My Dark Companions and Their Strange Stories
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About This Book
Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. This book is printed in black & white, Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Reprinted in 2022 with the help of original edition published long back 1893. As this book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages. Resized as per current standards. We expect that you will understand our compulsion with such books. If it is multi volume set, then it is only ...
Chapters (41)
- Henry M. Stanley "My Dark Companions"
- Preface.
- Chapter One.
- The Creation of Man.
- Chapter Two.
- The Goat, The Lion, and The Serpent.
- Chapter Three.
- The Queen of the Pool.
- Chapter Four.
- The Elephant and the Lion.
- Chapter Five.
- King Gumbi and his Lost Daughter.
- Chapter Six.
- The Story of Maranda.
- Chapter Seven.
- The Story of Kitinda and her Wise Dog.
- Chapter Eight.
- The Story of the Prince who Insisted on Possessing the Moon.
- Chapter Nine.
- How Kimyera Became King of Uganda.
- Chapter Ten.
- The Legend of the Leopardess and her Two Servants, Dog and Jackal.
- Chapter Eleven.
- A Second Version of the Leopard and the Dog Story.
- How the Dog outwitted the Leopard.
- Chapter Twelve.
- The Legend of the Cunning Terrapin and the Crane.
- Chapter Thirteen.
- The Legend of Kibatti the Little who Conquered all the Great Animals.
- Chapter Fourteen.
- The Partnership of Rabbit and Elephant, and what came of it.
- Chapter Fifteen.
- The Adventures of Saruti.
- Chapter Sixteen.
- The Boy Kinneneh and the Gorilla.
- Chapter Seventeen.
- The City of the Elephants.
- Chapter Eighteen.
- The Search for the Home of the Sun.
- Chapter Nineteen.
- A Hospitable Gorilla.
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