THE HIND OF THE WOOD
June 9, 2019
A FRENCH FAIRY TALE Once upon a time there lived a King and a Queen whose marriage was as happy…
BASHTCHELIK (OR, REAL STEEL)
June 9, 2019
A SERBIAN FAIRY TALE The aged Tsar was dying, and his three sons and three daughters were standing round his…
THE FRIAR AND THE BOY
June 9, 2019
AN ENGLISH FAIRY TALE ‘You good-for-nothing boy, you! It’s always meal-times when you come home: that’s all you care about…
THE FIRE BIRD - A RUSSIAN FAIRY TALE
June 9, 2019
It was a great day when the Prince was born. The King was delighted, and the Queen nearly went mad…
JIRAIYA, OR THE MAGIC FROG
June 7, 2019
OGATA was the name of a castle-lord who lived in the Island of the Nine Provinces, (Kiushiu). He had but…
THE STONES OF FIVE COLORS AND THE EMPRESS JOKWA.
June 7, 2019
Long, long ago there lived a great Chinese Empress who succeeded her brother the Emperor Fuki. It was the age…
HOW AN OLD MAN LOST HIS WEN.
June 7, 2019
Many, many years ago there lived a good old man who had a wen like a tennis-ball growing out of…
THE OGRE OF RASHOMON
June 7, 2019
Long, long ago in Kyoto, the people of the city were terrified by accounts of a dreadful ogre, who, it…
MOMOTARO, OR THE STORY OF THE SON OF A PEACH
June 7, 2019
Long, long ago there lived, an old man and an old woman; they were peasants, and had to work hard…
THE STORY OF PRINCE YAMATO TAKE
June 7, 2019
The insignia of the great Japanese Empire is composed of three treasures which have been considered sacred, and guarded with…