CONTENTS

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[INTRODUCTION][xi]
[I Wonder] (Scandinavian)[3]
[What the Birds Said] (Chinese)[8]
[The Smith and the Fairies] (Gaelic)[10]
[The Grateful Crane] (Japanese)[13]
[Little Surya Bai] (Southern Indian)[17]
[The Storks and the Night Owl] (Persian)[30]
[The Five Queer Brothers] (Chinese)[41]
[The Lac of Rupees] (Southern Indian)[44]
[The Emperor's Nightingale.] H. C. Andersen[51]
[Hookedy-Crookedy.] Seumas MacManus (Celtic)[62]
[Arndt's Night Underground.] D. M. Mulock[81]
[The Unicorn] (German)[88]
[Destiny.] E. Laboulaye (Dalmatian)[110]
[The Queen of the Golden Mines.] Seumas MacManus (Celtic)[116]
[The Deserter] (Russian)[125]
[The Two Melons] (Chinese)[131]
[The Iron Casket] (Persian)[133]
[The Knights of the Fish.] Fernan Caballero (Spanish)[143]
[Dapplegrim] (Scandinavian)[150]
[The Hermit.] Voltaire (French)[160]
[The Watch-tower Between Earth and Heaven] (Russian)[165]
[The Lucky Coin.] Francoso (Portuguese)[169]
[The Jackal, the Barber and the Brahmin] (Southern Indian)[174]
[The Bird of Truth.] Caballero (Spanish)[189]
[The Two Genies.] Voltaire (French)[200]
[Steelpacha] (Russian)[212]
[The Buried Moon] (English)[233]
[The Farmer of Liddesdale] (English)[238]
[The Badger's Money] (Japanese)[241]
[The Grateful Foxes] (Japanese)[245]
[The Black Horse] (Celtic)[251]
[Truth's Triumph] (Southern Indian)[258]
[The Feast of the Lanterns] (Chinese)[271]
[The Lake of Gems] (Chinese)[278]
[The Sea-maiden] (Celtic)[290]
[The Enchanted Waterfall] (Japanese)[299]
[The Amadan of the Dough.] Seumas MacManus (Celtic)[302]
[The Rakshas's Palace] (Southern Indian)[313]
[Billy Beg and the Bull]. Seumas MacManus (Celtic)[323]
[The Princes Fire-flash and Fire-fade] (Japanese)[333]
[Panch-Phul Ranee] (Southern Indian)[337]
[Schippeitaro] (Japanese)[361]