle (Iowa)
45. Sleeping with a Log (Iowa)

Baldwin. Thirty more famous stories retold

Today's free book is Thirty more famous stories retold by James Baldwin (1905). 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).

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Table of Contents

Columbus and the Egg
"Upon a Peak in Darien"—First Story
"Upon a Peak in Darien"—Second Story
The Fountain of Youth
"Eureka!"
Galileo and the Lamps
Sir Isaac Newton and the Apple
The First Printer
John Gutenberg and the Voices
James Watt and the Teakettle
Dr. Johnson and His Father
Webster and the Woodchuck
Friar Bacon and the Brazen Head
"As Rich as Crœsus"
The Gordian Knot
Why Alexander Wept
King Richard and Blondel
King John and Prince Arthur
King John and the Magna Charta
Frederick Barbarossa
The Man in the Iron Mask
The Fall of Troy
Penelope's Web
How Rome Was Founded
How Decius Mus Saved Rome
"Delenda est Carthago"
Hannibal, the Hero of Carthage
Crossing the Rubicon
The White-headed Zal
Peter Klaus the Goatherd

Bourne. Gems from fable land

Today's free book is Gems from fable land by William Oland Bourne (1853). 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).

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Table of Contents

FABLE 1.—The Shepherd and the Philosopher
FABLE 2.—Pack-Horse and Carrier
FABLE 3.—The Brook and the Fountain
FABLE 4.—The Miser and Plutus
FABLE 5.—The Old Hen and Young Cock
FABLE 6.—The Husbandman and the Stork
FABLE 7.—The Husbandman and his Sons
FABLE 8.—The Mouse and the Elephant
FABLE 9.—The Nightingale and the Goldfinch
FABLE 10—The Vine
FABLE 11—The Two Springs
FABLE 12.—Mercury and the Woodman
FABLE 13.—The Fox, the Raven, and the Dove
FABLE 14.—The Boys and the Frogs
FABLE 15.—The Turkey and the Ant
FABLE 16.—The Sensitive-Plant and the Palm-Tree
FABLE 17—The Lily and the Rose
FABLE 18.—The Lion and the Mouse
FABLE 19.—The Bird-Call
FABLE 20.—The Old Hound and the Huntsman
FABLE 21.—The Needless Alarm
FABLE 22.—The Eagle, the Cat, and the Sow
FABLE 23.—The Toad and the Ephemeron
FABLE 24.—The Ornamented Bow
FABLE 25.—The Father and Jupiter
FABLE 26.—The Goat without a Beard
FABLE 27.—The Cock and the Jewel
FABLE 28.—The Pin and the Needle
FABLE 29.—The Diamond and the Loadstone
FABLE 30.—The Jackdaw and Pigeons
FABLE 31.—Jupiter and the Farmer
FABLE 32.—The Discontented Horse
FABLE 33.—The Peacock's Complaint
FABLE 34.—The Stag in the Ox Stall
FABLE 35.—The Dove and the Ant
FABLE 36.—The Ant and the Grasshopper
FABLE 37.—The Hermit and the Bear
FABLE 38.—The Brother and Sister
FABLE 39.—The Fox and the Mask
FABLE 40.—The Hog and the Acorns
FABLE 41.—The Dog and Shadow
FABLE 42.—The Elephant, Jackal, and Hippopotamus
FABLE 43.—The Monkey and the Cat
FABLE 44.—The Redbreast and Sparrow
FABLE 45.—The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse
FABLE 46.—The Fir-Tree and the Bramble
FABLE 47.—The Hawthorn and the Primrose
FABLE 48.—The Cur, the Horse, and the Shepherd's Dog
FABLE 49.—The Countryman and Jupiter
FABLE 50.—The Wind, the Sun, and the Traveller
FABLE 51.—The Man and his Coat
FABLE 52.—The Shepherd's Dog and Wolf
FABLE 53.—The Sheep-Biter and the Shepherd
FABLE 54.—The Frogs who Desired a Kiss
FABLE 55.—The Fox and the Swallow
FABLE 56.—The Lion and the Cub
FABLE 57.—The Cur and the Mastiff
FABLE 58.—The Barley-Mow and the Dunghill
FABLE 59.—The Two Bees
FABLE 60.—The Hare and the Tortoise
FABLE 61.—The Cookmaid, the Turnspit, and the Ox
FABLE 62.—The Nightingale and Glow-Worm
FABLE 63.—The Miser and His Treasure
FABLE 64.—The Lion, the Fox, and the Goose
FABLE 65.—The Farmer's Wife and the Raven
FABLE 66.—The Crow and the Pitcher
FABLE 67.—The Fox and the Crow
FABLE 68.—The Ambitious Goose
FABLE 69.—The Vain Jackdaw
FABLE 70.—The Eagle and the Assembly of Animals
FABLE 71.—Hercules and the Carter
FABLE 72.—The Ass and the Lamb
FABLE 73.—The Bull and the Mastiff
FABLE 74.—The Tentyrites and the Ichneumon
FABLE 75.—The Proud Frog

