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Concerning These Stories
190
1
King Alfred and the Cakes
225
2
King Alfred and the Beggar
236
3
King Canute on the Seashore
170
4
The Sons of William the Conqueror
365
5
The White Ship
361
6
King John and the Abbot
495
7
A Story of Robin Hood
334
8
Bruce and the Spider
178
9
The Black Douglas
234
10
Three Men of Gotham
161
11
Other Wise Men of Gotham
293
12
The Miller of the Dee
175
13
Sir Philip Sidney
128
14
The Ungrateful Soldier
124
15
Sir Humphrey Gilbert
109
16
Sir Walter Raleigh
264
17
Pocahontas
119
18
George Washington and his Hatchet
109
19
Grace Darling
199
20
The Story of William Tell
177
21
Arnold Winkelried
183
22
The Bell of Atri
421
23
How Napoleon Crossed the Alps
107
24
The Story of Cincinnatus
429
25
The Story of Regulus
295
26
Cornelia's Jewels
267
27
Androclus and the Lion
297
28
Horatius at the Bridge
360
29
Julius Cæsar
147
30
The Sword of Damocles
195
31
Damon and Pythias
176
32
A Laconic Answer
123
33
The Ungrateful Guest
136
34
Alexander and Bucephalus
165
35
Diogenes the Wise Man
151
36
The Brave Three Hundred
162
37
Socrates and his House
70
38
The King and his Hawk
293
39
Doctor Goldsmith
128
40
The Kingdoms
294
41
The Barmecide Feast
292
42
The Endless Tale
272
43
The Blind Men and the Elephant
191
44
Maximilian and the Goose Boy
251
45
The Inchcape Rock
230
46
Whittington and his Cat
841
47
Casabianca
217
48
Antonio Canova
366
49
Picciola
440
50
Mignon
344
Description
Some have a slight historical value; some are useful as giving point to certain great moral truths; others are products solely of the fancy, and are intended only to amuse. Some are derived from very ancient sources, and are current in the literature of many lands; some have come to us through the ballads and folk tales of the English people; a few are of quite recent origin (Excerpt from text)