Originally published in 1901, this book contains twenty six folk tales from the Malay peninsula.

1. Father lime-stick and the flower-pecker; 2. The king of the tigers is sick; 3. The mouse-deer's shipwreck; 4. Who killed the otter's babies? (A 'clock' story); 5. A vegetarian dispute; 6. The friendship of T¿pai the squirrel and R¿an the creeping fish; 7. The pelican's punishment; 8. The tiger gets his deserts; 9. The tiger's mistake; 10. The tune that makes the tiger drowsy; 11. The 'tigers' fold'; 12. The tiger and the shadow; 13. Wit wins the day; 14. The king-crow and the water-snail; 15. Father 'follow-my-nose' and the four priests; 16. The elephant-princess and the prince; 17. The elephant has a bet with the tiger; 18. Princess S¿dong of the caves; 19. The saint that was shot out of his own cannon; 20. The saints who grave-stones moved; 21. Nakh¿da Rágam who was pricked to death by his wife's needle; 22. The legend of P¿t¿ni; 23. A Malayan deluge; 24. King Solomon and the birds; 25. The outwitting of the G¿dembai; 26. The silver prince, and Princess lemon-grass; Notes; Index.