Cooke. Nature myths and stories

Today's free book is Nature myths and stories by Flora J. Cooke (1921) with illustrations by Dorothy Dulin. 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

Stories of Creation
Prometheus
How the Spark of Fire was Saved
King Alcinous and the Storm Giants
The Swan Maidens
Hermes
Balder
Persephone
Iris' Bridge
The Bluebird
How the Robin's Breast Became Red
The Red-Headed Woodpecker
Phaethon
Story of Sisyphus
The Pudding Stone
Daphne
The Mountain Ash
The Poplar Tree
Philemon and Baucis
Clytie
How Water Lilies Came to Be
Arachne

Younghusband. Witt's Classic Mythology

Today's free book is Witt's Classic Mythology translated by Frances Younghusband (1883). 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

I. The Beginning of All Things
II. The Golden Age
III. Prometheus and Epimetheus
IV Deucalion and Pyrrha
V. The Rape of Persephone
VI. Marpessa
VII. Artemis
VIII. The Giants Otus and Ephialtes
IX. Endymion
X. Io
XI. Danaus and Aegyptus
XII. Phaethon
XIII. Salmoneus and Sisyphus
XIV. Bellerophon
XV. Daedalus and Icarus
XVI. Europa and Cadmus
XVII. Thebes
XVIII. Semele
XIX. Dionysus
XX. Melampus and Bias
XXI. Tantalus. Pelops
XXII. Niobe
XXIII. Meleager and Atalanta
XXIV. Admetus and Alcestis
XXV. Perseus
XX.VI. Heracles
1. The War with the Teleboae
2. The Birth and Youth of Heracles
3. The Madness of Heracles, and his First Six Labours
4. The Last Six Labours
5. The Murder of Iphitus and the Vengeances of Heracles
6. The Marriage of Heracles with Deianira, and his Death
XXVII. The Quest of the Argonauts:
1. The Golden Fleece
2. The Journey to Colchis
3. The Fight for the Golden Fleece
4. The Journey Home
5. Medea's Revenge
XXVIII. Theseus
XXIX. Oedipus
XXX. The Seven against Thebes
XXXI. The Epigoni
XXXII. Eros and Psyche

Young. Plantation Bird Legends

Today's free book is Plantation Bird Legends by Martha Young (1902), with illustrations by by J. M. Condé. For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available at Hathi Trust and the Internet Archive (I have not checked for other online sources). You can find the stories listed and linked in Diigo.

(Crane)

Table of Contents

OUT OF BIRDLAND
Sis' Dove
The Owl and Peacock
Mister Woodpecker's Work
Br'er Buzzard's Fust Friend

WITH THE QUARTER FOLKS
Br'er Buzzard's Fust Taste
How Jedge Peacock Sowed His Wild Oats
The Mocking Bird's Theft
Mis' Swallow 

VISITORS TO THE CABIN
The Imitative Cat Bird
How Harm Came to Mister Buzzard
Crane
Br'er Hawk and Br'er Buzzard
Swamp Robin

THE VISIT RETURNED
The Mocking Bird
How Come Br'er Buzzard Boards
The Goose
How Preacher Crow Makes a Start Toward Being a Vegetarian
Hawk's Disguise

EARLY
Hawk's Fust Quarry
Mister Bluebird's Debt
Greedy Humming Bird
Robin
Br'er Jay

AT THE END OF THE LINE
The Caze of Br'er Buzzard's Red Head
Br'er Hawk and de Flint Rock
In de Swamp
Field Lark and Partridge

TWELVE O'CLOCK
Mistress Peafowl's Bad Luck
Mis' Mockin' Bird's Chillen
Mister Bluebird and Mister Mocking Bird

LOST THINGS
Br'er Buzzard's three-cornder Hat 'n' Feather
Plucked
Why and How Geese Call Each Other

EVENING
Excuse for the Rogue
Day's A-Breakin'
Robin Red Breast

WITH A LOVE CHARM
De Big Quar'l
Guineas
Butcher Bird's Board Bill

NIGHT IN THE QUARTER
Br'er Buzzard's Hat
Red Crowned Warbler
Po'Jay
Mister Woodpecker
The One Way Out

NIGHT IN THE SWAMP
Owls

Brown. North Carolina Folklore

Today's free book is The Frank C. Brown Collection of North Carolina Folklore (1952-1964). All seven volumes are available online:
Vol. 1: Games and Rhymes, Beliefs and Customs, Riddles, Proverbs, Speech, Tales and Legends
Vol. 2: Folk Ballads
Vol. 3: Folk Songs
Vol. 4: Music of the Ballads and Songs
Vol. 5: Superstitions
Vol. 6: Popular Beliefs and Superstitions
Vol. 7: More Popular Beliefs and Superstitions

For the contents of the "Tales and Legends" in Volume 1, 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). You can find the stories listed and linked in Diigo.

