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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)
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Chapters
- Chapter 1
Concerning These Stories
03:10 - Chapter 2
King Alfred and the Cakes
03:45 - Chapter 3
King Alfred and the Beggar
03:56 - Chapter 4
King Canute on the Seashore
02:50 - Chapter 5
The Sons of William the Conqueror
06:05 - Chapter 6
The White Ship
06:01 - Chapter 7
King John and the Abbot
08:15 - Chapter 8
A Story of Robin Hood
05:34 - Chapter 9
Bruce and the Spider
02:58 - Chapter 10
The Black Douglas
03:54 - Chapter 11
Three Men of Gotham
02:41 - Chapter 12
Other Wise Men of Gotham
04:53 - Chapter 13
The Miller of the Dee
02:55 - Chapter 14
Sir Philip Sidney
02:08 - Chapter 15
The Ungrateful Soldier
02:04 - Chapter 16
Sir Humphrey Gilbert
01:49 - Chapter 17
Sir Walter Raleigh
04:24 - Chapter 18
Pocahontas
01:59 - Chapter 19
George Washington and his Hatchet
01:49 - Chapter 20
Grace Darling
03:19 - Chapter 21
The Story of William Tell
02:57 - Chapter 22
Arnold Winkelried
03:03 - Chapter 23
The Bell of Atri
07:01 - Chapter 24
How Napoleon Crossed the Alps
01:47 - Chapter 25
The Story of Cincinnatus
07:09 - Chapter 26
The Story of Regulus
04:55 - Chapter 27
Cornelia's Jewels
04:27 - Chapter 28
Androclus and the Lion
04:57 - Chapter 29
Horatius at the Bridge
06:00 - Chapter 30
Julius Cæsar
02:27 - Chapter 31
The Sword of Damocles
03:15 - Chapter 32
Damon and Pythias
02:56 - Chapter 33
A Laconic Answer
02:03 - Chapter 34
The Ungrateful Guest
02:16 - Chapter 35
Alexander and Bucephalus
02:45 - Chapter 36
Diogenes the Wise Man
02:31 - Chapter 37
The Brave Three Hundred
02:42 - Chapter 38
Socrates and his House
01:10 - Chapter 39
The King and his Hawk
04:53 - Chapter 40
Doctor Goldsmith
02:08 - Chapter 41
The Kingdoms
04:54 - Chapter 42
The Barmecide Feast
04:52 - Chapter 43
The Endless Tale
04:32 - Chapter 44
The Blind Men and the Elephant
03:11 - Chapter 45
Maximilian and the Goose Boy
04:11 - Chapter 46
The Inchcape Rock
03:50 - Chapter 47
Whittington and his Cat
14:01 - Chapter 48
Casabianca
03:37 - Chapter 49
Antonio Canova
06:06 - Chapter 50
Picciola
07:20 - Chapter 51
Mignon
05:44