=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