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CONTENTS.

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INTRODUCTION

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I.--LEGENDS or THE TARTARO

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  The Tartaro

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  M. d'Abbadie's Version

4

    Variations of above

5

  Errua, the Madman

6

    Variations of above

10

  The Three Brothers, the Cruel Master, and the Tartaro

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  The Tartaro and Petit Perroquet

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II.--THE HEREN-SUGE.--THE SEVEN-HEADED SERPENT

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  The Grateful Tartaro and the Heren-Suge

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    Variation of above

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  The Seven-Headed Serpent

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  The Serpent in the Wood

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III.--ANIMAL TALES

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  Acheria, the Fox

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  The Ass and the Wolf

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IV.--BASA-JAUN, BASA-ANDRE, AND LAMINAK

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  Basa-Jauna

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  The Servant at the Fairy's

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  The Fairy in the House

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  The Pretty but Idle Girl

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  The Devil's Age

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  The Fairy-Queen Godmother

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V.--WITCHCRAFT AND SORCERY

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  The Witches at the Sabbat

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  The Witches and the Idiots

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  The Witch and the New-Born Infant

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  The Changeling

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VI.--CONTES DES FÉES

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  (A) Tales like the Keltic

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    Malbrouk

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    The Fisherman and his Sons

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    Tabakiera, the Snuff-Box

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    Mahistruba, the Master Mariner

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    Dragon

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    Ezkabi-Fidel

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      Variation of above

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    The Lady-Pigeon and her Comb

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      Suggested Explanation of above

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    Laur-Cantons

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    The Young School-Boy

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    The Son who Heard Voices

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    The Mother and her Idiot Son; or, the Clever Thief

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    Juan Dekos, the Blockhead (Tontua)

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      Variation of the above--Juan de Kalais

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    The Duped Priest

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  (B) Contes dos Fées, derived directly from the French

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    Ass'-Skin

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      Variations of above

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    The Step-Mother and Step-Daughter

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    Beauty and the Beast

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      Variation of above

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    The Cobbler and his Three Daughters (Blue-Beard)

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      Variations of above

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    The Singing Tree, the Bird which tells the Truth, and the Water which makes Young

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      Variation of above

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    The White Blackbird

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    The Sister and her Seven Brothers

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      Variations, etc.

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    List of Publication of Foreign Legends in France

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  VII.--RELIGIOUS TALES

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  Fourteen

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    Variation of above--Jesus Christ and the Old Soldier

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  The Poor Soldier and the Rich Man

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  The Widow and her Son

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  The Story of the Hair-Cloth Shirt (La Cilice)

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  The Saintly Orphan Girl

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  The Slandered and Despised Girl

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AN ESSAY ON THE BASQUE LANGUAGE

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APPENDIX.--BASQUE POETRY

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