Great Short Stories of the World -- a collection of complete short stories chosen from the literatures of all periods and countries

The two brothers (Anpu and Bata) / Anonymous -- Setna and the magic book / Anonymous -- Eumæus' : talk / Homer -- The country mouse and the town mouse / Æsop -- King Rhampsinitus and the thief / Herodotus -- Phineus and the harpies / Apollonius of Rhodes -- The robbers of Egypt / Heliodorus -- Horatius at the bridge / Livy -- Orpheus and the Eurydice / Ovid -- The shipwreck of Simonides / Phædrus -- The matron of Ephesus / Petronius -- The haunted house / Pliny the Younger -- The dream / Apuleius -- The book of Ruth (Old Testament) -- The history of Susanna (The Apocrypha) -- The prodigal son (New Testament) -- The raising of Lazarus (New Testament) -- Rabbi Akiva (The Talmud) -- The Jewish mother (The Talmud) -- The ass in the lion's skin (Jataka) -- The dove and the crow (Panchatantra) -- The story of Devadatta / Somadeva -- The jackal (Hitopadesa) -- Jamshid and Zuhak / Firdawsi -- The sailor and the pearl merchant / Anonymous -- Khaled and Djaida / Al-Asmal -- Abou Hassan the wag (Thousand and one nights) -- Grendel's raid (Beowulf) -- Esyllt and Sabrina / Geoffrey of Monmouth -- The humbling of Jovinian (Gesta Romanorum) -- Lludd and Llevelys (The Mabinogion) -- Launcelot's tourney / Sir Thomas Malory -- Roberto's tale / Robert Greene -- True relation of the apparition of one Mrs.