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                         Lists of Stories and
                       Programs for Story Hours


                              Compiled by

                The Staff of The Children's Department
                       St. Louis Public Library


                             and edited by

                            EFFIE L. POWER


                            Revised Edition

                               NEW YORK
                                 1921





FOREWORD


This story-hour material was first published in the Monthly Bulletin of
the St. Louis Public Library in 1914 and was later reprinted in pamphlet
form. It has been slightly revised for the present edition but the form
and viewpoint has not been changed and most of the notes remain as
originally written for the St. Louis Public Library Staff.

The editor has made no attempt to compile a complete handbook on
story-telling but has merely brought together in uniform printed form,
story lists and programs for story hours as they have been used to meet
the needs in the various divisions of the Children's Department of the
St. Louis Public Library. No claim is made to originality, but the
editor assumes all responsibility for the form and standard of the lists
as here presented.

The aim has been to keep the lists brief and to give short, practical
outlines which may be extended.

Since library story-telling is directed primarily toward inspirational
reading, the selections listed are chiefly from literary sources. A
wealth of material in the form of biography and history has not been
included, because books in those classes have been fully indexed by
subject in the library catalogues. For example: a list of Christmas
stories has been included among the lists for special days, but none has
been given for Washington's Birthday or Independence Day. There is,
however, a list of patriotic and historical narrative poems.

Further explanations will be found in the short paragraphs preceding
each list, and in the index to titles of stories.

EFFIE L. POWER,
_Director of Work with Children_.

Cleveland Public Library,
February 12, 1921.




CONTENTS

Foreword

Stories for little children
Stories for children three and four years old
Stories for children five and six years old
Suggestions for story hours for little children

Stories for special days; chiefly for little children
  Christmas stories
  Easter stories
  Thanksgiving stories
  Arbor Day stories
  Hallowe'en stories

Stories for older children
  Greek cycle stories
  Norse cycle stories
  King Arthur tales
  Charlemagne and Roland legends
  Chivalry tales
  Stories from Chaucer
  Stories from the Faerie Queene
  Irish hero tales
  Stories from Shakespeare
  Stories from the Old Testament
  Stories from the New Testament
  Robin Hood stories
  Ballad stories

For reading aloud
  Narrative poems
  Prose selections and stories

Books about story telling

Index to titles

Books referred to in the foregoing lists




STORIES FOR CHILDREN THREE AND FOUR
YEARS OLD.


The arrangement is in the order of degree of difficulty. Where the title
would naturally appear in the library catalogue, the author's name only
is given. Where a title appears in several lists, the source is given
only in one, which is indicated by giving the page number in bold face
type preceding title in the index at the end of this pamphlet.

Many of the stories listed may be found in simplified form in the
primers and readers on the little children's shelves.

Rhymes from Mother Goose.

  A was an apple pie.
  A was an archer who shot at a frog.
  This is the house that Jack built.
  Three little kittens lost their mittens.
  Old Mother Hubbard.
  Sing a song of sixpence.
  The Queen of Hearts.
  I saw a ship a-sailing.
  Tom he was a piper's son.
  London Bridge is broken down.
  Cock Robin and Jenny Wren.
  Who killed Cock Robin?

_Best versions of Mother Goose:_
  Lang. Nursery rhyme book.
  Norton. Heart of oak books, v. I.
  Book of nursery rhymes; Welsh.
  Mother Goose's melodies. Wheeler.
See also the Caldecott picture books.

The old woman and her pig.

  _Best versions:_
    Jacobs. English fairy tales.
    Lang. Nursery rhyme book.

  _Other versions:_
    Bailey and Lewis. For the children's hour.
    Bryant. How to tell stories.
    Lansing. Rhymes and stories.
    Norton. Heart of oak books, v. I.
    O'Shea. Six nursery classics.
    Scudder. Book of folk stories.
    Wiggin _and_ Smith. Tales of laughter.

Chicken Licken _or_ Henny Penny.

  _Best versions_:
    Jacobs. English fairy tales.
    Scudder. Book of folk stories.

  _Other versions_:
    Arnold _and_ Gilbert. Stepping stones to literature,
    v. 2. (Chicken Little.)
    Asbjoernsen. Fairy tales from the far north.
    (Hen who went to Dovrefjeld.)
    Bailey _and_ Lewis. For the children's hour.
    (Chicken Little.)
    Blaisdell. Child life in tale and fable. (Chicken
    Little.)
    Darton. Wonder book of beasts.
    Lansing. Rhymes and stories.
    Norton. Heart of oak books, v. I.
    Scudder. Book of folk stories.
    Scudder. Children's book.
    Tappan. Folk stories and fables.

Peter Rabbit. Potter.

The gingerbread man.[1]

Three little pigs.[1]

The pancake.[1]

Three goats.
    Poulsson. Through the farmyard gate.

[Footnote 1: For source, see page number preceding title in index.]

Golden cobwebs.

  _Best versions_:
    Bryant. Best stories to tell.
    Bryant. How to tell stories.

Little Black Sambo. Bannerman.

The cock, the mouse and the little red hen.[2] Lefevre.

How Jack went to seek his fortune.

  _Best version_:
    Jacobs. English fairy tales.

Three Billy Goats Gruff.[2]

The travels of a fox.[2]

The elves and the shoemaker.

  _Best versions_:
    Grimm. Fairy tales; ed. by Lucas.
    Scudder. Fables and folk stories.

  _Other versions_:
    Bailey and Lewis. For the children's hour
    Bryant. Stories to tell.
    Norton. Heart of oak books, v. I.
    Scudder. Book of folk stories.
    Scudder. Children's book.

The cat and the mouse.

  _Best version_:
    Jacobs. English fairy tales.

  _Other versions_:
    Arnold _and_ Gilbert. Stepping stones to literature, v. i.
    Bailey _and_ Lewis. For the children's hour.
    Darton. Wonder book of beasts.

[Footnote 2: For source, see page number preceding title in index.]




STORIES FOR CHILDREN FIVE AND SIX YEARS OLD.


As I walked over the hills one day. (Poem by Mrs. Carter.)

  _Best versions:_
    Chisholm. Golden staircase.
    Wiggin _and_ Smith. Pinafore Palace.

Bremen town musicians.

  _Best versions:_
    Grimm. Fairy tales; tr. by Lucas.
    Scudder. Fables and folk stories.

Dame Wiggin of Lee and her seven wonderful cats.

  _Best versions:_
    Dame Wiggin of Lee and seven wonderful cats.
    Norton. Heart of oak books, v. 2.
    O'Shea. Six nursery classics.

Doll in the grass.

  _Best versions:_
    Asbjoernsen. Fairy tales from the far north.
    Wiggin _and_ Smith. Fairy ring.

Epaminondas.

  _Best versions:_
    Bryant. Stories to tell to children.
    Bryant. Best stories to tell.

The Hobyahs.

  _Best version:_
    Jacobs. More English fairy tales.

The Half Chick or Medio Pollito.[3]

How the camel got his hump.
    Kipling. Just so stories.

[Footnote 3: For source, see page number preceding title in index.]

Johnny cake _or_ Wee bannock[1].

The Jumblies. (Poem by Lear.)
    Lear. Nonsense Songs.

Lambikin.

  _Best version:_
    Jacobs. Indian fairy tales.

  _Other versions:_
    Bryant. Stories to tell.
    Steel. Tales of the Punjab.

  Little grey pony.
    Lindsay. Mother stories.

  Little One-eye, Two-eyes and Three-eyes[4].

  Little red hen and the grain of wheat.

  _Best version:_
    Bryant. Stories to tell.

  _Other versions:_
    Bailey _and_ Lewis. For the children's hour.
    Blaisdell. Child life in tale and fable.

  Mother Hulda _or_ Mother Holle.

  _Best version:_
    Grimm. Fairy tales; tr. by Lucas.

  _Other versions:_
    Blaisdell. Child life in many lands.
    Lang. Red fairy book.

  Night before Christmas. (Poem by Clement C. Moore.)
    Moore. Night before Christmas; il. by Jessie Wilcox Smith.
    Moore. Night before Christmas (linen picture book).

[Footnote 4: For source, see page number in bold face type in index.]

  Ole Shut-Eye stories.

  _Best versions:_
    Andersen. Wonder stories.
    Andersen. Fairy tales.

  Peter Rabbit plays a joke.
    Burgess. Old Mother West Wind.

  Quick running squash.
    Aspinwall. Short stories for short people.

  Rat princess.
    Bryant. How to tell stories.

  The sheep and the pig who set up house-keeping.

  _Best version:_
    Thomsen. East o' the sun.

