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)
Chapters
1 Concerning These Stories 3 min 2 King Alfred and the Cakes 4 min 3 King Alfred and the Beggar 4 min 4 King Canute on the Seashore 3 min 5 The Sons of William the Conqueror 6 min 6 The White Ship 6 min 7 King John and the Abbot 8 min 8 A Story of Robin Hood 6 min 9 Bruce and the Spider 3 min 10 The Black Douglas 4 min 11 Three Men of Gotham 3 min 12 Other Wise Men of Gotham 5 min 13 The Miller of the Dee 3 min 14 Sir Philip Sidney 2 min 15 The Ungrateful Soldier 2 min 16 Sir Humphrey Gilbert 2 min 17 Sir Walter Raleigh 4 min 18 Pocahontas 2 min 19 George Washington and his Hatchet 2 min 20 Grace Darling 3 min 21 The Story of William Tell 3 min 22 Arnold Winkelried 3 min 23 The Bell of Atri 7 min 24 How Napoleon Crossed the Alps 2 min 25 The Story of Cincinnatus 7 min 26 The Story of Regulus 5 min 27 Cornelia's Jewels 4 min 28 Androclus and the Lion 5 min 29 Horatius at the Bridge 6 min 30 Julius Cæsar 2 min 31 The Sword of Damocles 3 min 32 Damon and Pythias 3 min 33 A Laconic Answer 2 min 34 The Ungrateful Guest 2 min 35 Alexander and Bucephalus 3 min 36 Diogenes the Wise Man 3 min 37 The Brave Three Hundred 3 min 38 Socrates and his House 1 min 39 The King and his Hawk 5 min 40 Doctor Goldsmith 2 min 41 The Kingdoms 5 min 42 The Barmecide Feast 5 min 43 The Endless Tale 5 min 44 The Blind Men and the Elephant 3 min 45 Maximilian and the Goose Boy 4 min 46 The Inchcape Rock 4 min 47 Whittington and his Cat 14 min 48 Casabianca 4 min 49 Antonio Canova 6 min 50 Picciola 7 min 51 Mignon 6 min
