from "Old Deccan Days," by
M. Frere._

_Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, for permission to use "The
Deserter," "Steelpacha" and "The Watch-tower Between Earth and
Heaven," from "The Russian Grandmother's Wonder Tales," by L. S.
Houghton._

_Macmillan & Company, London, for permission to use "The Grateful
Foxes" and "The Badger's Money," from "Tales of Old Japan," by A. B.
Mitford._

_The Review of Reviews Company, London, for permission to use "The
Feast of Lanterns" and "The Lake of Gems," from "Books for the
Bairns," edited by W. T. Stead._

_We also wish to express our appreciation to Mr. Seumas MacManus for
the use of his stories, "The Amadan of the Dough," "Hookedy-Crookedy,"
"Billy Beg and the Bull," and "The Queen of the Golden Mines," from
"Donegal Fairy Stories," and "In Chimney Corners," published by us._

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CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

I WONDER (_Scandinavian_)

WHAT THE BIRDS SAID (_Chinese_)

THE SMITH AND THE FAIRIES (_Gaelic_)

THE GRATEFUL CRANE (_Japanese_)

LITTLE SURYA BAI (_Southern Indian_)

THE STORKS AND THE NIGHT OWL (_Persian_)

THE FIVE QUEER BROTHERS (_Chinese_)

THE LAC OF RUPEES (_Southern Indian_)

THE EMPEROR'S NIGHTINGALE. H. C. ANDERSEN

HOOKEDY-CROOKEDY. SEUMAS MACMANUS (_Celtic_)

ARNDT'S NIGHT UNDERGROUND. D. M. MULOCK

THE UNICORN (_German_)

DESTINY. E. LABOULAYE (_Dalmatian_)

THE QUEEN OF THE GOLDEN MINES. SEUMAS MACMANUS (_Celtic_)

THE DESERTER (_Russian_)

THE TWO MELONS (_Chinese_)

THE IRON CASKET (_Persian_)

THE KNIGHTS OF THE FISH. FERNAN CABALLERO (_Spanish_)

DAPPLEGRIM (_Scandinavian_)

THE HERMIT. VOLTAIRE (_French_)

THE WATCH-TOWER BETWEEN EARTH AND HEAVEN (_Russian_)

THE LUCKY COIN. FRANCOSO (_Portuguese_)

THE JACKAL, THE BARBER AND THE BRAHMIN (_Southern Indian_)

THE BIRD OF TRUTH. CABALLERO (_Spanish_)

THE TWO GENIES. VOLTAIRE (_French_)

STEELPACHA (_Russian_)

THE BURIED MOON (_English_)

THE FARMER OF LIDDESDALE (_English_)

THE BADGER'S MONEY (_Japanese_)

THE GRATEFUL FOXES (_Japanese_)

THE BLACK HORSE (_Celtic_)

TRUTH'S TRIUMPH (_Southern Indian_)

THE FEAST OF THE LANTERNS (_Chinese_)

THE LAKE OF GEMS (_Chinese_)

THE SEA-MAIDEN (_Celtic_)

THE ENCHANTED WATERFALL (_Japanese_)

THE AMADAN OF THE DOUGH. SEUMAS MACMANUS (_Celtic_)

THE RAKSHAS'S PALACE (_Southern Indian_)

BILLY BEG AND THE BULL. SEUMAS MACMANUS (_Celtic_)

THE PRINCES FIRE