  _Other versions:_
    Asbjoernsen. Fairy tales from the far north. (Ram and the pig.)
    Asbjoernsen. Tales from the fjeld.
    Bailey _and_ Lewis. For the children's hour. (Adapted.)
    Wiggin _and_ Smith. Fairy ring.

  Snow White and Rose Red.[5]

  Spotty the turtle wins a race.
    Burgess. Old Mother West Wind.

  Stolen charm.

  _Best version:_
    Williston. Japanese fairy tales. 1st series.

  The straw, the coal and the bean.

  _Best version:_
    Grimm. Fairy tales; tr. by Lucas.

[Footnote 5: For source, see page number preceding title in index.]

  _Other versions:_
    Bailey _and_ Lewis. For the children's hour. (Why the bean
        wears a stripe.)
    Blaisdell. Child life in many lands.
    Strong. All the year round; Spring.

  The sun and the wind.

  _Best version:_
    Aesop. Fables; ed. by Jacobs.

  Three bears.[6]

  Timothy's shoes.
    Ewing. Lob-Lie-by-the-fire; and other tales.(To be adapted)

  Titty Mouse and Tatty Mouse.

  _Best version:_
    Jacobs. English fairy tales.

  Tom, the Water baby.
    Kingsley. Water babies, Ch. 1. (To be adapted.)

  Why all men love the moon.

  _Best version:_
    Holbrook. Book of nature myths.

  _Other versions:_
    Blaisdell. Child life in tale and fable. (Sun, the moon and the wind.)
    Jacobs. Indian fairy tales. (Sun, moon and wind go to dinner.)

  Who stole the bird's nest? (Poem by L.M. Child.)

  _Best version:_
    Wiggin _and_ Smith. Posy Ring.

  _Other versions:_
    Lovejoy. Nature in verse.
    Waterman. Graded memory selections.

[Footnote 6: For source, see page number preceding title in index.]

  Why the evergreens never lose their leaves.

  _Best version:_
    Holbrook. Book of nature myths.

  The wise men of Gotham.

  _Best version:_
    Jacobs. More English fairy tales.

  The wolf and the seven little goats.

  _Best version:_
    Grimm. Household stories tr. by Crane.

  _Other versions:_
    Blaisdell. Child life in tale and fable. (Adapted.) (Wolf and seven
        little goslings.)
    Grimm. Fairy tales. (Wolf and the seven young kids.)
    Mulock. Fairy book. (Wolf and the seven young goslings.)




SUGGESTIONS FOR STORY HOURS FOR LITTLE CHILDREN.


The following programs for story hours for the
little children are suggestive only. It is desirable
that the best folk tales be repeated as often as the
children desire, and that poems should be read or
recited in connection with the stories where there is
a response. The little children should never be held
longer than half an hour, and twenty minutes is
better. The stories to be told together are numbered
1 and 2. This grouping may be changed and additions
may be made from books which have been
duplicated freely in the juvenile book collections,
but the selection should be kept to the standard of
this list. Also, it is not required that the groups
of stories should be used in the order listed.

See also lists for special days.




PROGRAMS FOR STORY HOURS.

  1. Water of life. (Story of the three sons.)

  _Best version:_
    Grimm. Fairy tales; tr. by Lucas.

  _Other versions:_
    Grimm. Fairy tales; il. by Folkard.
    Grimm. German household tales; tr. by Edwardes.
    Jerrold. Reign of King Oberon.
    Shaw. Fairy tales for the second school year.
    Valentine. Aunt Louisa's book of fairy tales.
    Wiggin _and_ Smith. Magic casements.

  _Alternative_

  Water of life. (Story of the faithful servant.)

  _Best version:_
    Pyle. Wonder clock.

  _Other versions:_
    Lang. Golden mermaid.
    Lang. Pink fairy book.

  2. Princess whom nobody could silence.

  _Best version:_
    Thomsen. East o' the sun. (Princess who could not be silenced.)

  _Other versions:_
    Asbjoernsen. Fairy tales from the far north.
    Wiggin _and_ Smith. Tales of laughter.

  Compare with Peter Fiddle-de-dee in
      Bay. Danish fairy and folk tales.

       *       *       *       *       *

  1. Princess and the pea.

  _Best versions:_
    Andersen. Fairytales; tr. by Lucas.
    Andersen. Stories and tales; tr. by Dulcken.

  2. Lad who went to the north wind.

  _Best versions:_
    Asbjoernsen. Norse fairy tales; tr. by Dasent.
    Thomsen. East o' the sun.

  _Other versions:_
    Asbjoernsen. Fairy world.
    Bay. Danish fairy and folk tales.
    Carroll _and_ Brooks. Third reader. (Boy and the north wind.)
    Treadwell. Reading-literature, first reader.

       *       *       *       *       *

  1. Tinder box.

  _Best versions:_
    Andersen. Fairy tales; tr. by Lucas.
    Andersen. Wonder stories; tr. by Dulcken.

  _Other versions:_
    Lang. Yellow fairy book.
    Welsh. Fairy tales children love.
    Winnington. Outlook fairy book.

  2. Travels of a fox.

  _Best version:_
    Winnington. Outlook story book.

  _Other versions:_
    Bailey _and_ Lewis. For the children's hour.
    Johnson. Oak tree fairy book.

       *       *       *       *       *

  1. Robin Goodfellow.

  _Best version:_
    Rhys. English fairy book.

  _Other versions:_
    Coates. Fireside encyclopaedia of poetry. (Merry pranks of Robin
        Goodfellow.)
    Dana. Household book of poetry. (Merry pranks of Robin Goodfellow.)

  _Alternative._

  1. Presents of the little folk.

  _Best version:_
    Grimm. Fairy tales. (Little folks' presents.)

  _Other versions:_
    Grimm. German household tales.
    Grimm. Household fairy tales; tr. by Boldrey.(The greedy goldsmith's
        reward.)

  2. The fairies. (Poem by Robert Bird.)

  Wiggin _and_ Smith. Posy ring.

  See other poems about fairies in
    Wiggin _and_ Smith. Golden numbers _and_ Posy ring.

       *       *       *       *       *

  1. Snow queen.

  _Best versions:_
    Andersen. Fairy tales; tr. by Lucas.
    Andersen. Wonder stories; tr. by Dulcken.

  _Other versions:_
    Lang. Pink fairy book.
    Welsh. Fairy tales children love.

  Do not tell a second story.

  1. Golden bird.

  _Best version:_
    Grimm. Fairy tales; tr. by Lucas.

  _Other versions:_
     Asbjoernsen. Fairy tales from the far north.
     Asbjoernsen. Tales from the fjeld.
     Baldwin. Fairy stories and fables.
     Grimm. Best stories.
     Grimm. Household fairy tales; tr. by Boldrey.
     Lang. Green fairy book.
     Marshall. Fairy tales of all nations.
     Norton. Heart of oak books, v. 3.
     Scudder. Children's book.
     Scudder. Fables and folk stories.
     Wiggin _and_ Smith. Magic casements.

  Compare with Golden mermaid in
    Lang. Green fairy book.

  2. Husband who was to mind the house.

  _Best versions:_
    Asbjoernsen. Norse fairy tales; tr. by Dasent.
    Thomsen. East o' the sun.

  _Other versions:_
    Asbjoernsen. Fairy world.
    Asbjoernsen. Popular tales from the Norse; tr. by Dasent.
    Laboulaye. Fairy tales. (Good woman.)
    Laboulaye. Last fairy tales. (Grizzled Peter.)
    Tappan. Folk stories and fables.

       *       *       *       *       *

  1. Billy Beg and the bull.

  _Best version:_
    MacManus. In chimney corners.

  _Other versions:_
    Bryant. Best stories to tell.
    Bryant. How to tell stories.
    Wiggin. Tales of wonder.

  2. Cock, the mouse and the little red hen.

  _Best version:_
    Lefevre. Cock, the mouse and the little red hen.

  _Other versions:_
    Van Sickle. Riverside reader, 2nd. (Adapted.)
      Compare with Little red hen in
        Blaisdell. Child life, in tale and fable. 2nd reader.
        Lansing. Rhymes and stories.
        Treadwell. Reading-literature, primer.

       *       *       *       *       *

  1. Ugly duckling.

  _Best versions:_
    Andersen. Fairy tales; ed. by Lucas.
    Andersen. Wonder stories; tr. by Dulcken.

  _Other versions:_
    Arnold _and_ Gilbert. Stepping stones to literature, v. 3.
    Bailey _and_ Lewis. For the children's hour. (Adapted.)
    Baldwin. Fairy reader.
    Blaisdell. Child life in tale and fable. (Adapted.)
    Boston collection of kindergarten stories.
    Carroll _and_ Brooks. Third reader.
    Coussens. Child's book of stories.
    Gibbon. Old King Cole.
    Jerrold. Big book of fairy tales.
    Lang. Orange fairy book.
    Mabie. Fairy tales every child should know.
    McMurry. Classic myths.
    Norton. Heart of oak books, v. 3. (Adapted.)
    Perkins. Twenty best fairy tales.
    Scudder. Children's book.
    Tappan. Folk stories and fables.
    Whittier. Child life in prose.

