King Alfred and the cakes -- King Alfred and the beggar -- King Canute on the seashore -- The sons of William the Conqueror -- The white ship -- King John and the abbot -- A story of Robin Hood -- Bruce the spider -- The black Douglas -- Three men of Gotham -- Other wise men of Gotham -- The miller of the dee -- Sir Philip Sidney -- The ungrateful soldier -- Sir Humphrey Gilbert -- Sir Walter Raleigh -- Pocahontas -- George Washington and his hatchet -- Grace darling -- The story of William Tell -- Arnold Winkelried -- The bell of atri -- How Napoleon crossed the alps -- The story of Cincinnatus -- The story of Regulus -- Cornelia's jewels -- Androclus and the lion -- Horatius at the bridge -- Julius Caesar -- The sword of Damocles -- Damon and Pythias -- A laconic answer -- The ungrateful guest -- Alexander and Bucephalus -- Diogenes the wise man -- The brave three hundred -- Socrates and his house -- The king and his hawk -- Doctor Goldsmith -- The kingdoms -- The barmecide feast -- The endless tale -- The blind men and the elephant -- Maximilian and the goose boy -- The inchcape rock -- Whittington and his cat -- Casablanca -- Antonio Canova -- Picciola -- Mignon.