x PREFACE 



a part of a tale entitled "The Coyote and the 

 Beetle/' from Zuni Folk-Tales, by Frank Ham- 

 ilton Gushing. Much of the matter included in 

 the chapter on the California road-runner orig- 

 inally appeared in the pages of Saint Nicholas. 



EDMUND C. JAEGER 



PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA 

 January, 1922 



