FABLES OF INDIA

Adapted by P. V. Ramaswami Raju

[The Camel and the Pig][226]
[The Man and his Piece of Cloth][227]
[The Sea, the Fox, and the Wolf][227]
[The Birds and the Lime][228]
[The Raven and the Cattle][228]
[Tinsel and Lightning][229]
[The Ass and the Watchdog][229]
[The Lark and its Young Ones][230]
[The Two Gems][230]

FAIRY TALES AND LAUGHTER STORIES

SCANDINAVIAN STORIES

[The Hardy Tin Soldier]—Hans Christian Andersen[232]
[The Fir Tree]—Hans Christian Andersen[236]
[The Darning-Needle]—Hans Christian Andersen[245]
[Thumbelina]—Hans Christian Andersen[248]
[The Tinder-Box]—Hans Christian Andersen[258]
[Boots and his Brothers]—George Webbe Dasent[268]
[The Husband who was to Mind the House]—George Webbe Dasent[273]
[Buttercup]—George Webbe Dasent[275]

GERMAN STORIES

[Seven at One Blow]—Wilhelm and Jakob Grimm[279]
[One Eye, Two Eyes, Three Eyes]—Wilhelm and Jakob Grimm[286]
[The Musicians of Bremen]—Wilhelm and Jakob Grimm[293]
[The Fisherman and his Wife]—Wilhelm and Jakob Grimm[296]
[Little Snow-White]—Wilhelm and Jakob Grimm[page xviii][304]
[The Goose Girl]—Wilhelm and Jakob Grimm[313]
[The Golden Bird]—Wilhelm and Jakob Grimm[318]

FRENCH STORIES

[Beauty and the Beast]—Adapted by E. Nesbit[326]
[The White Cat]—The Comtesse d'Aulnoy[335]
[The Story of Pretty Goldilocks][341]
[Toads and Diamonds][346]