  2. Good little mouse.

  _Best versions:_
    D'Aulnoy. Fairy tales; tr. by Planché.
    Lang. Red fairy book.

  _Other versions:_
    Heller. Little golden hood.
    Lang. Snowdrop and other stories.
    Valentine. Old, old fairy tales.
    Wiggin _and_ Smith. Fairy ring.

       *       *       *       *       *

  1. Necklace of truth.

  _Best version:_
    Mace. Home fairy tales.

  2. Pancake.

  _Best version:_
    Thomsen. East o' the sun.

  _Other versions:_
    Asbjoernsen. Fairy world.
    Asbjoernsen. Tales from the fjeld.
    Brown. Jingle primer.
    Coussens. Child's book of stories.
    Lansing. Rhymes and stories.
    Treadwell. Reading-literature, primer.
    Wiggin _and_ Smith. Tales of laughter.

      Compare with Gingerbread man in
        Bailey _and_ Lewis. For the children's hour.
        Bryant. Best stories to tell.
        Coussens. Child's book of stories.
        Grover. Folk-lore reader, bk. i.
        St. Nicholas, v. 2.
        Summers. Readers, 1st year.
        Treadwell. Reading-literature, primer.

      Compare with Johnny cake in
        Bailey. Firelight stories.
        Baldwin. Second fairy reader.
        Jacobs. English fairy tales.
        Wiggin _and_ Smith. Tales of laughter.

      Compare with Wee bannock in
        Jacobs. More English fairy tales.

  1. Goody two-shoes.

  _Best versions_:
    Welsh ed. History of little Goody Two-shoes.
    Scudder. Children's book.

  _Other versions_:
    Blaisdell. Child life in tale and fable. (Adapted.)
    Crane. Goody Two-shoes.
    Norton. Heart of oak books, v. 2.
    Poulsson. In the child's world. (Adapted.)
    Welsh. Stories children love.

  2. Pied piper. (Poem by Browning.)
    Blaisdell. Child life in tale and fable.
    Bellamy and Goodwin. Open Sesame, pt. 1.
    Browning. Pied piper of Hamelin; il. by Greenaway.
    Browning. Poems.
    Chisholm. Golden staircase.
    Lucas. Book of verses for children.
    Patmore. Children's garland from the best poets.
    White. Poetry for school readings.
    Whittier. Child life in poetry.
    Wiggin _and_ Smith. Golden numbers.

  _Prose versions_:
    Bryant. Best stories to tell.
    Bryant. How to tell stories.
    Crommelin. Famous legends.
    Jacobs. More English fairy tales. (Pied piper of Franchville.)
    Lang. Red fairy book. (Rat catcher.)
    Lang. Snow man and other stories. (Rat catcher.)

       *       *       *       *       *

  1. East o' the sun and west o' the moon.

  _Best versions_:
    Asbjoernsen. Norse fairy tales; tr. by Dasent.
    Thomsen. East o' the sun.
  _Other versions:_
    Asbjoernsen. Fairy world.
    Dasent. Popular tales from the Norse.
    Jerrold. Reign of King Oberon.
    Lang. Blue fairy book.
    Lang. Sleeping beauty and other stories.
    Wiggin and Smith. Fairy ring.

  2. Epaminondas.

  _Best versions:_
    Bryant. Best stories to tell.
    Bryant. Stories to tell.

       *       *       *       *       *

  1. Black bull of Norroway.

  _Best version:_
    Jacobs. More English fairy tales.

  _Other versions:_
    Lang. Blue fairy book.
    Rhys. English fairy book.

      Compare with Red bull of Norroway in
        Singleton. Goldenrod fairy book.

  2. Goody 'Gainst-the-stream.

  _Best version:_
    Asbjoernsen. Norse fairy tales; tr. by Dasent.

  _Other versions:_
    Asbjoernsen. Fairy tales from the far north. (Contrary woman.)
    Asbjoernsen. Tales from the fjeld.

       *       *       *       *       *

  1. Half chick.

  _Best version:_
    Lang. Green fairy book.

  _Other versions:_
    Bailey _and_ Lewis. For the children's hour. (Adapted.)
    Brown. Jingle primer.
    Bryant. Best stories to tell.
    Bryant. Stories to tell.
    Carroll _and_ Brooks. Third reader.
    Howard. Banbury Cross stories.
    Laboulaye. Fairy tales. (Story of Coquerico.)
    Mace. Home fairy tales. (Medio Pollito.)
    Treadwell. Reading-literature. Ist reader.
    Wiggin _and_ Smith. Fairy ring. (Story of Coquerico.)

  2. The bee, the harp, the mouse and the bum-clock.
    MacManus. Donegal fairy stories.
    Wiggin _and_ Smith. Fairy ring.

       *       *       *       *       *

  1. Scarface.

  _Best version:_
    Grinnell. Blackfoot Lodge tales.

  _Other version:_
    Wilson. Myths of the red children.

  2. Why the sea is salt.

  _Best versions:_
    Asbjoernsen. Norse fairy tales; tr. by Dasent.
    Thomsen. East o' the sun.

  _Other versions:_
    Asbjoernsen. Fairy tales from the far north. (Quern at the bottom
        of the sea.)
    Asbjoernsen. Popular tales from the Norse; tr. by Dasent.
    Bryant. How to tell stories. (Adapted.)
    Coussens. Child's book of stories.
    Lang. Blue fairy book.
    Lang. Cinderella; and other fairy stories.
    Tappan. Folk stories and fables.
    Wiggin _and_ Smith. Tales of laughter.

      Compare with Coffee-mill which grinds salt in
        Bay. Danish fairy and folk tales.
        1. Old Pipes and the dryad.

  Stockton. Bee man of Orn.
  Stockton. Fanciful tales.

  2. The old woman and the tramp.

  _Best versions_:
    Djurklon. Fairy tales from the Swedish.
    Wiggin and Smith. Tales of laughter.

       *       *       *       *       *

  1. The Elephant's child.
    Kipling. Just so stories.
    Kipling reader for elementary grades.

    Do not tell a second story.

       *       *       *       *       *

  1. Jack and the bean stalk.

  _Best version_:
    Jacobs. English fairy tales.

  _Other versions_:
    Baldwin. Fairy stories and fables.
    Carroll _and_ Brooks. Third reader.
    Coussens. Child's book of stories.
    Crane. Red Riding Hood's picture book.
    Cruikshank. Fairy book.
    Gibbon. Old King Cole.
    Heller. Little golden hood.
    Jerrold. Big book of fairy tales.
    Lang. Jack and the bean stalk.
    Lang. Red fairy book.
    Mabie. Fairy tales every child should know.
    Mulock. Fairy book.
    Norton. Heart of oak books, v. 3.
    O'Shea. Old world wonder stories.
    Perkins. Twenty best fairy tales.
    Rhys. English fairy book; il. by Whitney.
    Scudder. Book of folk stories.
    Scudder. Fables and folk stories.
    Tappan. Folk stories and fables.
    Valentine. Aunt Louisa's book of fairy tales.
    Valentine. Old, old fairy tales.
    Welsh. Fairy tales children love.

  2. Three billy-goats gruff.

  _Best versions:_
    Baldwin. Fairy stories and fables. (Three goats named Bruse.)
    Thomsen. East o' the sun.

  _Other versions:_
    Asbjoernsen. Fairy tales from the far north; tr. by Dasent.
    Asbjoernsen. Fairy world.
    Bailey. Firelight stories.
    Coussens. Child's book of stories.
    Dasent. Popular tales from the Norse.
    Treadwell. Reading-literature, primer.
    Van Sickle. Riverside readers, 2nd.
    Wiggin and Smith. Tales of laughter.

       *       *       *       *       *

  1. Tiger, Brahman and Jackal.

  _Best version:_
    Jacobs. Indian fairy tales.

  _Other versions:_
    Bryant. Stories to tell.
    Steel. Tales of the Punjab.

  2. Cinderella _or_ Aschenputtel.

  _Best versions:_
    Grimm. Fairy tales; tr. by Lucas.
    Grimm. Household stories; tr. by Crane.

