Printed by J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia, U. S.A.

This book is
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dedicated to
Cornelia Otis
Skinner, our
new possession

Table of Contents

  1. [In the Caribbean] PAGE
    1. [The Mysterious Islands] 23
    2. [The Buccaneers] 33
    3. [The Boat of Phantom Children] 46
    4. [Early Porto Rico] 48
    5. [The Deluge] 55
    6. [How Spaniards were Found to be Mortal] 56
    7. [Ponce] 58
    8. [Water Caves] 61
    9. [How a Dutchman Helped the Spaniards] 65
    10. [The Ghost of San Geronimo] 67
    11. [Police Activity in Humacao] 71
    12. [The Church in Porto Rico] 74
    13. [The Mermaids] 78
    14. [The Aborigines] 83
    15. [The Caribs] 88
    16. [Secret Enemies in the Hills] 92
    17. [Sacred Shrines] 98
    18. [Tobacco] 103
    19. [The Two Skeletons of Columbus] 106
    20. [Obeah Witches] 108
    21. [The Matanzas Obeah Woman] 113
    22. [How Havana Got its Market] 121
    23. [The Justice of Tacon] 127
    24. [The Cited] 133
    25. [The Virgin’s Diamond] 141
    26. [A Spanish Holofernes] 144
    27. [The Courteous Battle] 150
    28. [Why King Congo was Late] 153
    29. [The Chase of Taito Perico] 156
    30. [The Voice in the Inn] 163
  2. [In the Pacific]
    1. [Finding of the Islands] 177
    2. [Ancient Faiths of Hawaii] 178
    3. [The Giant Gods] 188
    4. [The First Fire] 189
    5. [The Little People] 190
    6. [The Hawaiian Iliad] 194
    7. [The Hawaiian Orpheus and Eurydice] 201
    8. [The Rebellion of Kamiole] 206
    9. [The Japanese Sword] 212
    10. [Lo-Lale’s Lament] 217
    11. [The Resurrections of Kaha] 220
    12. [Hawaiian Ghosts] 224
    13. [The Three Wives of Laa] 225
    14. [The Misdoing of Kamapua] 226
    15. [Pele’s Hair] 233
    16. [The Prayer to Pele] 234
    17. [Lohiau and the Volcano Princess] 237
    18. [A Visit of Pele] 239
    19. [The Great Famine] 243
    20. [Kiha’s Trumpet] 248
    21. [How Moikeha Gained a Wife] 252
    22. [The Sailing of Paao] 254
    23. [The Wronged Wife] 256
    24. [The Magic Spear] 259
    25. [Hawaiian Witches] 262
    26. [The Cannibals] 267
    27. [The Various Graves of Kaulii] 270
    28. [The Kingship of Umi] 273
    29. [Keaulumoku’s Prophecy] 276
    30. [The Tragedy of Spouting Cave] 277
    31. [The Grave of Pupehe] 283
    32. [The Lady of the Twilight] 285
    33. [The Ladrones] 286
    34. [Old Beliefs of the Filipinos] 290
    35. [Animal Myths] 300
    36. [Later Religious Myths and Miracles] 304
    37. [Bankiva, the Philippine Pied Piper] 315
    38. [The Crab Tried to Eat the Moon] 317
    39. [The Conversion of Amambar] 319
    40. [The Bedevilled Galleon] 322
    41. [Two Runaways from Manila] 329
    42. [The Christianizing of Wong] 333
    43. [The Devil’s Bridge] 335
    44. [The Great Earthquake] 339
    45. [Suppressing Magic in Manila] 345
    46. [Faith that Killed] 348
    47. [The Widow Velarde’s Husband] 351
    48. [The Grateful Bandits] 352

Illustrations

  1. [Gate of the Walled City of Manila] Frontispiece
  2. [A Cuban Residence] Page 146
  3. [Down the Valley came Pouring a Flood of Lava] Page 232
  4. [Avenue of Palms, Hawaii] Page 262