None of the author's authorities knew English; they all told their stories in Bengali, and he translated them into English when he returned home. Partial Contents: Life's Secret; Indigent Brahman; Story of the Rakshasas; Evil Eye of Sani; Boy Whom Seven Mothers Suckled; Origin of Opium; Adventures of Two Thieves; Ghost-Brahman; Man Who Wished to be Perfect; Ghostly Wife; Story of a Hiraman; Boy With the Moon on His Forehead; Field of Bones.