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PREFACE

PART I TALES FOR CHILDREN

1 GOD SEES THE TRUTH, BUT WAITS

2 A PRISONER IN THE CAUCASUS

3 THE BEAR-HUNT

PART II POPULAR STORIES

4 WHAT MEN LIVE BY

5 A SPARK NEGLECTED BURNS THE HOUSE

6 TWO OLD MEN

7 WHERE LOVE IS, GOD IS

PART III A FAIRY TALE

8 THE STORY OF IVÁN THE FOOL,

PART IV STORIES WRITTEN TO PICTURES

9 EVIL ALLURES, BUT GOOD ENDURES

10 LITTLE GIRLS WISER THAN MEN

11 ILYÁS

PART V FOLK-TALES RETOLD

12 THE THREE HERMITS

13 THE IMP AND THE CRUST

14 HOW MUCH LAND DOES A MAN NEED?

15 A GRAIN AS BIG AS A HEN'S EGG

16 THE GODSON

17 THE REPENTANT SINNER

18 THE EMPTY DRUM

PART VI ADAPTATIONS FROM THE FRENCH

19 THE COFFEE-HOUSE OF SURAT

20 TOO DEAR!

PART VII STORIES GIVEN TO AID THE PERSECUTED JEWS

21 ESARHADDON, KING OF ASSYRIA

22 WORK, DEATH AND SICKNESS

23 THREE QUESTIONS