(Dragging Nets)

Table of Contents

The Man in the Moon
The Lover's Leap
How Estatoe River Got Its Name
How the Indians Got Fire
The Origin of Negroes
Why the Negro Works
The Origin of the Woodpecker
Jay Birds as the Devil's Servants
Honey Bees and Red Clover
What the Guinea Hen Says
The Maiden-hair Fern
The Sunflower
The Fuschia
The Aspen
The Mistletoe
The Headless Dog
The Land of the Mermaids
The Cows on Christmas Eve
The Poisoned Tree
The Coach-whip Snake
Snakes Swallowing Their Young
The Little Girl Who Fed the Snake
Cats and Corpses
Ripe Fruit at Twelfth Night
Murderer Betrayed by Victim's Blood
How to Keep Corn From Firing
Anointing the Nail
The Self-rocking Chair
Premonitions of Death
The Song of the Saw
Lumber for the Coffin
Wraith of the Sweetheart
Old Quawk
Riding His Horse to Hell
The Letter of Christ
The Witch and the Rooster
'vira Gilberts and Her Witchcraft
Old Henry
Discovering a Remedy Against Witches
Killing the White Rabbit
Sam Guy's Witch Tales
Old Ferro
How to Become a Witch
Transferring the Spell
Ridden by Witches
Witch-ridden Horses
Granny Frone
The Witch and the Silver Bullet
Witches' Salve
Betsey Long-tooth
The Witch at the Shooting Match
Witches as Cats and Rabbits
The Witchery Cruise
A Witch's Death
The Witch and the Yellow Cat
The Witch-cat in the Mill
Boaz Squires, the Magician
Work of the Witch Doctor
Miscellaneous Traditions About Witches
The Little Red Man
The Lineback Ghost
The Creaking Bureau
The Croatan Fisherman
The Ghost on the Mill Road
The Ghost on the Cemetery Road
Haunted Graveyards
The Ghostly Pack
Kadesh Organ
Ghost Story From Dare County
A Handshake
Hants
The Polly Place Ghost
The Spinning Wheel
The Haunted Spring
The Haunted Laurel
The Speaking Corpse
The Headless Man of Stoney Creek
The Headless Woman
The Crazy Woman Ghost
The Bridal Ghost
Graveyard Ghosts
The Bonneted Ghost
The Headless Dog of Brushy Fork
The Headless Man Near the Bridge
The Ghostly Warning
The Ghostly Lights
The Groaning Ghost
The Dying Child
The Parting Ghost
Reward for Staying in Haunted House
The Fork in the Skirt
Bluebeard's Death
Th' Hog-stealing "Waumpaus"
The Three Fairies
The Vision of Aunt Sally Simms
The Curse on Bath
The Heavy Saddle-bags
Blackbeard's Treasure
Dreaming of Treasure
Uncle Bill Digs for Money
What the Mill Said
Wash Bee Day
Deer Driving
He Did What He Was Told
The Moon on the Fence
Cutting Off the Snake's Head
John Moccasin's Tricks
Johnny's Revenge
Johnny's Startling Visit
Meat and Bread and Pudding Too
Why Millie Got Sanctified
I Don't Care if I Don't Get Her
The Back Log
The Two Suitors
Searching for a Wife
The Gallinipper
The Mountain-climbing Steer
The Race
Brer Frog in De Road
In the Chest

Adams. Travellers' tales

Today's free book is Travellers' tales: a book of marvels by H. C. Adams (1883). 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

Chapter 1. Introductory

Chapter 2. Ancient Travellers: Sindbad — First Two Voyages

Chapter 3. Sindbad — Third and Fourth Voyages

Chapter 4. Sindbad — Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh Voyages

Chapter 5. Ancient Travellers: Ulysses, the Egyptians, Hanno, Sataspes, Eudoxus

Chapter 6. Ancient Travellers: Herodotus, Strabo, Pliny

Chapter 7. Medieval Travellers: Cosmas, Tudela, Odoric, Marco Polo

Chapter 8. Marco Polo — Sir J. Maundeville

Chapter 9. Strange Quests:  Terrestrial Paradise  — Fountain of Youth — El Dorado

Chapter 10. Strange Lands: Atlantis —  Island of the Seven Bishops —  Island of St. Brandan — St. Matthew's Island

Chapter 11. Modern Travellers: Cook, Phipps, Drinkwater. De Tott, Baron Munchausen

Chapter 12. Modern Travellers: Bruce, Huc, Livingstone, Moody, Gordon Cumming, Du Chaillu

Chapter 13. Strange Customs — Amazons — Cannibalism

Chapter 14. Strange Customs: Marriage — Funeral

Chapter 15. Strange Men : Giants — Giant Races — Individual Giants

Chapter 16. Strange Men: Dwarfs — Dwarf Races — Individual Dwarfs

Chapter 17. Strange Men. — Monsters: Fabulous Men — Wild Men — Hairy Men — Men With Tails — Loup-garous — Vampires

Chapter 18. Strange Beasts: Fabulous Beasts — the Unicorn — Behemoth — Auroch — Irish Elk — Gorilla

Chapter 19. Strange Birds: Roc — Phoenix — Simorg  —  DInornis  —  Condor — Halcyon — Dodo

Chapter 20. Strange Fishes: the Mermaid — Kraken  —  Cuttle-fish  —  Gymnotus

Chapter 21. The Sea Serpent

Chapter 22. Strange Reptiles: Basilisk  —  Salamander  —  Toad Dragon — Serpent

Chapter 23. Strange Insects: Fabulous Insects — Beetles — Scorpions-- Locusts — Ants

Chapter 24. Strange Plants: Fabulous Plants — Mandrake —  Misletoe —  Vervain — Lotus — Upas — Banyan — Californian Cvpress

Tappan. Stories from the Classics

Today's free book is Stories from the Classics selected and arranged by Eva March Tappan (1907). 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).

