| Myths |
| | | PAGE |
| The World's Creation and the Birth of Wainamoinen | From the Kalevala | 14 |
| Students' Themes— |
| Origin of the Moon | Emanuel Baja | 16 |
| The First Cocoanut Tree | Manuel Reyes | 18 |
| The Lotus | Ida Treat | 21 |
| Legends |
| Kenach's Little Woman | William Canton | 28 |
| Students' Themes— |
| A Legend of Gapan | Teofilo Corpus | 36 |
| Manca: a Legend of the Incas | Dorothea Knoblock | 38 |
| The Place of the Red Grass | Sixto Guico | 42 |
| Fairy Tales |
| The Boggart | From the English | 55 |
| Students' Themes— |
| Cafre and the Fisherman's Wife | Benito Ebuen | 57 |
| The Friendship of an Asuang and a Duende | Emanuel Baja | 58 |
| A Tianac Frightens Juan | Santiago Ochoa | 61 |
| The Black Cloth of the Calumpang | Eusebio Ramos | 63 |
| Nursery Tales |
| Princess Helena the Fair | From the Russian | 69 |
| Students' Themes— |
| Juan the Guesser | Bienvenido Gonzalez | 73 |
| The Shepherd who became King | Vicente Hilario | 78 |
| Fables |
| Jupiter and the Countryman | From the Spectator | 90 |
| The Drop of Water (Persian) | From the Spectator | 91 |
| The Grandee at the Judgment Seat | Kriloff | 91 |
| The Lion and the Old Hare | From the Hitopadesa | 92 |
| The Fox and the Crab | From the Turkish | 93 |
| The Fool who Sells Wisdom | From the Turkish | 94 |
| The Archer and the Trumpeter | From the Turkish | 95 |
| Students' Themes— |
| The Courtship of Sir Butterfly | Maximo M. Kalaw | 96 |
| The Hat and the Shoes | José R. Perez | 98 |
| The Crocodile and the Peahen | Elisa Esguerra | 99 |
| The Old Man, his Son, and his Grandson | Eutiquiano Garcia | 100 |
| Parables |
| The Three Questions | Tolstoy | 104 |
| Students' Themes— |
| A Master and his Servant | Eusebio Ramos | 110 |
| The Parable of the Beggar and the Givers | Dorothea Knoblock | 111 |
| Allegories |
| The Artist | Oscar Wilde | 120 |
| The House of Judgment | Oscar Wilde | 120 |
| Students' Themes— |
| The Chain that Binds | Elizabeth Sudborough | 123 |
| The Love which Surpassed All Other Loves | Florence Gifford | 125 |
| Tales of Mere Wonder |
| The Story of the City of Brass | From the Arabian Nights | 132 |
| Student's Theme— |
| The Magic Ring, the Bird, and the Basket | Facundo Esquivel | 147 |
| Imaginary Voyages |
| Mellonta Tauta | Edgar Allan Poe | 155 |
| Student's Theme— |
| Busyong's Trip to Jupiter | Manuel Candido | 173 |
| Tale of Scientific Discovery and Mechanical Invention |
| A Curious Vehicle | Alexander Wilson Drake | 200 |
| Students' Themes— |
| The Spyglass of the Past | Hazel Orcutt | 218 |
| Up a Water Spout | Edna Collister | 221 |
| Detective Story and Tale of Mere Plot |
| Thou Art the Man | Edgar Allan Poe | 228 |
| Student's Theme— |
| The Picture of Lhasa | Hazel Orcutt | 248 |
| Tales of More-or-Less Probable Adventure |
| Fight with a Bear | Charles Reade | 257 |
| Student's Theme— |
| Secret of the Jade Tlaloc | Dorothea Knoblock | 267 |
| Society Stories |
| The Fur Coat | Ludwig Fulda | 277 |
| Student's Theme— |
| The Lady in Pink | Wilma I. Ball | 289 |
| Humorous Stories |
| The Expatriation of Jonathan Taintor | Charles Battell Loomis | 302 |
| Students' Themes— |
| Kileto and the Physician | Lorenzo Licup | 307 |
| The Lame Man and the Deaf Family | Santiago Rotea | 311 |
| Occasional Stories |
| The Lost Child | François Coppée | 315 |
| Students' Themes— |
| The Peace of Yesterdays | Katherine Kurz | 334 |
| A Christmas Legend | Ida F. Treat | 342 |
| Moral Story |
| Jeannot and Colin | Voltaire | 348 |
| Pedagogical Narratives |
| Gertrude's Method of Instruction | Pestalozzi | 365 |
| Student's Theme— |
| Lawin-lawinan (a Filipino game) | Leopoldo Uichanco | 368 |
| Stories of Present-Day Realism |
| The Piece of String | Maupassant | 374 |
| Students' Themes— |
| A Social Error | Ida Treat | 382 |
| The Lot of the Poor | Agnes Palmer | 388 |
| Filipino Fear | Walfrido de Leon | 390 |
| Psychological Weird Tales |
| The Signal-Man | Charles Dickens | 403 |
| Student's Theme— |
| Like a Thief in the Night | Dorothea Knoblock | 420 |
| Stories That Emphasize Character and Environment |
| Muhammad Din | Rudyard Kipling | 432 |
| Students' Themes— |
| The Fetters | Katherine Kurz | 436 |
| When Terry Quit | Dorothea Knoblock | 446 |
| Nora Titay and Chiquito | Joaquina E. Tirona | 453 |
| Stories That Emphasize Character and Events |
| The Necklace | Maupassant | 460 |
| Student's Theme— |
| Andong | Justo Avila | 470 |
