I have again to congratulate myself on the co-operation of my friend Mr. J. D. Batten in giving beautiful or amusing form to the creations of the folk fancy of the Hindoos. It is no slight thing to embody, as he has done, the glamour and the humour both of the Celt and of the Hindoo. It is only a further proof that Fairy Tales are something more than Celtic or Hindoo. They are human.

JOSEPH JACOBS.

Contents

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I. [THE LION AND THE CRANE] [1]
II. [HOW THE RAJA'S SON WON THE PRINCESS LABAM] [3]
III. [THE LAMBIKIN] [17]
IV. [PUNCHKIN] [21]
V. [THE BROKEN POT] [38]
VI. [THE MAGIC FIDDLE] [40]
VII. [THE CRUEL CRANE OUTWITTED] [46]
VIII. [LOVING LAILI] [51]
IX. [THE TIGER, THE BRAHMAN, AND THE JACKAL] [66]
X. [THE SOOTHSAYER'S SON] [70]
XI. [HARISARMAN] [85]
XII. [THE CHARMED RING] [90]
XIII. [THE TALKATIVE TORTOISE] [100]
XIV. [A LAC OF RUPEES FOR A PIECE OF ADVICE] [103]
XV. [THE GOLD-GIVING SERPENT] [112]
XVI. [THE SON OF SEVEN QUEENS] [115]
XVII. [A LESSON FOR KINGS] [127]
XVIII. [PRIDE GOETH BEFORE A FALL] [132]
XIX. [RAJA RASALU] [136]
XX. [THE ASS IN THE LION'S SKIN] [150]
XXI. [THE FARMER AND THE MONEY-LENDER] [152]
XXII. [THE BOY WHO HAD A MOON ON HIS FOREHEAD AND A STAR ON
HIS CHIN]		 [156]
XXIII. [THE PRINCE AND THE FAKIR] [179]
XXIV. [WHY THE FISH LAUGHED] [186]
XXV. [THE DEMON WITH THE MATTED HAIR] [194]
XXVI. [THE IVORY CITY AND ITS FAIRY PRINCESS] [199]
XXVII. [SUN, MOON, AND WIND GO OUT TO DINNER] [218]
XXVIII. [HOW THE WICKED SONS WERE DUPED] [221]
XXIX. [THE PIGEON AND THE CROW] [223]
[NOTES AND REFERENCES] [227]

Full-page Illustrations

[PRINCESS LABAM] [Frontispiece]
[THE LION AND THE CRANE] To face page [2]
[PUNCHKIN] " [36]
[LOVING LAILI] " [64]
[THE CHARMED RING] " [96]
[THE SON OF SEVEN QUEENS] " [120]
[RAJA RASALU] " [146]
[BOY WITH MOON ON FOREHEAD] " [165]
[DEMON WITH MATTED HAIR] " [196]