LIST OF STORIES
Reading edition
NARRATIVES OF FICTITIOUS EVENTS
Myths
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The World's Creation and the Birth of Wainamoinen From the Kalevala 14
Students' Themes—
Origin of the Moon Emanuel Baja 16
The First Cocoanut Tree Manuel Reyes 18
The Lotus Ida Treat 21
Legends
Kenach's Little Woman William Canton 28
Students' Themes—
A Legend of Gapan Teofilo Corpus 36
Manca: a Legend of the Incas Dorothea Knoblock 38
The Place of the Red Grass Sixto Guico 42
Fairy Tales
The Boggart From the English 55
Students' Themes—
Cafre and the Fisherman's Wife Benito Ebuen 57
The Friendship of an Asuang and a Duende Emanuel Baja 58
A Tianac Frightens Juan Santiago Ochoa 61
The Black Cloth of the Calumpang Eusebio Ramos 63
Nursery Tales
Princess Helena the Fair From the Russian 69
Students' Themes—
Juan the Guesser Bienvenido Gonzalez 73
The Shepherd who became King Vicente Hilario 78
Fables
Jupiter and the Countryman From the Spectator 90
The Drop of Water (Persian) From the Spectator 91
The Grandee at the Judgment Seat Kriloff 91
The Lion and the Old Hare From the Hitopadesa 92
The Fox and the Crab From the Turkish 93
The Fool who Sells Wisdom From the Turkish 94
The Archer and the Trumpeter From the Turkish 95
Students' Themes—
The Courtship of Sir Butterfly Maximo M. Kalaw 96
The Hat and the Shoes José R. Perez 98
The Crocodile and the Peahen Elisa Esguerra 99
The Old Man, his Son, and his Grandson Eutiquiano Garcia 100
Parables
The Three Questions Tolstoy 104
Students' Themes—
A Master and his Servant Eusebio Ramos 110
The Parable of the Beggar and the Givers Dorothea Knoblock 111
Allegories
The Artist Oscar Wilde 120
The House of Judgment Oscar Wilde 120
Students' Themes—
The Chain that Binds Elizabeth Sudborough 123
The Love which Surpassed All Other Loves Florence Gifford 125
Tales of Mere Wonder
The Story of the City of Brass From the Arabian Nights 132
Student's Theme—
The Magic Ring, the Bird, and the Basket Facundo Esquivel 147
Imaginary Voyages
Mellonta Tauta Edgar Allan Poe 155
Student's Theme—
Busyong's Trip to Jupiter Manuel Candido 173
Tale of Scientific Discovery and Mechanical Invention
A Curious Vehicle Alexander Wilson Drake 200
Students' Themes—
The Spyglass of the Past Hazel Orcutt 218
Up a Water Spout Edna Collister 221
Detective Story and Tale of Mere Plot
Thou Art the Man Edgar Allan Poe 228
Student's Theme—
The Picture of Lhasa Hazel Orcutt 248
Tales of More-or-Less Probable Adventure
Fight with a Bear Charles Reade 257
Student's Theme—
Secret of the Jade Tlaloc Dorothea Knoblock 267
Society Stories
The Fur Coat Ludwig Fulda 277
Student's Theme—
The Lady in Pink Wilma I. Ball 289
Humorous Stories
The Expatriation of Jonathan Taintor Charles Battell Loomis 302
Students' Themes—
Kileto and the Physician Lorenzo Licup 307
The Lame Man and the Deaf Family Santiago Rotea 311
Occasional Stories
The Lost Child François Coppée 315
Students' Themes—
The Peace of Yesterdays Katherine Kurz 334
A Christmas Legend Ida F. Treat 342
Moral Story
Jeannot and Colin Voltaire 348
Pedagogical Narratives
Gertrude's Method of Instruction Pestalozzi 365
Student's Theme—
Lawin-lawinan (a Filipino game) Leopoldo Uichanco 368
Stories of Present-Day Realism
The Piece of String Maupassant 374
Students' Themes—
A Social Error Ida Treat 382
The Lot of the Poor Agnes Palmer 388
Filipino Fear Walfrido de Leon 390
Psychological Weird Tales
The Signal-Man Charles Dickens 403
Student's Theme—
Like a Thief in the Night Dorothea Knoblock 420
Stories That Emphasize Character and Environment
Muhammad Din Rudyard Kipling 432
Students' Themes—
The Fetters Katherine Kurz 436
When Terry Quit Dorothea Knoblock 446
Nora Titay and Chiquito Joaquina E. Tirona 453
Stories That Emphasize Character and Events
The Necklace Maupassant 460
Student's Theme—
Andong Justo Avila 470
NARRATIVES OF ACTUAL EVENTS
Incidents
A Near Tragedy Fielding 482
An Incident before Sadowa: Birds Divulge Army Secrets Newspaper 483
An Incident Related in a Letter Robert Louis Stevenson 484
Students' Themes—
A Hero Dead Ida Treat 485
My First Day at School Máximo Kalaw 487
The Guinatan Prize Leopoldo Faustino 488
Anecdotes
Coleridge's Retort 493
An Inevitable Misfortune 494
A Point Needing to be Settled 494
Patience 494
Preaching and Practice 495
Johnson's Dictionary 495
The Boy Kipling 496
Sir Godfrey Kneller Spence 496
Pope and the Trader Spence 497
The Capitan Municipal and the Jokers José Feliciano 497
An Instance of Bamboo Spanish Pilar Ejercito 498
Mr. Taft's Mistake Amando Clements 499
Eye-Witness Accounts
The Portuguese Revolution Newspaper 503
Student's Theme—
A Contrast Adolfo Scheerer 509
Tales of Actual Adventures
The Bear Hunt Tolstoy 514
Students' Themes—
Saladin and I Fight an Alupong Cecilio Esquivel 525
I Get Two Beatings Facundo Esquivel 527
The Fall of Juan Gregorio Farrales 528
A Narrow Escape from a Wild Carabao José Cariño 529
Travellers' Sketches
On the Way to Talavera George Borrow 534
Smyrna—First Glimpses of the East Thackeray 539
Student's Theme—
A Trip from Curimao to Laoag Fernando Maramag 551
Journals and Diaries
Extracts from Pepys' Diary 562
Students' Themes—
A Diary of Four Days Facundo Esquivel 564
A Journal: Mock Heroic Victoriano Yamzon 567
Autobiography and Memoirs
The Life of David Hume, Esq. Written by himself 575
Student autobiography Domingo Guanio 585
What I Remember of the Coming of the Americans Leopoldo Faustino 588
Biographies
Queen Christina Hawthorne 595
Students' Themes—
Juan Luna's Life Dolores Asuncion 604
Life of Elizabeth Glade Nellie Barrington 607
The Biography of a Traitor Walfrido de Leon 609
Annals
The State of England, in Stephen's Reign Peterborough Chronicle 616
Students' Themes—
Annals of Mangaldan Translated by Bernabe Aquino 621
Annals of Pagsanjan Dolores Zafra 622
Chronicles
Rivalry between Two Towns Froissart 630
Students' Themes—
A Short History of Ilagan Fernando Maramag 636
Some Incidents of the Rebellion of 1898: A True Relation Marcelino Montemayor 639