MODERN EUROPEAN STORIES.

100. Ali Baba and Kissem 129 101. Bull-of-all-the-land 130 102. The Boiling Pot 131 103. The Twelve One-eyed Men 133 104. Bird and Hunter 134 105. Jack and the Devil Errant 135 106. The Magic Hat and the Staff of Life 139 107. Uncle Green and Jack 141 108. Big Begum and Little Begum 143 109. The Fool and the Wise Brother 145 110. The Children and the Witch 146 111. The Boy and the Mermaid (fragment) 147 112. Difficult Tasks (fragment) 147 113. The Grateful Beasts 148 114. Jack and the Bean-stalk 149 115. Jack and the Devil 150 116. Jack’s Riddle 150 117. Jack as Fortune-teller 151 118. Robin as Fortune-teller 151 119. Jack and the Grateful Dead 152 120. The Boy and his Master 153 121. The Language of Beasts 154 122. The Three Pieces of Advice 155 123. Three Brothers and the Life-tree 156 124. The Skilful Brothers 158 125. The Three Sillies 158 126. A Misunderstanding 159 127. Big-head, Big-belly and Little-foot (a and b) 160 128. The Goat in the Lion’s Den 160 129. The Donkey, The Cat and the Lion’s Head 161 130. Clever Molly May 162 131. Dancing to Anansi’s Fiddle 162 132. Anansi Claims the Dinner 163 133. Anansi Seeks his Fortune 163 134. The Pannier-jar 163 135. Anansi kills his Grandmother 164 136. White-belly and Anansi 164 137. Monkey hunts Anansi 165 138. Anansi and the Pig Coming from Market 166

SONG AND DANCE.

139. The Fifer 169 140. In Come Murray 170 141. Tacoomah Makes a Dance 170 142. Anansi Makes a Dance 171 143. Red Yam 173 144. Guzzah Man 175 145. Fowl and Pretty Poll 176 146. The Cumbolo 176 147. John-crow and Fowl at Court 177 148. Wooden Ping-ping and Cock 177 149. Animal Talk 178

Witticisms 179 Riddles 183 Index to Riddles 219 Abbreviations of Titles 223 Notes to the Tales 233 Index to Informants 291