CONTENTS
Ada M. Skinner
PAGE
The Monkey and the Crocodile
Jataka Tale
11
The Hillman and the Housewife
Juliana H. Ewing
15
The Fishing Party
Southern Folk Tale
18
The Forest Bailiff
Russian Legend
27
Bruin and Reynard Partners
Scandinavian Folk Tale
35
The Three Wishes
Swedish Legend
39
The Pigtail
(
Poem
)
Translated by William Makepeace Thackeray
46
The Stone Lion
Captain W. P. O’Connor
48
The Story that had No End
Old Folk Tale
54
The King’s Rabbit Keeper
Norse Legend
62
The Leaping Match
H. C. Andersen
72
The Clever Turtle
East Indian Tale
79
Robin Goodfellow
(
Poem
)
Percy’s Reliques
83
Merlin’s Crag
Irish Folk Tale
86
The Story of Li’l’ Hannibal
Carolyn Sherwin Bailey
97
How Timothy won the Princess
Irish Fairy Tale
106
The Overturned Cart
Agnes C. Herbertson
123
Chanticleer
Chaucer
138
The Jackal and the Alligator
East Indian Tale
149
Finn and the Fairy Shoemaker
Irish Legend
158
Making the Best of it
Frances Fox
173
The Brownie of Blednock
Elizabeth Grierson
178
How Olaf brought the Brownie Back
Old English Tale
189
The Poor Little Turkey Girl
F. Cushing
197
Meadow Fiddlers
(
Poem
)
Agnes McLellan Daulton
211
Castle Fortune
German Legend
213
A Little Dutch Garden
(
Poem
)
Harriet Durban
222
True Friendship
Translated from the Greek by Mrs. Symonds
224
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