  _Other versions:_
    Baldwin. Fairy stories and fables.
    Canton. Reign of King Herla.
    Coussens. Child's book of stories.
    Cruikshank. Fairy book.
    Grimm. Household tales; tr. by Lucas.
    Jerrold. Big book of fairy tales.
    Lang. Blue fairy book.
    Lang. Cinderella
    Mabie. Fairy tales every child should know.
    McMurry. Classic stories.
    Marshall. Fairy tales of all nations.
    Mulock. Fairy book.
    Norton. Heart of oak books, v. 2.
    Perkins. Twenty best fairy tales.
    Perrault. Tales of Mother Goose.
    Rhys. English fairy book; il. by Whitney.
    Scudder. Book of folk stories.
    Scudder. Children's book.
    Scudder. Fables and folk stories.
    Shaw. Fairy tales for the second school year.
    Tappan. Folk stories and fables.
    Valentine. Aunt Louisa's book of fairy tales.
    Valentine. Old, old fairy tales.
    Welsh. Fairy tales children love.

      Compare with Rushen coatie in
        Jacobs. More English fairy tales
        _and_ Huron Cinderella in
        Kennedy. New world fairy book.

       *       *       *       *       *

  1. Aladdin, or the wonderful lamp.

  _Best versions:_
    Arabian nights; ed. by Wiggin _and_ Smith.
    Fairy tales from the Arabian nights; ed. by Dixon.

  _Other versions:_
    Arabian nights; ed. by Lang.
    Arabian nights; ed. by Olcott.
    Arabian nights; ed. by Rouse.
    Arnold _and_ Gilbert. Stepping stones to literature, v. 4. (Adapted.)
    Blaisdell. Child life in literature. (Adapted.)
    Coussens. Child's book of stories.
    Jerrold. Big book of fairy tales.
    Lang. Blue fairy book.
    Lang. History of Whittington and other stories.
    Mabie. Fairy tales every child should know.
    Norton. Heart of oak books, v. 3. (Adapted.)
    Scudder. Children's book.
    Valentine. Aunt Louisa's book of fairy tales.
    Welsh. Fairy tales children love.

  2. The Hobyahs.

  _Best version_:
    Jacobs. More English fairy tales.

       *       *       *       *       *

  1. Beauty and the beast.

  _Best versions_:
    Lang. Blue fairy book.
    Scudder. Children's book.

  _Other versions_:
    Bay. Danish fairy and folk tales. (Beauty and the horse.)
    Coussens. Child's book of stories.
    Jerrold. Big book of fairy tales.
    Lang. Jack, the giant killer and other fairy stories.
    Mabie. Fairy tales every child should know.
    Mulock. Fairy book.
    Perkins. Twenty best fairy tales.
    Scudder. Book of folk stories.
    Scudder. Fables and folk stories.
    Tappan. Folk stories and fables.
    Valentine. Aunt Louisa's book of fairy tales.
    Valentine. Old, old fairy tales.
    Welsh. Fairy tales children love.

  2. Gudbrand-on-the-hillside _or_ Dame Gudbrand.

  _Best versions_:
    Asbjoernsen. Fairy tales from the far north.
    Thomsen. East o' the sun.

  _Other versions_:
    Laboulaye. Fairy tales. (Good woman.)
    Laboulaye. Last fairy tales.
    Tappan. Folk stories and fables.

      Compare with
        Andersen. What the good man does is sure to be right.

       *       *       *       *       *

  1. Jack the giant killer.

  _Best version_:
    Jacobs. English fairy tales.

  _Other versions_:
    Coussens. Child's book of stories.
    Gibbon. Old King Cole.
    Jerrold. Big book of fairy tales.
    Lang. Blue fairy book.
    Lang. Jack the giant killer.
    Mabie. Fairy tales every child should know
    Marshall. Fairy tales of all nations.
    Mulock. Fairy book.
    Norton. Heart of oak books, v. 3.
    O'Shea. Old world wonders stories.
    Perkins. Twenty best fairy tales.
    Rhys. English fairy book.
    Scudder. Children's book.
    Tappan. Folk stories and fables.
    Valentine. Aunt Louisa's book of fairy tales
    Welsh. Fairy tales children love.
    Wiggin _and_ Smith. Fairy ring.

  2. Three sillies.

  _Best versions_:
    Jacobs. English fairy tales.
    Tappan. Folk stories and fables.

      Compare with Six sillies in
        Lang. Red fairy book.

  1. Little One-eye, Two-eyes and Three-eyes.

  _Best versions_:
    Grimm. Household fairy tales; tr. by Boldrey.
    Scudder. Fables and folk stories.

  _Other versions_:
    Grimm. Fairy tales; Wiltse, pt. 2.
    Grimm. German household tales.
    Lang. Green fairy book.
    Lansing. Rhymes and stories.
    Mabie. Fairy tales every child should know.
    Marshall. Fairy tales of all nations.
    Mulock. Fairy book.
    Scudder. Book of folk stories.
    Scudder. Children's book.
    Shaw. Fairy tales for second school year.
    Tappan. Folk stories and fables.
    Thompson. Fairy tale and fable.
    Treadwell. Reading-literature, 1st reader. (Little Two-eyes.)
    Welsh. Fairy tales children love.

  2. Mr. Vinegar.

  _Best version_:
    Jacobs. English fairy tales.

       *       *       *       *       *

  1. Sleeping beauty in the wood.

  _Best version_:
    Lang. Blue fairy book. (Omit part after awakening by the prince.)

  _Other versions_:
    Bailey _and_ Lewis. For the children's hour. (Sleeping princess.)
    Carroll _and_ Brooks. Third reader.
    Coussens. Child's book of stories.
    Jerrold. Big book of fairy tales.
    Lane. Stories for children.
    Lang. Sleeping beauty.
    Mabie. Fairy tales every child should know.
    Mulock. Fairy book.
    Norton. Heart of oak books, v. 2.
    Perkins. Twenty best fairy tales.
    Perrault. Tales of Mother Goose.
    Scudder. Book of folk stories.
    Scudder. Children's book.
    Scudder. Fables and folk stories.
    Tappan. Folk stories and fables.
    Valentine. Aunt Louisa's book of fairy tales.
    Valentine. Old, old fairy tales.
    Welsh. Fairy tales children love.
    Winnington. Outlook fairy book.

      The Lang and Valentine versions give a second part of
      the story which the others omit.

      Compare with Briar Rose in
        Baldwin. Fairy reader.
        Grimm. Fairy tales tr. by Lucas.
        Grimm. German popular fairy tales tr. by Boldrey.
        Grimm. Household tales; tr. by Edwardes.
        Wiggin _and_ Smith. Fairy ring.

      Compare with the Myth of the awakening of Brunhilda.

  2. Nanny who wouldn't go home to supper.

  _Best versions_:
    Asbjoernsen. Fairy tales from the far north.
    Asbjoernsen. Tales from the fjeld. (How they got Hair Lock home.)

      Compare with Old woman and her pig in
        Jacobs. English fairy tales
        _and_ Munacher Manachar in
        Jacobs. Celtic fairy tales.

      *       *       *       *       *

  1. Snow-white and Rose-red.

  _Best versions_:
    Grimm. Household stories.
    Grimm. Household fairy tales; tr. by Boldrey.

  _Other versions_:
    Blaisdell. Child life in tale and fable.
    Coussens. Child's book of stories.
    Grimm. Best stories.
    Grimm. Fairy tales; Wiltse, pt. 1.
    Grimm. House in the wood; il. by Brooke.
    Lane. Stories for children.
    Lang. Blue fairy book.
    Lang. Little Red Riding Hood; and other stories.
    Mulock. Fairy book.
    Perkins. Twenty best fairy tales.
    Singleton. Goldenrod fairy book.
    Wiggin _and_ Smith. Fairy ring.

  2. The lad and the fox.

  _Best versions:_
    Djurklon. Fairy tales from the Swedish.
    Wiggin and Smith. Tales of laughter.

       *       *       *       *       *

  1. Three bears.

  _Best versions:_
    Jacobs. English fairy tales.
    Lang. Green fairy book.

  _Other versions:_
    Arnold _and_ Gilbert. Stepping stones to literature, v. 2.
    Bailey. Firelight stories.
    Bailey _and_ Lewis. For the children's hour.
    Baldwin. Fairy stories and fables.
    Blaisdell. Child life in tale and fable. (Silver locks.)
    Boston collection of kindergarten stories.
    Brooke. Story of the three bears.
    Bryant. How to tell stories.
    Coussens. Child's book of stories. (Goldilocks.)
    Crane. Mother Hubbard picture book.
    Darton. Wonder book of beasts. (Adapted.)
    Grover. Folk-lore readers, bk. 1.
    Howard. Banbury Cross stories.
    Jerrold. Big book of fairy tales.
    Lang. Snow man and other stories.
    Lansing. Rhymes and stories.
    Mabie. Fairy tales every child should know.
    McMurry. Classic stories.
    Norton. Heart of oak books, v. 2.
    O'Shea. Six nursery classics.
    Rhys. English fairy book.
    Scudder. Book of folk stories.
    Scudder. Children's book.
    Summers. Readers. 1st year.
    Tappan. Folk stories and fables.
    Thompson. Fairy tale and fable.
    Tileston. Children's hour.
    Tileston. Sugar and spice.
    Valentine. Aunt Louisa's book of fairy tales.
    Valentine. Old, old fairy tales.