(image source)

Table of Contents

Ladbonius, The Prince of Thieves
Arion and the Dolphin
Romulus, Founder of Rome
How Horatius Held the Bridge
How Cincinnatus Saved Rome
The Story of Virginia
The Sacrifice of Marcus Curtius
The Miraculous Pitcher
The Golden Touch
The Pomegranate Seeds
Orpheus and Eurydice
Icarus and Daedalus
Phaethon
Niobe
Pyramus and Thisbe
The Apple of Discord
The Quarrel between Agamemnon and Achilles
The Fight between Paris and Menelaus
The Deul between Hector and Ajax
The Death of Patroclus
Vulcan Makes Armor for Achilles
The Slaying of Hector
The Funeral Games in Honor of Patroclus
The Wooden Horse and the Fall of Troy
An Adventure with the Cyclops
Circe's Palace
The Sirens, Scylla, and Charybdis
Ulysses Lands on the Shore of Ithaca
Ulysses at the House of the Swineherd
The Vengeance of Ulysses
The Flight of Aeneas
Aeneas's Adventure with the Harpies
Aeneas in the Land of the Cyclops
Aeneas and Queen Dido
The Funeral Games of Anchises
Aeneas's Visit to the Lower World
Aeneas's First Great Battle with the Latins
Aeneas Finally Conquers the Latins

Dixon. Shasta Myths

Today's free book is Shasta Myths by Roland B. Dixon (1910). 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).

(photo by Edward Sheriff Curtis)

Table of Contents

The Lost Brother
The Theft of Fire
The Girl Who Married Her Brother
The Magic Ball
Origin of People and of Death
Origin of Death
Origin of Cremation
The Dead Brought Back from the Other World
The Cannibal-Head
Eagle and Wind's Daughters
The Wrestling-Match
Lizard and the Grizzly-Bears
Winning Gambling-Luck
The Captive of the "Little-Men"
Coyote and the Rogue-River People
Coyote and the Yellow-Jackets
Coyote and Eagle
Coyote and the Moons
Coyote and the Grizzly-Bears
Coyote and His Grandmother
Coyote as a Doctor
Coyote and the Two Women
Coyote and the Pitch-Stump
Coyote and Antelope
Coyote and Raccoon
Coyote and the Flood
Coyote and the Beaver
Coyote Gambles
The Stone Hunters
The Sun Keeps Rolling

Cooper. An argosy of fables

Today's free book is An argosy of fables by Frederic Cooper (1921) with illustrations by Paul Bransom. 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

