Selection XII is taken from "Tradiciones y leyendas españolas" by Don Luciano García de Real (Barcelona, 1898). Selections IV, VI, IX, X, XIII, are taken from the "Biblioteca de las tradiciones populares españolas" (Madrid, 1886). The remaining selections are taken from various sources or adapted from English or German.

Many changes have been made in all the selections, except in the fables of Iriarte and the story by Fernán Caballero, in order to render the material suitable for beginners.

E. S. H.

CONTENTS

I.[El cuento del pollo]
II.[Un hombre insaciable]
III.[Los tres osos]
IV.[Los tres barcos]
V.[El testamento]
VI.[Don juan bolondrón]
VII.[Buena ganga]
VIII.[El médico tunante]
IX.[El príncipe jalma]
X.[El palacio de madrid]
XI.[Las metamorfosis del picapedrero]
XII.[El caballo de aliatar]
XIII.[El príncipe oso]
XIV.[Adivinanzas]
XV.[Anécdotas]
XVI.[El burro flautista ]Tomás de Iriarte
XVII.[El oso, la mona y el cerdo ]Tomás de Iriarte
XVIII.[El pato y la serpiente ]Tomás de Iriarte
XIX.[Los dos conejos ]Tomás de Iriarte
XX.[La abeja y el cuclillo ]Tomás de Iriarte
XXI.[La ardilla y el caballo] Tomás de Iriarte
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EL RICO EXTREMEÑO Y EL EXTRANJERO