      In Jacobs' English fairy tales and Lang's Green fairy
        book, a version by Southey has been followed exactly.
        In some of the other versions a little girl has been
        substituted for the old woman and there are minor
        variations. In Mrs. Valentine's Old, old fairy tales,
        the story has been greatly changed and lengthened.

      Compare Scrapefoot in
        Jacobs. More English fairy tales.

  2. Tom Thumb.

  _Best versions:_
    Jacobs. English fairy tales.
    Scudder. Children's book.

  _Other versions:_
    Baldwin. Fairy stories and fables.
    Blaisdell. Child life in tale and fable.
    Mabie. Fairy tales every child should know.
    Norton. Heart of oak books, v. 2.
    Scudder. Book of folk stories.
    Tappan. Folk stories and fables.
    Valentine. Old, old fairy tales.
    Wiggin _and_ Smith. Fairy ring.

  1. Three little pigs.

  _Best versions:_
    Brooke. Story of the three little pigs.
    Jacobs. English fairy book.

  _Other versions:_
    Bailey _and_ Lewis. For the children's hour
    Brooke. Golden Goose book.
    Brown. Jingle primer.
    Bryant. How to tell stories.
    Coussens. Child's book of stories.
    Darton. Wonder book of beasts.
    Grover. Folk-lore readers, bk. 1.
    Lansing. Rhymes and stories.
    Treadwell. Reading-literature, 1st reader.
    Valentine. Aunt Louisa's book of fairy tales.
    Wiggin _and_ Smith. Tales of laughter.

      Compare with The story of three pigs in
        Baldwin. Fairy stories and fables.
        Lang. Green fairy book.
        Lang. Snow man and other stories.
        Summers. Readers, 1st year.

  2. The cock and the crested hen.

  _Best versions:_
    Djurklou. Fairy tales from the Swedish.
    Wiggin and Smith. Tales of laughter.

       *       *       *       *       *

  1. The tar baby.
     2. How Mr. Rabbit was too sharp for Mr. Fox.
     3. How Mr. Rabbit lost his fine bushy tail.

  _Best version:_
    Harris. Uncle Remus, his songs and his sayings.

       *       *       *       *       *

  1. King of the golden river.
    Ruskin. King of the golden river.

  2. Robert of Lincoln. (Poem by Bryant.)
    Bryant. Poems.
    Lovejoy. Nature in verse for children.
    Repplier. Book of famous verse.
    Wiggin _and_ Smith. Posy ring.

       *       *       *       *       *

  1. Little Snow-white.

  _Best version_:
    Grimm. Household stories; tr. by Crane.

  _Other versions_:
    Lang. Red fairy book.
    Mabie. Fairy tales every child should know
    Mulock. Fairy book.
    Tappan. Folk stories and fables.
    Valentine. Old, old fairy tales. (Snowdrop.)

  2. Three wishes.

  _Best versions_:
    Jacobs. More English fairy tales.
    Laboulaye. Last fairy tales.

       *       *       *       *       *

  1. Wild swans.

  _Best versions_:
    Andersen. Fairy tales.
    Andersen. Wonder stories.

  _Other versions_:
    Asbjoernsen. Norse fairy tales. (Twelve wild ducks.)
    Grimm. Household stories; tr. by Crane. (Six swans.)
    Jerrold. Reign of King Oberon.
    Thomsen. East o' the sun. (Twelve wild ducks.)
    Wiggin _and_ Smith. Fairy ring.

  2. Boots and his brothers.

  _Best versions_:
    Asbjoernsen. Norse fairy tales. (Jack and his brothers.)
    Thomsen. East o' the sun.

  _Other versions:_
    Bailey _and_ Lewis. For the children's hour. (Peter, Paul and Espen.)
    Laboulaye. Fairy tales.
    Laboulaye. Last fairy tales.
    Tappan. Folk stories and fables.

       *       *       *       *       *

  1. Tom Hickathrift.

  _Best versions:_
    Jacobs. More English fairy tales.
    Rhys. English fairy book.

  2. Diana; and the story of Orion.

  _Best version:_
    Francillon. Gods and heroes.

       *       *       *       *       *

  1. The fisherman and his wife.

  _Best version:_
    Grimm. Household stories; tr. by Crane.

  _Other versions:_
    Baldwin. Fairy stories and fables.
    Grimm. Fairy tales; tr. by Lucas.
    Lang. Green fairy book.
    Scudder. Children's book.

  2. The Banyan deer.

  _Best version:_
    Jatakas. Jataka tales; Babbitt.

       *       *       *       *       *

  1. Fisherman and the genii.

  _Best version:_
    Arabian nights; ed. by Wiggin _and_ Smith.

  _Other versions:_
    Fairy tales from the Arabian nights; ed. by Dixon.
    Arabian nights; ed. by Lang.
    Arabian nights; ed. by Olcott.

  2. The Lady of Shalott. (Poem by Tennyson.)
    Tennyson. Poems.
    Couch. Oxford book of English verse.
    Wiggin _and_ Smith. Golden numbers.

       *       *       *       *       *

  1. Whittington and his cat.

  _Best version:_
    Jacobs. English fairy tales.

  _Other versions:_
    Baldwin. Fifty famous stories retold.
    Lang. History of Whittington.
    Norton. Heart of oak books, v. 2.
    Scudder. The book of fables and folk stories

  2. Orpheus and Eurydice.

  _Best version:_
    Francillon. Gods and heroes.

  _Other versions:_
    Carpenter. Hellenic tales.
    Firth. Stories of old Greece.

       *       *       *       *       *

  1. Adventures of Nils.
    Lagerlöf. Wonderful adventures of Nils.

      Outline: The elf--The wild geese--Glimminge Castle
        (cut)--The rat charmer--The great crane dance--on
        Kullaberg--Ulvasa--Lady.

      Do not tell a second story.

       *       *       *       *       *

  1. Persephone.

  _Best versions:_
    Adams. Myths of old Greece. (Proserpina.)
    Hawthorne. Tanglewood tales. (Pomegranate seeds.)

  _Other versions:_
    Burt. Herakles, the hero of Thebes.
    Cooke. Nature myths.
    Cox. Tales of ancient Greece.
    Francillon. Gods and heroes.
    Mabie. Myths every child should know. (Hawthorne version.)

  2. How the leaves came down. (Poem by Coolidge.)
    Lovejoy. Nature in verse for children.
    Skinner. Arbor Day manual.
    Wiggin _and_ Smith. Posy ring.

       *       *       *       *       *

  1. Hansel and Grethel.

  _Best versions:_
    Grimm. Household stories; tr. by Crane.
    Grimm. Fairy tales; tr. by Lucas.
    Lang. Blue fairy book.

  _Other versions:_
    Jerrold. Reign of King Oberon.
    Mabie. Fairy tales every child should know.
    Tappan. Folk stories and fables.

  2. Quick running squash.
    Aspinwall. Short stories for short people.

       *       *       *       *       *

  1. Peterkin and the little grey hare.

  _Best version:_
    Pyle. Wonder clock.

  2. Mirror of Matsuyama.

  _Best versions:_
    Williston. Japanese fairy tales. 1st ser.
    Wiggin _and_ Smith. Magic casements

       *       *       *       *       *

  1. The reformed pirate.
    Stockton. Floating prince.

  2. How the camel got his hump.[7]

  3. The camel's hump. (Poem.)
    Kipling. Just so stories.
    Kipling reader for elementary grades.

[Footnote 7: For source, see page number preceding title in index.]




STORIES FOR SPECIAL DAYS; CHIEFLY FOR LITTLE CHILDREN.


CHRISTMAS STORIES

For poems see Granger. Index to poetry and recitations: Appendix.


_Birth of Christ._

The Bible. St. Matthew, Chap. 2. St. Luke, Chap. 2.
  See also adaptations in collections of Bible Stories.


_Christ Legends._

Babouscka.
  Bailey _and_ Lewis. For the children's hour, p. 235
  Dickinson _and_ Skinner. Children's book of Christmas stories, p. 208.
  Dier. Children's book of Christmas, p. 105.

Coming of the prince.
 Field. Little book of profitable tales, p. 31.

Herman's treasure box.
  Broadus. Book of the Christ child, p. 77.