BOOK ONE: CLASSICAL FABLES
PART I. AESOP
The Fox and the Grapes
The Bowman and the Lion
The Wolf and the Crane
The Boy and the Scorpion
The Fox and the Goat
The Widow and the Hen
The Kid and the Wolf
The Two Wallets
The Fisherman Piping
The Man and the Satyr
The Flies and the Honey-pot
The Mouse and the Frog
The Dog and the Shadow
The Fox and the Lion
The Wolf and the Lamb
The Bear and the Fox
The Country Mouse and the Town Mouse
The Dog, the Cock and the Fox
The Lion and the Mouse
The Gull and the Kite
The Pomegranate, the Apple and the Bramble
The Tortoise and the Eagle
The Hare and the Tortoise
The Hen and the Cat
The Shepherd-boy and the Wolf
The Sick Stag
The Moon and Her Mother
The Ass and the Grasshoppers
The Fox and the Woodman
The Lamb and the Wolf
Jupiter and the Camel
The Crab and Her Mother
The One-eyed Doe
The Lion and the Fox
The Travellers and the Bear
The Collier and the Fuller
The Lion, the Ass and the Fox Hunting.
The Ass and the Lap-dog
The Wind and the Sun
The Lion in Love
The Dolphins and the Sprat
The Wolves and the Sheep
The Belly and the Members
Hercules and the Waggoner
The Fox without a Tail
The Farthing Rushlight
The Hares and the Frogs
The Lioness
The Angler and the Little Fish
The Farmer and His Sons
The Husbandman and the Stork
The Old Woman and the Physician
The Swallow and the Raven
The Monkey and the Dolphin
The Wolf and the Sheep
The Bundle of Sticks
The Widow and the Sheep
The Man and the Lion
The Man Bitten By a Dog
The Horse and the Stag
The Birdcatcher and the Lark
The Mischievous Dog
The Travellers and the Plane-tree
Jupiter, Neptune, Minerva and Momus
Mercury and the Woodman
The Geese and the Cranes
Jupiter and the Bee
The Goatherd and the Goats
The Marriage of the Sun
The Gnat and the Bull
The Eagle and the Arrow
The Dog in the Manger
The Lion, the Bear and the Fox
The Goose with the Golden Eggs
The Lion and the Dolphin
The Fox and the Hedgehog
The Trumpeter Taken Prisoner
The Fir-tree and the Bramble
The Fisherman
The Ass and His Masters
The Doctor and His Patient
The Two Pots
The Lion and the Goat
The Wolf and the Shepherd
The Travellers and the Hatchet
The Ass, the Fox and the Lion
The Lion and Ass Hunting
The Ass and His Driver
The Mice and the Weasels
The Hart and the Vine
The Farmer and His Two Daughters
The Horse and the Loaded Ass
The Sick Lion
The Eagle and the Jackdaw
The Thirsty Pigeon
The Heifer and the Ox
The Bald Knight
The Fox and the Stork
The Falconer and the Partridge
The Bull and the Goat
The Husbandman and the Sea
The Jackass in Office
The Wolf and the Lion
The Hound and the Hare
The Kid and the Wolf
The Quack Frog
The Ant and the Dove
The Ass in the Lion's Skin
The Goat and the Goatherd
The Boy Bathing
The Farmer and the Dogs
The Farmer and the Lion
The Charger and the Ass
The Brazier and His Dog
Venus and the Cat
The Great and the Little Fishes
The Wolf and the Goat
The Ass, the Cock and the Lion
The Rivers and the Sea
The Ass Carrying Salt
The Blackamoor
The Sea-side Travellers
The Leopard and the Fox
The Monkey and the Fisherman
The Eagle and the Beetle
The Man and His Two Wives
The Vine and the Goat
The Sick Kite
The Ass's Shadow
The Dogs and the Hides
The Lion and the Bulls
The Raven and the Swan
The Shepherd and the Sea
The Swallow in Chancery
The Old Woman and Her Maids
The Miser
The Wild Boar and the Fox
The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing
The Boasting Traveller
The Wolf and the Horse
The Hunter and the Woodman
The Blind Man and the Whelp
The Porker and the Sheep
The Monkey and the Camel
The Horse and the Groom
The Fawn and His Mother
The Cat and the Mice
The Nurse and the Wolf
The Mule
The Wolf and the Shepherds
Mercury and the Sculptor
The Astronomer
The Creaking Wheels
The Countryman and the Snake
The Viper and the File
The Mole and Her Mother
The Man, the Horse, the Ox and the Dog
The War-horse and the Miller
The Kites and the Swans
The Fowler and the Viper
The Horse and His Rider
The Camel
The Crab and the Fox
The Walnut-tree
The Thieves and the Cock
The Thief and the Innkeeper
The Jackdaw and the Doves
The Crow and Mercury
The Crow and the Serpent
The Crow and the Raven
The Swan and the Goose
The Two Dogs
The Dogs and the Fox
The Dog's House
The Dog and the Oyster
The Gnat and the Lion
The Hares and the Foxes
The Fox and the Monkey
The Monkey Who Would Be King
The Manslayer
The Frogs and the Well
The Wise and Foolish Frogs
The Labourer and the Snake
The Peasant and the Apple-tree
The Philosopher, the Ants and Mercury
The Oaks and Jupiter
The Oak and the Woodcutters
The Olive-tree and the Fig-tree
The Dancing Monkeys
The Rich Man and the Tanner
The Shepherd and the Wolf
The Shepherd and the Sheep
The Wasps, the Partridges and the Farmer
The Peacock and the Crane
The Flea and the Wrestler
The Flea and the Man
The Flea and the Ox
The Hares and the Lions
The Kingdom of the Lion
The Lion and the Hare
The Lion, the Wolf and the Fox
The Lion, the Mouse and the Fox
The Wild Ass and the Lion
The Lion, Jupiter and the Elephant
The Lion and the Bull
The Wolves and the Sheep-dogs
The Wolf and the Lion
The Prophet Aesop
The Spendthrift and the Swallow
The Bat and the Weasels
The Traveller and Fortune
The Ass and His Purchaser
The Ass and the Frogs
The Ass and the Wolf
The Hen and the Swallow
The Swollen Fox
The Fishermen
The Fox and the Bramble
The Game-cocks and the Partridge
The Owl and the Birds

PART II. BABRIUS
The Frog and the Ox
The Arab and the Camel
The Hare and the Hound
The Farmer and the Crane
The Hunter and the Fisherman
The Beeves and the Butchers
The Dog and His Master
The Lark and Her Young Ones
The Lion and the Eagle
Jupiter and the Monkey
The Playful Ass
The Bird-catcher, the Partridge and the Cock
The Mouse and the Bull

