The Story of Devadatta
Somadeva (Flourished about 1070 A.D.)
Somadeva (Soma with the Brahminical suffix deva) was a poet of Kashmir. His celebrated collection, the Ocean of Streams of...
The Shipwreck of Simonides
Phaedrus (15 B.C.?—55 A.D.?)
It was the chief distinction of this writer to have collected the Fables of Jesop (or whoever it was who wrote...
The History of Susanna
The History of Susanna (From The Apocrypha)
Susanna was originally a part of the Book of Daniel, but was set apart as apocryphal, because it...
The Ass in the Lion`s Skin
Ancient India
Sanskrit is the classical language of the Hindus of ancient India. Practically the whole of that extraordinary literature which began with the Vedas...
The Country Mouse and the Town Mouse
Jesop (6th Century, B.C.?)
Jesop was “not a poet,” says Gilbert Murray, “but the legendary author of a particular type of story.” This type is...
The Fury part 12
She laid the handkerchief in the basket, and also the cross, and closed the lid. But when he looked into her face, he started....
The Fury part 11
She took his hand, that was not able to prevent her, and unbound the linen. When she saw the swelling, she shuddered, and gave...
The Fury part 10
It is only this confounded ready blood of mine, that always makes a thing look worse than it is.”
“Let me come and bind it...
The Fury part 9
She could not repress a start, but her eyes flashed bravely on him. “You may kill me if you dare,” she said slowly.
“I do...
The Fury part 8
And now they sat together in this boat, like two most deadly enemies, while their hearts were beating fit to kill them. Antonio`s usually...
