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• ix • Acknowledgements (Scottish Folk and Fairy Tales from Burns to Buchan) • essay by Gordon Jarvie
• xi • Introduction (Scottish Folk and Fairy Tales from Burns to Buchan) • essay by Gordon Jarvie
• xvi • Further Reading (Scottish Folk and Fairy Tales from Burns to Buchan) • essay by uncredited
• xviii • Note on the Texts (Scottish Folk and Fairy Tales from Burns to Buchan) • essay by Gordon Jarvie
• 3 • The Milk-white Doo • (1910) • short story by Elizabeth Grierson
• 8 • The Well o' the World's End • (1910) • short story by Elizabeth Grierson
• 12 • The Seal Catcher and the Merman • (1910) • short story by Elizabeth Grierson
• 18 • The Mermaid • (1819) • poem by James Hogg
• 21 • The Laird of Morphie and the Water Kelpie • (unknown) • short story by Elizabeth Grierson
• 25 • The Laird o' Co • (1910) • short story by Elizabeth Grierson
• 29 • The Brownie o' Ferne-Den • (1910) • short story by Elizabeth Grierson
• 34 • Katherine Crackernuts • (1910) • short story by Elizabeth Grierson
• 44 • Tam Lin • (1792) • poem by Anonymous
• 51 • Thomas the Rhymer • (1803) • poem by uncredited [as by Anonymous]
• 55 • Thomas the Rhymer, Son of the Dead Woman • (1955) • short story by Margaret Fay Shaw
• 58 • Gold-tree and Silver-tree • short story by Kenneth MacLeod (variant of Gold-Tree and Silver-Tree 1888) [as by Joseph Jacobs (in error)]
• 62 • The Magic Walking-stick • (1927) • short story by John Buchan
• 77 • The Two Shepherds • (1860) • short story by J. F. Campbell [as by John Francis Campbell]
• 79 • The Sprightly Tailor • short story by Cuthbert Bede [as by Joseph Jacobs (in error)]
• 82 • The Lonely Giant • (1973) • short story by Alasdair MacLean
• 92 • The Man in the Boat • (1981) • short story by Betsy Whyte
• 97 • Assipattle and the Mester Stoorworm • (1910) • short story by Elizabeth Grierson
• 115 • Tam o' Shanter: A Tale • (1791) • poem by Robert Burns (variant of Tam O'Shanter)
• 123 • Adam Bell • (1820) • short story by James Hogg
• 128 • The Grey Wolf • (2003) • short story by George MacDonald (variant of The Gray Wolf 1864)
• 135 • Black Andie's Tale of Tod Lapraik • short story by Robert Louis Stevenson (variant of The Tale of Tod Lapraik 1893)
• 142 • Through the Veil • (1910) • short story by Arthur Conan Doyle [as by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle]
• 151 • The Gold of Fairnilee • (1888) • novelette by Andrew Lang
• 193 • The Kelpie • (1921) • poem by Violet Jacob
• 195 • The Rowan • (1927) • poem by Violet Jacob
• 196 • The Man in the Lochan • (unknown) • short story by Eona MacNicol
• 209 • Why Everyone Should Be Able To A Story • (1961) • short story by John L. Campbell (I) [as by John Lorne Campbell]
• 211 • The Tail • (1860) • short story by J. F. Campbell [as by John Francis Campbell]
• 213 • Notes on the Authors (Scottish Folk and Fairy Tales from Burns to Buchan) • essay by Gordon Jarvie