Legend of St. Christopher.
  Bailey _and_ Lewis. For the children's hour, p. 233.
  Broadus. Book of the Christ child, p. 145.
  Chenoweth. Stories of the saints, p. 101.
  Olcott. Good stories for great holidays, p. 305.
  Smith and Hazeltine. Christmas in legend and story, p. 103.
  St. Nicholas, v. 3, p. 137.
  Scudder. Book of legends, p. 31.

Legend of the Christ child.
  Dickinson. Children's book of Christmas stories, p. 96.
  Harrison, Christmas-tide, p. 237.

Little friend.
  Brown. Flower princess, p. 45.

Story of the other wise man. Van Dyke.

Where love is, God is. Tolstoi.


_Stories._

Bird's Christmas Carol. Wiggin.

Captured Santa Claus. Page.

Christmas before last.
  Stockton. Bee-man of Orn and other tales, p. 87.

Christmas cake.
  Lindsay. More mother stories, p. 165.

Christmas cuckoo.
  Browne. Granny's wonderful chair, p. 17.

Christmas dream.
  Alcott. Lulu's library, v. 1, p. 7.

Christmas every day.
  Howells. Christmas every day; and other stories.

Christmas in the barn.
  Dickinson, Children's book of Christmas stories, p. 211.
  Poulsson. In the child's world, p. 119.

Christmas masquerade.
  Dickinson. Children's book of Christmas stories, p. 19.
  Wilkins. Pot of gold, p. 115.

Christmas truants.
  Stockton. Clocks of Rondaine, p. 75.
  Stockton. Fanciful tales, p. 108.

Christmas turkey and how it came.
  Alcott. Lulu's library, v. 3, p. 22.

Christmas under the snow.
  Dickinson. Children's book of Christmas stories, p. 261.
  Miller. Kristy's queer Christmas, p. 67.

Clocks of Rondaine.
  Stockton. Clocks of Rondaine, p. 1.
  Stockton. Fanciful tales, p. 52.

Dog of Flanders. Ouida.

Felix.
  Stein. Troubadour tales, p. 132.

Fir-tree.
  Andersen. Wonder stories, p. 46.
  Bryant. Best stories to tell to children, p. 134.
  Dickinson. Children's book of Christmas stories, p. 6.
  Lang. Pink fairy book, p. 102,
  Lansing. Fairy tales, v. 2, p. 41.
  Schauffler. Christmas, p. 241.
  Scudder. Children's book, p. 167.

First Christmas tree. Van Dyke.

First Christmas tree in New England.
  Colonial stories retold from St. Nicholas, p. 62.

Golden cobwebs.
  Bryant. Best stories to tell to children, p. 22.
  Bryant. How to tell stories to children, p. 133.
  Dickinson. Children's book of Christmas stories, p. 193.
  Schauffler. Christmas, p. 296.

Gretchen and the wooden shoe.
  Lindsay. Mother stories, p. 167.

How Christmas came to the Santa Maria flats.
  Dickinson. Children's book of Christmas stories, p. 196.

How the fir tree became the Christmas tree.
  Bailey _and_ Lewis. For the children's hour, p. 238.

In the great walled country.
  Alden. Why the chimes rang, p. 138.

Jimmy Scarecrow's Christmas.
  Dickinson. Children's book of Christmas stories, p. 103.

Legend of the Christmas rose.
  Lagerlöf. Girl from the marsh croft, p. 189.
  Smith _and_ Hazeltine. Christmas in legend and story, p. 175.

Little cake bird.
  Tregarthen. North Cornwall fairies and legends.

Little Cosette. (Adapted from Victor Hugo.)
  Bailey _and_ Lewis. For the children's hour, p. 244.

Little girl's Christmas.
  Dickinson. Children's book of Christmas stories, p. 48.

Little Gretchen and the wooden shoe.
  Dickinson. Children's book of Christmas stories, p. 316.
  Harrison. Christmas-tide, p. 219.

Master Sandy's snap dragon.
  Brooks. Storied holidays, p. 11.

My grandmother's grandmother's Christmas candle.
  Colonial stories retold from St. Nicholas, p. 135.

New altar.
  Broadus. Book of the Christ child, p. 5.

Peterkin's Christmas tree.
  Hale. Peterkin papers, p. 63.

Picciola.
  Blaisdell. Child life in many lands, p. 74.
  Wiggin _and_ Smith. Story hour, p. 156.

Poor Count's Christmas. Stockton.
  St. Nicholas, v. 9, p. 122; p. 189.

Sabot of little Wolff. Coppée.
  Blaisdell. Child life; fifth reader, p. 9.
  Dickinson. Children's book of Christmas stories, p. 139.
  Smith _and_ Hazeltine. Christmas in legend and story, p. 232.

Santa Claus at Simpson's bar.
  Harte. Luck of Roaring Camp, p. 161.
  Schauffler. Christmas, p. 282.

Santa Claus on a lark.
  Gladden. Santa Claus on a lark; and other Christmas stories, p. 1.

Silver hen.
  Wilkins. Pot of gold, p. 154.

Solomon Crow's Christmas pockets.
  Stuart. Solomon Crow's Christmas pockets; and other tales, p. 3.

Symbol and the saint.
  Field. Little book of profitable tales, p. 15.

Tailor of Gloucester. Potter.

Tell tale tile.
  Dickinson. Children's book of Christmas stories, p. 36.
  Miller. Kristy's queer Christmas, p. 136.

Three little Christmas trees that grew on the hill.
  O'Grady _and_ Throop. Story teller's book, p. 221.

Tilly's Christmas.
  Alcott. Aunt Jo's scrap bag, No. 1, p. 123.

Tiny Tim. Dickens.
  Bailey _and_ Lewis. For the children's hour, p. 248.
  Dickens. Christmas carol, ch. 3.
  Harrison. Christmas-tide, p. 152.

Tommy Trot's visit to Santa Claus. Page.

Voyage of the wee red cap.
  Dickinson. Children's book of Christmas stories, p. 86.

Where the Christmas tree grew.
  Wilkins. Young Lucretia and other stories, p. 105.

Why the chimes rang.
  Alden. Why the chimes rang, p. 1.
  Dickinson. Children's book of Christmas stories, p. 113.




EASTER STORIES.


The Resurrection.
  The Bible. St. Matthew, Ch. 28.

    See also adaptations in collections of Bible Stories.


_Stories._

Boy that was scaret o' dyin'.
  Slosson. Story-Tell Lib, p. 72.

Boy who discovered the spring.
  Alden. Why the chimes rang.

Easter snow storm.
  St. Nicholas, v. 25, p. 472.

Fred's Easter Monday.
  St. Nicholas, v. 2, p. 356.

General's Easter box.
  Our holidays, p. 159.
  St. Nicholas, v. 31, p. 483.

Herr Oster Hase.
  Bailey _and_ Lewis. For the children's hour, p. 281.

King Robert of Sicily. (Poem by Longfellow.)
  Longfellow. Poems.

Ladders to Heaven.
  Ewing. Mary's meadow, p. 233.

The legend of Easter eggs. (Poem by Fitz-James O'Brien.)
  Olcott. Story-telling poems, p. 310.

Lesson of faith.
  Gatty. Parables from nature, p. 1.
  Poulsson. In the child's world, p. 307.
  Boston collection of kindergarten stories, p. 139. (Adapted.)
  Harrison. In story-land, p. 96. (Story of the small green caterpillar.)
  Olcott. Good stories, p. 7. (Adapted.)

Little lilac bush.
  Wiggin. Polly Oliver's problem, p. 205.

Mother Hubbard's Easter lily.
  Bigham. Stories of Mother Goose village, p. 153.

Persephone.[A]

Plant that lost its berry.
  Slosson. Story-Tell Lib, p. 38.

Sacred flame.
  Lagerlöf. Christ legends, p. 221.

Selfish giant.
  Wilde. Happy prince, and other tales, p. 45.

Sleeping Beauty in the wood.[8]

Snowdrop.
  Bailey _and_ Lewis. For the children's hour, p. 280.

Star and the lily.
  Emerson. Indian myths, p. 68.
  Mabie. Myths every child should know, p. 348. (Adapted.)

Trinity flower.
  Ewing. Mary's meadow, p. 215.

[Footnote 8: For source, see page number preceding title in index.]




THANKSGIVING STORIES.


All the plums.
  St. Nicholas, 10: 34.

An old time Thanksgiving.
  St. Nicholas, 24: 58.
  Schauffler. Thanksgiving, p. 135.

Ann Mary; her two Thanksgivings.
  Wilkins, M.E. Young Lucretia, p. 37.
  Schauffler. Thanksgiving, p. 103.

Borrowing a grandmother.
  St. Nicholas, 4: 38.

Boston Thanksgiving story.
  Poulsson. In the child's world, p. 93

Bunny's Thanksgiving.
  Jewett. Bunny stories, p. 152.