PART III. A. PHAEDRUS
The Frogs asking for a King
The Vain Jackdaw
The Cow, the Goat, the Sheep and the Lion
The Fox and the Mask
The Hare and the Sparrow
The Monkey Holding Court
The Stag at the Pool
The Cobbler Turned Doctor
The Ass and the Old Shepherd
The Stag and the Sheep
The Puppies and Their Mother
The Old Lion
The Faithful Dog
The Dog and the Crocodile
The Frogs and the Fighting Bulls
The Kite and the Pigeons
The Eagle, the Cat and the Wild Sow
The Mules and the Robbers
The Stag in the Ox-stall
The Old Hound
The Old Woman and the Wine-jar
The Panther and the Shepherds
The Monkey's Face
Aesop and the young rowdy
The Fly and the Draught-mule
The House-dog and the Wolf
The Cripple and the Bully
The Bees, the Drones and the Wasp
Aesop at Play
The Grasshopper and the Owl
The Trees Under the Protection of the Gods
The Peacock and Juno
Asop and the impertinent fellow
The She-goats and Their Beards
The Helmsman and the Sailors
The Mountain in Labour
The Two Soldiers and the Robber
The Bald Man and the Fly
The Mountebank and the Countryman
The Bull and the Calf

PART III-B. ATTRIBUTED TO PHAEDRUS
The Trees and the Axe
The Snail and the Monkey
The Lion and the Shepherd
The Horse and the Ass
The Birds, the Beasts and the Bat
The Apes and the Two Travellers
The Stork, the Goose and the Hawk
The Crow and the Sheep
The Horse and the Ass
The Flea and the Camel
The Eagle and the Kite
The Swallow and the Other Birds
The Partridge and the Fox
jEsop and the Runaway Slave
The Cock and the Cats Who Bore His Litter
The Famished Bear
The Snake and the Lizard

PART IV. AVIANUS, ABSTEMIUS, ETC.
The Boy and the Thief
The Crow and the Water Jar
The Fly and the Chariot
The Eel and the Snake
The Fish That Leaped From the Frying-pan
The Youth and the Old Man
The Stream and Its Source
The River Shark Who Would Be King of the Ocean
The Bear and His Mate
The Mice in Council
The Abbot and the Flea
The Crane Who Quarreled With His Mate
The Toad and the Frog
The Cat and the Stork
The Bird of Saint Martin
The Cat's Beautiful Wife

PART IV. AVIANUS, ABSTEMIUS, ETC.
The Frog's Beautiful Son
The Ass Pretending That He Was Ill
The Wolf and the Hare
Gold and Lead
The Lock and the Key
The Frog and the Crab
The Miller, His Son and Their Ass

BOOK TWO: ORIENTAL FABLES
PART I. HINDOO FABLES
The Fowler and the Pigeons
The Tiger and the Traveller
The Jackal, the Deer and the Crow
The Vulture, the Cat and the Birds
Golden-skin, the Mouse
The Death of the Greedy Jackal
The Old Jackal and the Elephant
The Monkey and the Wedge
The Washerman's Jackass
The Cat Who Served the Lion
The Terrible Bell
The Black Snake and the Golden Chain
The Lion and the Old Hare
The Weaver Birds and the Monkeys
The Ass in a Tiger's Skin
The Dyed Jackal
The Herons and the Mongoose
The Hermit and the Mouse
The Crane and the Crab
The Brahman and the Pans
The Brahman and the Three Goats
The Camel, the Lion and His Court
The Frogs and the Old Serpent
The Sparrow, the Woodpecker, the Fly, the Frog and the Elephant
The Mouse Metamorphosed into a Girl
The Lion and the Jackal
The Monkey and the Crocodile
The Frog and the Serpent
The Lioness, the Whelps and the Little Jackal
The Two Fishes and the Frog
The Bird With Two Beaks
The Brahman Saved By a Crab
The Story of the Mouse Merchant
The Merchant's Son and the Iron Scales
The Monkeys, the Firefly and the Bird
The Servant Who Looked After a Door
The Servants Who Kept the Rain Off the Trunks
The Snake With Two Heads
The Brahman and the Mongoose
The Discontented Ox
The Stupto Monkeys
The Judas Tree
The Otters and the Jackal
The Seeds and the Wheat

PART II. PERSIAN FABLES
The Camel and the Rat
The Camel and the Ass
The Dog and the Loaf of Bread
The Camel and the Shrub
The Red Wasp and the Honey-bee
The Peacock, the Crow and the Tortoise
The Young Fox and His Mother
The Firefly
The Young Camel and His Mother
Abdul Aziz and the Pearl
The Rain-drop
The Vulture and the Kite
The Greedy Cat
The Camel Driver and the Snake
The Blind Man and the Snake

PART III. CHINESE FABLES
The Bittern and the Mussel
The Fox and the Tiger
The Locust, the Beetle, the Goldfinch and the Hunter
The King and the Horses That Turned the Mills
The Crow and the Peacock
The Crows and the Owls
The Folly of Avarice

