Indian Fairy Tales

Selected and Edited by

Joseph Jacobs

Illustrations by John D. Batten

1892

• Preface
• I. The Lion and the Crane
• II. How the Raja's Son won the Princess Labam
• III. The Lambikin
• IV. Punchkin
• V. The Broken Pot
• VI. The Magic Fiddle
• VII. The Cruel Crane Outwitted
• VIII. Loving Laili
• IX. The Tiger, the Brahman, and the Jackal
• X. The Soothsayer's Son
• XI. Harisarman
• XII. The Charmed Ring
• XIII. The Talkative Tortoise
• XIV. A Lac of Rupees for a Bit of Advice
• XV. The Gold-giving Serpent
• XVI. The Son of Seven Queens
• XVII. A Lesson for Kings
• XVIII. Pride goeth before a Fall
• XIX. Raja Rasalu
• XX. The Ass in the Lion's Skin
• XXI. The Farmer and the Money-lender
• XXII. The Boy who had a Moon on his Forehead and a Star on his Chin
• XXIII. The Prince and the Fakir
• XXIV. Why the Fish Laughed
• XXV. The Demon with the Matted Hair
• XXVI. The Ivory City and its Fairy Princess
• XXVII. How Sun, Moon, and Wind went out to Dinner
• XXVIII. How the Wicked Sons were Duped
• XXIX. The Pigeon and the Crow
• Notes and References