"Chusey."
  Coolidge. New Year's bargain, p. 178.

Coming of Thanksgiving.
  Warner. Being a boy, p. 76.

First Thanksgiving.
  Austin. Standish of Standish, p. 276.
  Schwartz. Five little strangers, p. 67.

First Thanksgiving day.
  Schauffler. Thanksgiving, p. 21.
  Wiggin _and_ Smith. Story hour, p. 107.

Grandma's Thanksgiving story.
  Half a hundred stories, p. 110.
  Schauffler. Thanksgiving, p. 31.

Helen's Thanksgiving.
  Coolidge. Round dozen, p. 47.

How Patty gave thanks.
  Poulsson. In the child's world, p. 94.

In the cellar.
  St. Nicholas, 16: 59.

Janie Leech's angel.
  Moulton. Bed time stories, p. 211.

Jericho Bob.
  St. Nicholas, 19: 65.
  Schauffler. Thanksgiving, p. 71.

Minna's Thanksgiving. (Poem.)
  Poulsson. Through the farmyard gate, p. 75, chap. XXI.

Mischief's Thanksgiving. Coolidge.

Mr. Thankful.
  St. Nicholas, 27: 50.

Old fashioned Thanksgiving. Alcott.

Patem's salmagundi.
  Brooks. Storied holidays, p. 253.

Polly's Thanksgiving.
  Schauffler. Thanksgiving, p. 129.

The ragged pedlar.
  Naomi, _Aunt_. Jewish fairy tales and fables, p. 39.

The runaway's Thanksgiving.
  Boyesen. Norseland tales, p. 102.

Story of Ruth and Naomi.
  The Bible. Book of Ruth.
  Bailey _and_ Lewis. For the children's hour, p. 219. (Adapted.)

Story of the first corn.
  Bailey _and_ Lewis. For the children's hour, p. 221.
    (Adapted from Longfellow's Hiawatha.)

Thanksgiving at Hollywood.
  Half a hundred stories, p. 76.

Thanksgiving dinner.
  White. When Molly was six, p. 114.

A Thanksgiving dinner that flew away.
  St. Nicholas, 11: 13.
  Our holidays, p. 23.

Turkeys turning the tables.
  Howells. Christmas every day, p. 23.

Wee Pumpkin's Thanksgiving.
  Bigham. Stories of Mother Goose village, p. 75.

Who ate the dolly's dinner.
  Bailey _and_ Lewis. For the children's hour, p. 225.
    See also books on United States History--Colonial period.




ARBOR DAY STORIES.


Appleseed John.
  Bailey _and_ Lewis. For the children's hour, p. 182.
  Harrison. In story-land, p. 187. (Old Johnny Appleseed.)
  Olcott. Story telling poems, p. 46. (Poem.)
  Poulsson. In the child's world, p. 59.

Apollo and Daphne.
  Francillon. Gods and heroes, p. 44.
  Kupfer. Stories of long ago, p. 52.
  Olcott. Good stories, p. 383.

Baucis and Philemon.
  Hawthorne. Wonder book, p. 140. (The miraculous pitcher.)
  Bailey _and_ Lewis. For the children's hour, p. 185. (Adapted.)
  Olcott. Good stories, p. 374.

Honest woodman.
  Poulsson. In the child's world, p. 22.

Karl and the Dryad.
  Brown. Star jewels, p. 67.

Legend of the cowslip.
  Wiltse. Stories for the kindergarten, p. 163.

Little brown seed.
  Howliston. Cat-tails and other tales, p. 40.

Maple leaf and the violet.
  Wiggin _and_ Smith. Story hour, p. 133.

Mary's Meadow. Ewing. (To be adapted.)

Old Pipes and the dryad.[A]

Story of the morning glory seed.
  Poulsson. In the child's world, p. 399.

Talk of the trees.
  Andrews. Stories Mother Nature told, p. 25.

Three little birds.
  Richards. Five minute stories, p. 142.

Tree in the city.
  Richards. Golden windows, p. 18.

Twig that became a tree.
  Schauffler. Arbor Day, p. 160.

Walnut tree that wanted to bear tulips.
  Howliston. Cat-tales and other tales, p. 74.
  Wiltse. Stories for the kindergarten, p. 35.

Why the evergreen never lose their leaves.[9]

[Footnote 9: For source, see page number preceding title in index.]




HALLOWE'EN STORIES.


Buried moon.
  Jacobs. More English fairy tales.

Chace of the Gilla Dacar.
  Curtin. Hero tales of Ireland.
  Rolleston. High deeds of Finn.

Murdoch's rath.
  Ewing. Old fashioned fairy tales.

Tamlane.
  Jacobs. More English fairy tales.
  Tappan. Old ballads in prose.




STORIES FOR OLDER CHILDREN.

The cycle story hours in the St. Louis Public Library
are planned to interest older boys and girls in
great works of literature and to inspire them to read
along one line for several weeks or months. Stories
in a series are told at a definite hour each week to
encourage regular attendance. However, each story
is complete in itself and any boys and girls of nine
years and more are invited to attend whether or not
they are registered borrowers of books.


GREEK CYCLE STORIES.

Greek Myths.

1. The gorgon's head.

2. Three golden apples.

3. The miraculous pitcher.

4. The Chimaera.

5. The Minotaur.

6. The Pygmies.

7. The golden fleece.

_Sources for the story teller:_
  Hawthorne. Wonder book.
  Hawthorne. Tanglewood tales.
  Kingsley. Heroes, or, Greek fairy tales for my children.

    The Hawthorne books are Greek myths interpreted into
    moral stories written in the author's inimitable style. The
    characters are more human and real to the child than those
    in the Kingsley version. Kingsley retains the Greek spirit
    and tells the stories in bold, strong, heroic outlines. They
    are probably more easily adapted than the Hawthorne versions.


Stories from the Odyssey.

1. Adventures of Ulysses with the Lotus Eaters and the Cyclops.

2. Kingdom of the Winds and the Island of Circe.

3. The visit to the Land of Shades.

4. Song of the Sirens, Scylla and Charybdis and the Oxen of the Sun.

5. The Island of Calypso and the shipwreck on the coast of Phaeocia.

6. Princess Nausicaa.

7. Battle of the Beggars.

8. Triumph of Ulysses.

_Sources for the story teller:_

  Homer. Odyssey; tr. by W.C. Bryant.

    Parts read or recited from this straightforward, dignified
     translation in blank verse will be appreciated by children.

Homer. Odyssey; done into English prose by Butcher and Lang.

Homer; tr. by G.H. Palmer.

  Both the above are accepted classic prose translations.
  The prose of Palmer is so direct, simple and rhythmic that
  a twelve-year-old child can enjoy it. Butcher and Lang
  use an older English style in the endeavor to make the
  translation an accurate historical document. The archaic
  language with its somewhat involved phrasing is confusing
  to children and makes it less readable than the Palmer
  translation.

Marvin. Adventures of Odysseus.

  This book is for boys and girls to read for themselves.
  So much of the Homeric spirit is retained and it is so well
  done that it will be very suggestive in organizing and preparing
  stories from the Odyssey for oral rendition.


Stories from the Iliad.

1. Cause of the Trojan war.

2. The quarrel of the chiefs and the results.

3. The duel of Paris and Menelaus.
   The great battles and the death of Patroclus.

4. Achilles in his sorrow vows vengeance on Troy.
   The armor of Achilles.

5. Death of Hector.
   Priam and Achilles.

6. The wooden horse and the end of the Trojan war.

_Sources for the story teller:_

  Homer. Iliad; tr. into English by W.C. Bryant.
    An interesting, dignified and scholarly rendition into English
    blank verse.

  Homer. The Iliad for boys and girls by A.J. Church.
    The Iliad translated into direct and simple prose.

  Homer. Stories from the Iliad by H.L. Havell.
    The atmosphere and spirit of the Iliad are well kept in
    this most excellent prose version of the Iliad. It may be
    used with older boys and girls and is a valuable aid in the
    preparation of the stories.




NORSE CYCLE STORIES.


Norse Myths


1. Beginning of all things.

2. How Odin lost his eye.
How Odin brought the mead to Asgard.

3. Sif's hair.

4. Iduna's apples.

5. Thor and the Frost giants.

6. Balder and the Mistletoe.

7. Binding of the Fenris wolf.

8. Punishment of Loki.

9. Twilight of the gods and the new earth.


Nibelungen Lied.

10. Forging of the sword.

11. Story of Greyfell.

12. Curse of gold.

13. Fafnir, the dragon.

14. Awakening of Brunhilda.

_Sources for the story teller:_

Northern mythology:

Anderson, R.B. Norse mythology.

  A complete and systematic presentation of the Norse
  mythology as embodied in the elder and younger Eddas and
  later sagas.

