A Dock Scene in New Orleans.
NOTE
The thanks of the Publishers are due to Dr. A. K. Coomaraswamy, of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, for corrections in the spelling of proper names in the Tales from India and Buddhist Literature included in this volume.
CONTENTS
Explanatory xvii
STRAY LEAVES
THE BOOK OF THOTH. From an Egyptian Papyrus [3]
THE FOUNTAIN MAIDEN. A Legend of the South Pacific [16]
THE BIRD WIFE. An Esquimau Tradition [23]
TALES FROM INDIAN AND BUDDHIST LITERATURE
THE MAKING OF TILOTTAMA [31]
THE BRAHMAN AND HIS BRAHMANI [42]
BAKAWALI [48]
NATALIKA [57]
THE CORPSE-DEMON [64]
THE LION [77]
THE LEGEND OF THE MONSTER MISFORTUNE [80]
A PARABLE BUDDHISTIC [86]
PUNDARI [91]
YAMARAJA [96]
THE LOTUS OF FAITH [106]
RUNES FROM THE KALEWALA
THE MAGICAL WORDS [113]
THE FIRST MUSICIAN [125]
THE HEALING OF WAINAMOINEN [131]
STORIES OF MOSLEM LANDS
BOUTIMAR, THE DOVE [141]
THE SON OF A ROBBER [146]
A LEGEND OF LOVE [152]
THE KING'S JUSTICE [156]
TRADITIONS RETOLD FROM THE TALMUD
A LEGEND OF RABBA [161]
THE MOCKERS [168]
ESTHER'S CHOICE [173]
THE DISPUTE IN THE HALACHA [179]
RABBI YOCHANAN BEN ZACHAI [184]
A TRADITION OF TITUS [188]
BIBLIOGRAPHY [193]
FANTASTICS AND OTHER FANCIES
INTRODUCTION, BY CHARLES WOODWARD HUTSON [197]
IN THE "ITEM"
ALL IN WHITE [217]
September 14, 1879
THE LITTLE RED KITTEN [220]
September 24, 1879
THE NIGHT OF ALL SAINTS [224]
November 1, 1879
THE DEVIL'S CARBUNCLE [227]
November 2, 1879
LES COULISSES [230]
December 6, 1879
THE STRANGER [237]
April 17, 1880
Y PORQUE? [239]
April 17, 1880
A DREAM OF KITES [241]
June 18, 1880
HEREDITARY MEMORIES [244]
July 22, 1880
THE GHOSTLY KISS [249]
July 24, 1880
THE BLACK CUPID [253]
July 29, 1880
WHEN I WAS A FLOWER [257]
August 13, 1880
METEMPSYCHOSIS [259]
September 7, 1880
THE UNDYING ONE [263]
September 18, 1880
THE VISION OF THE DEAD CREOLE [269]
September 25, 1880
THE NAME ON THE STONE [274]
October 9, 1880
APHRODITE AND THE KING'S PRISONER [277]
October 12, 1880
THE FOUNTAIN OF GOLD [283]
October 15, 1880
A DEAD LOVE [291]
October 21, 1880
AT THE CEMETERY [294]
November 1, 1880
"AÏDA" [297]
January 17, 1881
EL VÓMITO [304]
March 21, 1881
THE IDYL OF A FRENCH SNUFF-BOX [309]
April 5, 1881
SPRING PHANTOMS [312]
April 21, 1881
A KISS FANTASTICAL [316]
June 8, 1881
THE BIRD AND THE GIRL [322]
June 14, 1881
THE TALE OF A FAN [327]
July 1, 1881
A LEGEND [330]
July 21, 1881
THE GYPSY'S STORY [334]
August 18, 1881
THE ONE PILL-BOX [341]
October 12, 1881
IN THE "TIMES-DEMOCRAT"
A RIVER REVERIE [347]
May 2, 1882
"HIS HEART IS OLD" [352]
May 7, 1882
MDCCCLIII [358]
May 21, 1882
HIOUEN-THSANG [362]
June 25, 1882
L'AMOUR APRÈS LA MORT [371]
April 6, 1884
THE POST-OFFICE [374]
October 19, 1884