PART IV. ARMENIAN AND TURKISH FABLES
The Violet and the Iris
The Sun's Waning Glory
The Vain Cereals
The Watermelon
The Highwayman and the Priest
The Big Fish and the Frogs
The Plum, the Prune and the Apricot
The Planter and the Pomegranate
The Fig-tree and His Branches
The Thorn and the Vine
The Trees Choosing a King
The Prince and the Flea
The Fox and the Icicle
The Thirty-two Teeth
The Two Kings At War

BOOK THREE: MODERN FABLES
PART I. ENGLISH FABLES
Verbatim from Boileau
The Lost Camel
The Spectacles
The Young Lady and the Looking-glass
The Man and the Flea
The Hare and Many Friends
The Turkey and the Ant
The Boy and the Rainbow
The Farmer's Wife and the Raven
The Quarrelsome Cats
The Boys and the Frogs "293
Echo and the Owl
The Fly in St. Paul's Cupola
The Spider and the Silkworm
The Two Lizards
The Boy and the Filberts
The Boy and the Nettle
The Stars and the Sky-rocket
The Kingfisher and the Sparrow
The Humming-bird and the Traveller
The Chameleon James Merrick
The Bears and the Bees
The Nightingale and the Glow-worm
The Lily and the Rose
The Butterfly and the Bee
The Mountain and the Squirrel
Six Men Of Indostan
Three Bugs
The Chicken's Mistake
The Crow's Children
The Envious Wren
They Didn't Think

PART II. FRENCH FABLES
Death and the Woodman
The Fox and the Stork
The Cock and the Pearl
The Oak and the Reed
The Council Held by the Rats
The Bat and the Two Weasels
The Fox and the Raven
The Saying of Socrates
The Hare's Ears
The Cock, the Cat and the Young Mouse
The Mule Who Boasted of His Family
The Hare and the Tortoise
The Sick Lion and the Fox
The Animals Sick With the Plague
The Milk-woman and Her Pail
The Cobbler and the Financier
The Rat and the Elephant
The Monkey and the Cat
The Kite and the Nightingale
The Old Man and the Three Young Men
The Cat and the Two Sparrows
Cupid and Folly
The Elephant and the Ape of Jupiter
Madam Sage and Madam Tea
The Clock and the Sun-dial
Honour, Fire and Water
The Snake and the Hedgehog
The Ass and the Horse
The Apes and the Leopard
The Rhinoceros and the Dromedary
The Peacock, the Geese and the Diver
The Confident Parrot
The Critical Parrot
The Two Bald Men
The Flying-fish
The Silkworm
The Cat and the Looking-glass
The Elephants and Their Masters
The Birds of Passage
The Butterfly and the Bee

PART III. SPANISH FABLES
The Ass and the Flute
The Bear and the Monkey
The Cathedral Bell and the Hermitage Bell
The Ivy and the Thyme
The Sword and the Spit
The Goose and the Goldfinch
The Ant and the Flea
The Mouse and the Cat
The Swan and the Linnet
The Silkworm and the Spider
The Two Rabbits
The Frog and the Frogling
The Owl
The Goat and the Horse
The Duck and the Serpent
The Jeweller and the Lace-maker
The Frog and the Hen
The Two Thrushes
The Scrupulous Cats
The Caterpillar and the Butterfly
The Spider's Web
The Eagle and the Serpent
The Three Companions

PART IV. RUSSIAN FABLES
The Leaves and the Roots
The Sheep's Petition
The Cask
The Two Flies and the Bee
The Rain Cloud
The Squirrel and the Thrush
The Pebble and the Diamond
The Pike and the Cat "
The Ass and the Nightingale
Trishka's Caftan
The Inquisitive Man
The Education of the Young Lion
The Farmer's Horse and His Dog
The Elephant and the Pug Dog
The Boastful Geese
The Cuckoo and the Eagle
The Elephant In Favor
The Eagle and the Spider
The Monkey and the Spectacles
The Kite and the Butterfly
The Comb
The Eagle and the Worm Anonymous

PART V. GERMAN FABLES
The Fir-tree and the Palm
The Cock and the Raven
The Green Donkey
The Cuckoo
The Colt
The Wolf On His Death-bed
The Ox and the Calf
The Blind Hen
The Donkeys
The Wild Apple-tree
The Bramble
The Archer and His Bow
Solomon's Ghost
The Sheep and the Swallow
The Bear and the Elephant
The Ostrich
The Benefactors
The Peacock and the Rooster
The Lion and the Hare
Jupiter and the Horse
The Wolf, a Hero
The Goose
The Sparrows
The Ox and the Stag
Aesop and the Ass

PART VI. POLISH FABLES
The Waggoner and the Butterfly
The Man and His Coat
The Ass and the Lamb
The Brook and the Fountain

BOOK FOUR: KRAAL AND WIGWAM FABLES
PART I. AFRICAN FABLES
The Hedgehog and the Dog ... Senegal Folk-Tale
The Wren and the Camel ... Kabyle Fable
The Clever Ape and the Foolish Wolf ... Senegambian Fable
The Boar and the Chameleon ... Madagascar Fable
The Guinea-hen and the Crocodile
The Guinea-fowl and the Hen
The Cat and the Rat
The Frog's Saddle Horse ... Folk Tales of Angola
The Man and the Crocodile ... Senegal Fable
The Rat and the Toad ... Bornu Fable

