This is perhaps the best summing up of the value of this collection. Since the publication of the book in 1910, I have had many opportunities of testing the value of the dramatic appeal in these stories both for adults and boys and girls of adolescent age. When presented at this impressionable period, the inner meaning will sink more deeply into their minds than the same truths presented in a more direct and didactic fashion. I am greatly indebted to Professor Rhys Davids, not only because he has placed the material of his translations from the Pali at my disposal, but also because of his unfailing kindness and help in directing my work. I am fortunate to have had the restraining influence of so great a scholar so that I might not lose the Indian atmosphere and line of thought which is of such value in these stories. I most gratefully acknowledge my indebtedness to the Cambridge Press, by whose courtesy I have been able to include several of the stories published in their volumes. I present here a selection from over 500 stories. MARIE L. SHEDLOCK. Cambridge, Massachusetts. CONTENTS 1. THE HARE THAT RAN AWAY 1 2. THE MONKEY AND THE CROCODILE 8 3. THE SPIRIT THAT LIVED IN A TREE 13 4. THE HARE THAT WAS NOT AFRAID TO DIE 19 5. THE PARROT THAT FED HIS PARENTS 27 6. THE MAN WHO WORKED TO GIVE ALMS 35 7. THE KING WHO SAW THE TRUTH 41 8. THE BULL THAT DEMANDED FAIR TREATMENT 49 9. THE BULL THAT PROVED HIS GRATITUDE 57 10. THE HORSE THAT HELD OUT TO THE END 63 11. THE MONKEY THAT SAVED THE HERD 71 12. THE MALLARD THAT ASKED FOR TOO MUCH 77 13. THE MERCHANT WHO OVERCAME ALL 81 OBSTACLES 14. THE ELEPHANT THAT WAS HONORED IN OLD 87 AGE 15. THE FAITHFUL FRIEND 93 16. THE HAWK AND THE OSPREY 99 17. GRANDMOTHER’S GOLDEN DISH 107 18. THE ELEPHANT THAT SPARED LIFE 115 19. HOW THE ANTELOPE WAS CAUGHT 123 20. THE BANYAN DEER 129 21. THE PUPIL WHO TAUGHT HIS TEACHER 139 22. THE MAN WHO TOLD A LIE 145 23. THE CROW THAT THOUGHT IT KNEW 153 24. THE JUDAS TREE 159 25. THE RIVER-FISH AND THE MONEY 163 26. THE DREAMER IN THE WOOD 171 27. THE RICE MEASURE 175 28. THE POISONOUS TREES 183 29. THE WELL-TRAINED ELEPHANT 189