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Indian Fairy Tales

Indian Fairy Tales

by Joseph Jacobs

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Compiler
Jacobs, Joseph, 1854-1916
Credits
E-text prepared by Delphine Lettau, Charles Franks, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team
Language
English
LoC Class
PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres
Subject
Folklore -- India
Category
Text
eBook-No.
7128
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/7128
Release Date
December 1, 2004
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.Untitled
  2. 2.INDIAN — Fairy Tales — SELECTED AND EDITED BY
  3. 3.EDITOR OF "FOLK LORE" — ILLUSTRATED BY — JOHN D. BATTEN — LONDON — DAVID NUTT, 270, 271 STRAND — 1892 — Only One Hundred and Sixty Copies of this Edition on Japanese Vellum Paper have been printed, of which One Hundred and Fifty are for Sale. This is No. 147 — The Illustrations in this Book were coloured by hand by Miss Gloria Cardew. — TO
  4. 4.MY DEAR LITTLE PHIL — INDIAN FAIRY TALES
  5. 5.Preface
  6. 6.Contents
  7. 7.Full-page Illustrations
  8. 8.The Lion and the Crane
  9. 9.How the Raja's Son won the Princess Labam.
  10. 10.The Lambikin
  11. 11.Punchkin
  12. 12.The Broken Pot
  13. 13.The Magic Fiddle
  14. 14.The Cruel Crane Outwitted
  15. 15.Loving Laili
  16. 16.The Tiger, the Brahman, and the Jackal
  17. 17.The Soothsayer's Son
  18. 18.Harisarman
  19. 19.The Charmed Ring
  20. 20.The Talkative Tortoise
  21. 21.A Lac of Rupees for a Bit of Advice
  22. 22.The Gold-giving Serpent
  23. 23.The Son of Seven Queens
  24. 24.A Lesson for Kings
  25. 25.Pride goeth before a Fall
  26. 26.Raja Rasalu.
  27. 27.The Ass in the Lion's Skin
  28. 28.The Farmer and the Money-lender
  29. 29.The Boy who had a Moon on his Forehead and a Star on his Chin
  30. 30.The Prince and the Fakir
  31. 31.Why the Fish Laughed.
  32. 32.The Demon with the Matted Hair
  33. 33.The Ivory City and its Fairy Princess
  34. 34.How Sun, Moon, and Wind went out to Dinner
  35. 35.How the Wicked Sons were Duped.
  36. 36.The Pigeon and the Crow
  37. 37.Notes and References — I. THE LION AND THE CRANE. — II. PRINCESS LABAM. — III. LAMBIKIN. — IV. PUNCHKIN. — V. THE BROKEN POT. — VI. THE MAGIC FIDDLE. — VII. THE CRUEL CRANE OUTWITTED. — VIII. LOVING LAILI. — IX. THE TIGER, THE BRAHMAN, AND THE JACKAL. — X. THE SOOTHSAYER'S SON. — XI. HARISARMAN. — XII. THE CHARMED RING. — XIII. THE TALKATIVE TORTOISE. — XIV. LAC OF RUPEES. — XV. THE GOLD-GIVING SERPENT. — XVI. THE SON OF SEVEN QUEENS. — XVII. A LESSON FOR KINGS. — XVIII. PRIDE GOETH BEFORE A FALL. — XIX. RAJA RASALU. — XX. THE ASS IN THE LION'S SKIN. — XXI. THE FARMER AND THE MONEY-LENDER. — XXII. THE BOY WITH MOON ON FOREHEAD. — XXIII. THE PRINCE AND THE FAKIR. — XXIV. WHY THE FISH LAUGHED. — XXV. THE DEMON WITH THE MATTED HAIR. — XXVI. THE IVORY PALACE. — XXVII. SUN, MOON, AND WIND. — XXVIII. HOW WICKED SONS WERE DUPED. — XXIX. THE PIGEON AND THE CROW.

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