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•  The Sorcerer's Apprentice: An Anthology of Magical Tales • interior artwork by Natalie Frank
• xi • Preface (The Sorcerer's Apprentice) • essay by Jack Zipes
• xxiii • Notes and Acknowledgments (The Sorcerer's Apprentice) • essay by Jack Zipes
• 1 • Introduction: The Sorcerer's Apprentice, Harry Potter, and Why Magic Matters • essay by Jack Zipes
• 85 • Eucrates and Pancrates • (1921) • short story by Lucian of Samosata
• 88 • The Story of the Brahmin Padmanaba and the Young Hassan • short story by François Pétis de la Croix (trans. of Histoire du brachmane Padmanaba et du jeune Fyquaï 1707)
• 97 • The Pupil in Magic • (1853) • poem by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (trans. of Der Zauberlehrling 1798)
• 101 • Cornelius Agrippa's Bloody Book • (1801) • poem by Robert Southey
• 103 • The Last Exorciser • (1838) • short story by Sir Walter Scott
• 103 • The Book of Magic • short story by
  Е. А. Чудинский^?E. A. Chudinskiy
  (trans. of
  Чернокнижник^?Chernoknizhnik
  1864) [as by
  John Naaké (in error)^?John Naake (in error)
  ]
• 105 • The Master and His Pupil; or, The Magic Book • (1884) • short story by Alfred Cooper Fryer
• 110 • The Lady's Fifth Story • (1886) • short story by Sheykh-Zada
• 112 • The Blacksmith and the Devil • (1890) • short story by Edith Hodgetts
• 117 • The Rash Magician • (1916) • short story by Henry Thomas Francis
• 119 • The Sorcerer's Apprentice • (1941) • short story by Richard Rostron
• 123 • The Mojo • (1956) • short story by Richard M. Dorson
• 124 • The Do-All Ax • (1957) • short story by Harold Courlander
• 129 • Erysichthon and Mestra • (1922) • poem by Ovid
• 136 • The Saga of the Well-and-Wise-Walking Khan • (1873) • short story by R. H. Busk [as by Rachel Harriette Busk]
• 140 • Bhavašarman and the Two Witches • (1880) • short story by Somadeva Bhatta [as by Somadeva]
• 142 • The Magician's Apprentice • (2003) • short story by Farid al-Din 'Attar
• 144 • Maestro Lattantio and His Apprentice Dionigi • (2001) • short story by Giovanni Francesco Straparola (trans. of Maestro Lattantio 1551) [as by Giovan Francesco Straparola]
• 151 • The Deceiver Shall Be Deceived • (1886) • short story by Pandit S. M. Natesa Sastri [as by Sanghendi Mahalingam Natesa Sastri]
• 163 • The Nimble Thief and His Master • [
  KHM (Kinder- und Hausmärchen)^?KHM (Kinder- und Hausmaerchen)
  • 68] • short story by Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm (trans. of De Gaudeif un sien Meester 1819)
• 166 • The Sorcerer and His Apprentice • short story by Kazimierz Wladyslaw Woycicki (trans. of
  Czarownik i uczeń^?Czarownik i uczen
  1837)
• 169 • The Devil and His Pupil • short story by Albert Schott and Arthur Schott (trans. of Der Teufel und sein Schüler 1845)
• 174 • The Magic Combat • short story by Ludwig Bechstein (trans. of Der Zauber-Wettkampf 1857)
• 178 • The Teacher and His Pupil • short story by J. G. von Hahn (trans. of Der Lehrer und sein Schüler 1864) [as by Johann Georg von Hahn]
• 184 • The Tuft of Wild Beet • (2009) • short story by
  Giuseppe Pitrè^?Giuseppe Pitre
  (trans. of La troffa di la razza 1875)
• 190 • Oh, Relief! • short story by Domenico Comparetti (trans. of Bene mio 1875)
