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The tales in this book are of many kinds of wonder; of black magic, white magic and gray; ranging from the recital of strange and supernatural deeds and experiences to those that fore-shadow modern conquests of nature and those that utilize the marvellous to teach a moral lesson. Choose among them as you will, for as the Spaniards might say, "The book is at your feet; whatever you admire is yours!"
Contains the following stories:
I Wonder (Scandinavian)
What the Birds Said (chinese
The Smith and the Fairies (Gaelic)
The Grateful Crane (Japanese)
Little Surya Bai (Southern Indian)
The Storks and the Night Owl (Persian)
The Five Queer Brothers (Chinese)
The Lac of Rupees (Southern Indian)
The Emperor's Nightingale. H. C. Andersen
Hookedy-Crookedy. Seumas MacManus (Celtic)
Arndt's Night Underground. D. M. Mulock
The Unicorn (german
Destiny. E. Laboulaye (Dalmatian)
The Queen of the Golden Mines. Seumas MacManus (Celtic)
The Deserter (Russian)
The Two Melons (Chinese)
The Iron Casket (Persian)
The Knights of the Fish. Fernan Caballero (Spanish)
Dapplegrim (Scandinavian)
The Hermit. Voltaire (french
The Watch-tower Between Earth and Heaven (Russian)
The Lucky Coin. Francoso (Portuguese)
The Jackal, the Barber and the Brahmin (Southern Indian)
The Bird of Truth. Caballero (Spanish)
The Two Genies. Voltaire (French)
Steelpacha (Russian)
The Buried Moon (english
The Farmer of Liddesdale (English)
The Badger's Money (Japanese)
The Grateful Foxes (Japanese)
The Black Horse (Celtic)
Truth's Triumph (Southern Indian)
The Feast of the Lanterns (Chinese)
The Lake of Gems (Chinese)
The Sea-maiden (Celtic)
The Enchanted Waterfall (Japanese)
The Amadan of the Dough. Seumas MacManus (Celtic)
The Rakshas's Palace (Southern Indian)
Billy Beg and the Bull. Seumas MacManus (Celtic)
The Princes Fire-flash and Fire-fade (Japanese)
Panch-Phul Ranee (Southern Indian)
Schippeitaro (Japanese)