Twenty-three Tales

CONTENTS PAGE PREFACE .................................................... v PART I: TALES FOR CHILDREN: PUBLISHED ABOUT 1872. 1. GOD SEES THE TRUTH, BUT WAITS ........................... 1 2. A PRISONER IN THE CAUCASUS ............................. 10 3. THE BEAR-HUNT .......................................... 40 PART II: POPULAR STORIES. 4. WHAT MEN LIVE BY (1881) ................................ 50 5. A SPARK NEGLECTED BURNS THE HOUSE (1885) ............... 75 6. TWO OLD MEN (1885) ..................................... 92 7. WHERE LOVE IS, GOD IS (1885) .......................... 118 PART III: A FAIRY TALE. 8. THE STORY OF IVAN THE FOOL (1883) ..................... 132 PART IV: STORIES WRITTEN TO PICTURES (1885). 9. EVIL ALLURES, BUT GOOD ENDURES ........................ 162 10. LITTLE GIRLS WISER THAN MEN .......................... 165 11. ILYAS ................................................ 168 PART V: FOLK-TALES RETOLD. 12. THE THREE HERMITS (1886) ............................. 174 13. THE IMP AND THE CRUST (1886) ......................... 182 14. HOW MUCH LAND DOES A MAN NEED? (1886) ................ 185 15. A GRAIN AS BIG AS A HEN'S EGG (1886) ................. 204 16. THE GODSON (1886) .................................... 208 17. THE REPENTANT SINNER (1886) .......................... 228 18. THE EMPTY DRUM (1891) ................................ 231 PART VI: ADAPTATIONS FROM THE FRENCH. 19. THE COFFEE-HOUSE OF SURAT (1893) ..................... 241 20. TOO DEAR (1897) ...................................... 250 PART VII: STORIES GIVEN TO AID THE PERSECUTED JEWS (1903). 21. ESARHADDON, KING OF ASSYRIA .......................... 256 22. WORK, DEATH AND SICKNESS ............................. 264 23. THREE QUESTIONS ...................................... 267