• 193 • The Magician and His Servant • short story by François-Marie Luzel (trans. of Le magicien et son valet 1885)
• 202 • Farmer Weathersky • [Norske Folkeeventyr • 57] • (1854) • short story by
  Peter Asbjørnsen^?Peter Asbjoernsen
  and
  Jørgen Moe^?Jorgen Moe
  (trans. of Bonde Værskegg 1844) [as by George Webbe Dasent]
• 209 • The Fisherman's Son and the Gruagach of Tricks • (1890) • short story by Jeremiah Curtin [as by Jerome Curtin]
• 218 • The Wonderful Trade • (1890) • short story by Edith Hodgetts
• 227 • The Story of Ali the Merchant and the Brahmin • (1892) • short story by Charles Swynnerton
• 243 • The Tale of the Sorcerer • short story by Leo Wiener (trans. of Di Majnse vin dem Pojps 1902)
• 247 • The Twelfth Captain's Tale • (1923) • short story by J. C. Mardrus (trans. of Histoire racontée par le douxième capitaine de police 1904) [as by Joseph Charles Mardrus]
• 253 • The Battle of the Enchanters • (1907) • short story by Fletcher Gardner
• 254 • The Black King of Morocco • (1908) • short story by Peter Buchan
• 257 • The Boy Who Learnt Magic • (1909) • short story by Cecil Henry Bompas
• 260 • The Magician's Heart • (1912) • short story by E. Nesbit [as by Edith Nesbit]
• 272 • The Two Magicians • short story by Marius Barbeau (trans. of Les deux magiciens 1916) [as by Claude-Marius Barbeau]
• 274 • The Forest Dweller • (1991) • short story by Hermann Hesse (trans. of Der Waldmensch 1919)
• 281 • Red Magic • (1921) • short story by Heywood Broun
• 286 • The Mysterious Book • (1921) • short story by Dean Fansler
• 289 • The Battle of the Enchanters • (1923) • short story by Elsie Clews Parsons
• 293 • The Sorcerer's Apprentice • short story by Romuald Pramberger (trans. of Der Zauberlehrling 1926)
• 296 • The Mistress of Magic • (1926) • short story by Seumas MacManus
• 306 • The Two Magicians • short story by
  Joseph Médard Carrière^?Joseph Medard Carriere
  (trans. of Les deux magiciens 1937)
• 311 • The High Sheriff and His Servant • (1958) • short story by John Mason Brewer
• 312 • The Man and His Son • (1962) • short story by Corinne Saucier
• 313 • The Magician and His Disciple • (1997) • short story by A. K. Ramanujan
• 323 • About an Evil Man in Groß-Särchen • short story by Joachim Leopold Haupt (trans. of Von einem bösen Herrn in Groß-Särchen)
• 324 • Krabat: A Legend from Folklore • short story by Michael Hornig (trans. of Krabat: Powejestka z ludu 1858)
• 326 • Krabat • short story by Georg Gustav Kubasch (trans. of Krabat 1865)
• 329 • The Sorcerer's Apprentice, I • short story by Edmund Veckenstedt (trans. of Der Zauberlehrling I 1880)
• 331 • The Sorcerer's Apprentice, II • short story by Edmund Veckenstedt (trans. of Der Zauberlehrling II 1880)
• 333 • The Story About Krabat • short story by Johann Goltsch (trans. of
  Bajka wo Krabaće^?Bajka wo Krabace
  1885)
• 334 • The Wendish Faust Legend • short story by Georg Pilk (trans. of Die wendische Faust-Sage 1900)
• 344 • Krabat • short story by Jerzy Slizinski (trans. of Krabat 1964)
• 349 • Biographies of Authors, Editors, Collectors, and Translators (The Sorcerer's Apprentice) • essay by uncredited
• 365 • Filmography (The Sorcerer's Apprentice) • essay by uncredited
• 369 • Bibliography (The Sorcerer's Apprentice) • essay by uncredited
• 387 • Selected and Chronological List of Sorcerer's Apprentice Tales • essay by Jack Zipes