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PREFACE

THE SHIFTY LAD

West Highland Tales.

THE FALSE PRINCE AND THE TRUE

Adapted from the Portuguese.

THE JOGI'S PUNISHMENT

From Major Campbell, Feroshepore.

THE HEART OF A MONKEY

From 'Swahili Tales,' by Edward Steere, LL.D.

THE FAIRY NURSE

'Legendary Fictions of the Irish Celts,' by Patrick Kennedy.

A LOST PARADISE

From 'Littérature Orale de l'Auvergne,' par P. Sébillot.

HOW BRAVE WALTER HUNTED WOLVES

From Z. Topelius.

THE KING OF THE WATERFALLS

From 'West Highland Tales.'

A FRENCH PUCK

From 'Littérature Orale de l'Auvergne,' par Paul Sébillot.

THE THREE CROWNS

From 'West Highland Tales.'

THE STORY OF A VERY BAD BOY

From 'Littérature Orale de l'Auvergne,' par Paul Sébillot.

THE BROWN BEAR OF NORWAY

From 'West Highland Tales.'

LITTLE LASSE

From Z. Topelius.

'MOTI'

A Pushto Story.

THE ENCHANTED DEER

From 'Popular Tales of the West Highlands.'

A FISH STORY

Australian 'Folk' Tale.

THE WONDERFUL TUNE

From 'Fairy Tales and Traditions of the South of Ireland.'

THE RICH BROTHER AND THE POOR BROTHER

Adapted from the Portuguese.

THE ONE-HANDED GIRL

From 'Swaheli Tales,' by E. Steere.

THE BONES OF DJULUNG

From 'Folk Lore,' by A. F. Mackenzie.

THE SEA KING'S GIFT

From Z. Topelius.

THE RASPBERRY WORM

From Z. Topelius.

THE STONES OF PLOUHINEC

From 'Le Foyer Breton,' par Emile Souvestre.

THE CASTLE OF KERGLAS

From 'Le Foyer Breton,' par Emile Souvestre.

THE BATTLE OF THE BIRDS

From 'Tales of the West Highlands.'

THE LADY OF THE FOUNTAIN

From the 'Mabinogion.'

THE FOUR GIFTS

From 'Le Foyer Breton,' par E. Souvestre.

THE GROAC'H OF THE ISLE OF LOK

From 'Le Foyer Breton,' par E. Souvestre.

THE ESCAPE OF THE MOUSE

From the 'Mabinogion.'

THE BELIEVING HUSBANDS

From 'West Highland Tales.'

THE HOODIE-CROW

From 'West Highland Tales.'

THE BROWNIE OF THE LAKE

From 'Le Foyer Breton,' par E. Souvestre

THE WINNING OF OLWEN

From the 'Mabinogion.'