PART II. AMERICAN INDIAN FABLES
The Three Cranberries ... Chippewa Fable
The Bear and the Rabbit ... Myths of the Cherokee
The Owl and the Lemming ... Eskimo Fable
The Owl and the Two Rabbits ... The Eskimo in Baffin Land
Why the Bears Have Short Tails ... Myths of the Cherokee
The Measure-worm Rock ... Meewock Legend
The Catfish and the Moose ... Menomeni Fable
The Pigeon-hawk and the Tortoise ... Indian Tales and Researches
The Wind and the Duck ... Indian Fable
The Lynx and the Hare
The Wildcat and the Rabbit  ... Myths of the Cherokee
How the Rabbit Escaped From the Wolves
How the Terrapin Escaped From the Wolves
How the Redbird Got His Color
The Humming-bird and the Crane
How the Deer Got His Horns
How the Wildcat Got Its Spots
The Rabbit and the Possum after A Wife
The Mink, the Pike and the Pickerel ... Menomeni Folklore
The Linnet and the Eagle ... Ojibway Fable

Thoms. Lays and Legends of Germany

Today's free book is Lays and legends of various nations: Germany by William J. Thoms (1834). 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).

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Table of Contents

Lays and Legends, Volume 1

Germany
Legends of the Kyffhauser Mountain
The Cellar of the Old Knights in the Kyffhauser
The Golden Knops of Flax
The Wonderful Flower
The Goat-Herd
The Old New Married Couple
The Enchanted Emperor
The Shepherd and the Emperor
The Emperor and the Musician
The Enchanted Emperor
Song of the Unfaithful Maiden
Gaffer Death
The Lay of the Young Count
Brother Merry
Leonora
The Maiden of Boyneburg
St. Andrew's Night
The Little Shroud
Ulrich and Annie
The Sexton of Magdeburg
The Mannikin and the Three Princesses
Of One that Went Forth to Learn to be Afraid
Adventures of the Horny Siegfried
The Stolen Pennies
The Haunted Castle
Tyll Eulenspiegel, or Howleglas
The Legend of Daniel's Cave
Rebundus in the Cathedral of Lubeck
The Elves
The Lord of Falkenstein
The Story of the Popanz
The Kobold in the Mill
The Three Serpent Leaves
The Hunter Hackelnberg and the Tut Osel
The Bottle Imp
The Legend of Paracelsus
Sir Tannhauser
The Ancient Ballad of Sir Tannhauser
Pepin
Honesty is the Best Policy
The Smith of Apolda
The Riddle
The Green Robe
Hans Jagenteufel
Jacob Nimmernuchtern
The Lady of Weissenberg
Legends of Rubezahl: or Number Nip
Rubezahl transforms himself into an ass
Rubezahl makes a fool of a noble
Rubezahl sells pigs
How Rubezahl entertained a party of guests
Rubezahl gives orders for a cloak
Rubezahl turns woodcutter
Rubezahl changes himself into a spear
Rubezahl changes leaves into ducats
The Knight on the Black Horse
The Frog King; or Iron Henry
The Flaming Castle
The Wehr Wolf
The Juniper-tree
The Crystal Ball
The Maiden without Hands
The Three Miners of Kuttenberg
Doctor All-Wise

Mincieli. Tales, merry and wise (Italian)

Today's free book is Tales, merry and wise by Rose Laura Mincieli (1958) with illustrations by Kurt Werth. 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).

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Table of Contents

Pidicino
Errato di Barletto
The Songstress and the Fairies
The Pot of Gold
The Wonderful Night
The Cavallino
Mece and His Merry Pranks
A Message for a Donkey
The Queen and the Golden Egg
The Merchant, Saint Michael, and the Devil
The Dog, the Cat, and the Mouse
The Inquiring Rabbit, or The Strongest Thing in the World
The Shepherd's Pipe
The Farmer and the Harvesters
The C \oat That Taught the Housewife
The Three Brothers
Dancing He Would Go
The Beacon Light
The Capricious Month
Written in the Stars
The Three Sisters and the Old Witch
Saint Crispin and the Old One

Steedman. Legends and stories of Italy

Today's free book is Legends and stories of Italy for children by Amy Steedman (1909) with illustrations by Katharine Cameron. For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available to read online at Hathi Trust (I have not checked other online sources).

(illustration by Katharine Cameron)

Table of Contents

PART I—LEGENDS
The Legend of the Christmas Rose
The Merciful Knight
The Saint-Maid of Lucca
Saint Mark and the Fisherman
Domenica
The Legend of the Castellano
Stella Maris
The Angel and the Diavolo
Little Legends of the Madonna
The Little Countess

PART II—STORIES
Stellante
A Tale of the Epiphany
Marziale, the Robber Chief
The Angels' Robe
A Tale of Old Florence
The Story of the Empress Flavia