Brown, A.F. In the days of giants.

  The best form for younger children. A simple narration
  of the main facts of Norse mythology in story form,
  suggesting the strength of the original sagas.

Buxton, E.M. Wilmot. Stories of Norse heroes.

  A very satisfactory collection of Northern myths, including
  the story of the Nibelungs.

Bulfinch, Thomas. Age of Fable.

  An excellent text book. Gives three chapters to Northern
  mythology.

Carlyle, Thomas. The hero as divinity; Odin.
  _In his_ Heroes and hero-worship.

  This essay is most interesting and inspiring to the story-teller
  who is presenting Scandinavian mythology.

Mabie, H.W. Norse stories.

  In this collection the rugged strength of the Norse tales
  is modified by a style that polishes and a beauty which
  (however delightful in reading), could have been present
  only in a vague way in the original stories.

Nibelungen Lied.

Fall of the Nibelungers; tr. by W.N. Lettsom.

  Most of the adaptations are based on this translation.

The Nibelungs; tr. from the German of F. Schmidt by G. Upton.

_Adaptations:_

Baldwin, James. Story of Siegfried.

  A version of that part of the Nibelungen Lied which
  relates to the story of Siegfried. Incidentally the most important
  myths of the Norse gods are woven into the story.
  The most popular children's version, but very freely
  adapted.

Chapin, A.A. Story of the Rhinegold.

  Stories of Richard Wagner's four operas which form the
  'Nibelungen Cycle.' The treatment of the theme is full of
  strength but differs from other versions of the Nibelungen
  story.

Church, A.J. Treasure of the Nibelungs. _In
  his_ Heroes of Chivalry and romance.

  Brief account of the Nibelung story, leading to fuller
  versions.

McSpadden, J.W. Stories from Wagner.

  Contains the stories in simple form of a number of
  Wagner's great operas. The tale of the Rhinegold, as
  given here, is the best of the versions of Wagner for children.

Morris, William. Story of Sigurd the bolsung.

  Very charming poetical version.




KING ARTHUR TALES.

1. How Arthur proved his kingship.

2. The winning of the queen.

3. How the Round Table was established.

4. Three Knights of the Round Table: Sir Launcelot, first champion.


    Who was held by all men to be the most excellent, noble
    perfect knight champion who was ever seen in the world from
    the very beginning of chivalry unto the time when his son Sir
    Galahad appeared, like a bright star of extraordinary
    splendor shining in the sky.--_Pyle_.


5. Sir Tristram, second champion.


    If Sir Launcelot was the chiefest of all the knights who ever
    came unto King Arthur's court, then it is hard to say whether
    Sir Tristram or Sir Percival was second unto him in
    renown.--_Pyle_.


6. Sir Percival, third champion.

7. Quest of the Grail.

    The recovery of the Grail was the crowning glory of the reign
    of King Arthur.--_Pyle_.


8. Passing of Arthur.

    And I do hope that you may have found pleasure in considering
    their lives. For me seemed they offered a very high example
    that anyone might follow to his betterment who lives in this
    world where so much that is ill needs to be amended.--_Pyle_.

_Additional stories_:

Story of Merlin.
The boy of the kitchen, Sir Gareth.
Marriage of Sir Gawaine.
Story of Balin.

_Sources for the story teller_:

Malory, Sir Thomas. Boy's King Arthur ed.
by Sidney Lanier.

    Follows the Malory tales very closely. The greater part of
    the language is unchanged, though the spelling is modernized.
    Lanier has divided the tales into six books, grouping the
    stories around a central hero from whom the books derive
    their name. Book 1. King Arthur, 2. Sir Launcelot, 3. Sir
    Gareth, 4. Sir Tristram, 5. Sir Galahad and Sir Percival, 6.
    Death of King Arthur.

Malory, Sir Thomas. Book of King Arthur and
his noble knights; ed. by Mary Macleod.

    Tales selected from Le morte D'Arthur and simplified. Covers
    the whole period of the reign of King Arthur and includes
    stories of some of his knights, Sir Launcelot, Sir Gareth,
    Sir Tristram, and Sir Galahad.

Pyle, Howard. Story of King Arthur and his knights.
--Story of Sir Launcelot and his companions.
--Story of the champions of the Round Table.
--Story of the Grail and the passing of Arthur.

    Very complete and free versions of the Arthurian legends from
    Malory and other sources. The style is delightful and the
    language beautiful. Illustrated by the author.

Tennyson, Alfred. Idylls of the King.

    _Contents_: Coming of Arthur; The Round Table; Gareth and
    Lynette; Marriage of Geraint; Geraint and Enid; Balin and
    Balan; Merlin and Vivien; Lancelot and Elaine, The Holy
    Grail; Pelleas and Ettarre; The last tournament; Guinevere;
    The passing of Arthur. Portions of the Arthur legends told in
    poetic form.

CHARLEMAGNE AND ROLAND LEGENDS.

1. Roland's youth.

2. The story of Ogier, the Dane.

3. The story of Ralph.

4. "A Roland for an Oliver."

5. The deeds of Magwis and Reinold of Montalban.

6. The battle of Roncesvalles.

_Sources for the story teller_:

    Baldwin, James. The story of Roland.

    Some of the many legends of French chivalry that cluster
    around the names of Charlemagne and Roland, translated into
    English prose and woven into a story with Roland as the
    center of interest. The main incidents have been derived from
    a variety of sources, but the arrangement and connecting
    parts are the author's own invention, making the whole an
    acceptable and interesting version.

    Church, A.J. Stories of Charlemagne.

    The old tales shortened and compressed but still retaining
    life and color and reflecting the spirit of the times. Five
    of the legends which are distinct in themselves have been
    used. "The four sons of Aymon," "Ralph, the Collier,"
    "Fireabras," "The song of Roland," and "Duke Huon of
    Bordeaux."

    Greene, F.N., and Kirk, D.W. With spurs of gold.

    A short account of Roland and Charlemagne, dealing
    principally with the battle of Roncesvalles.

    Maitland, Louise. Heroes of chivalry.

    Contains a very clear, brief account of the life and
    adventures of Roland, divided into five parts.

    Roland. The song of Roland, translated into English verse;
    O'Hagan.

    The story of the Battle of Roncesvalles, The spirit of
    chivalry, the bravery of the knights, the friendship of
    Roland and Oliver, and the treachery of Ganelon are all told
    in stirring, rhythmic verse.




CHIVALRY TALES.

Compiled to interest Boys and Girls in Historical Fiction.


_Britain, 6th Century_.

1. Winning of the queen.

    _Outline_: Feast at Carleon--Messenger comes from West
    country--King Arthur's journey to Tintagalon--Meeting of
    Merlin and Arthur--King leaves in disguise--Arthur at
    Cameliard--Maiden beholds a knight at the fountain but finds
    only a gardener's boy--Lady Guinevere sees the
    knight--Gardener's boy wears his cap before Lady Guinevere
    and she discovers the knight of the fountain--Challenge of
    Duke Mordaunt--King Arthur seeks armor and is accepted as
    Lady Guinevere's champion--Duke Mordaunt overthrown--King
    Arthur overthrows Sir Geraint, Sir Gawaine and Sir Ewaine and
    sends them to Lady Guinevere--Meeting with Sir Pellias--The
    return of the gardener's boy--Four knights serve the
    gardener's boy--King Arthur proclaims himself to his four
    knights--King Arthur and his knights overthrow the Duke and
    his men--King Leodegrance desires to wed his daughter to the
    "White Champion"--The gardener removes his cap.

  _Source_:
    Pyle. King Arthur and his knights.

2. Sir Marrok.

    _Outline_: Marrok chosen for a great task--Marrok honored at
    court--Coming of Lady Irma to the forest--Marrok summoned to
    aid King Arthur--How it fared in Bedegrain with Marrok
    away--Sir Marrok's return--How Sir Marrok saved the Lady
    Agnes--How the wolf did its work--Story of the son of Sir
    Simon--Sir Tristram and the wolf--The stranger knight--Sir
    Marrok comes into his own.

  _Source_:
    French. Sir Marrok.


_France, 8th Century_.

3. Story of Roland.

    _Outline_: Charlemagne and his peers--Bertha and her husband
    flee from court in disguise--Boyhood of Roland--Quarrel with
    Oliver--The wrestling match--Roland and Oliver pledge eternal
    friendship--Coming of Charlemagne--Meeting between the king
    and the boy of the cave--Roland goes to France--Ganelon's
    jealousy of Roland--Revolt of one of the nobles--Battle
    arranged between champions of king and noble--Revolt
    ended--Moslem invasion of Europe--Charlemagne wars for seven
    years--Envoys of peace from Moslem king--King asks
    advice--Roland cries "War"--Ganelon counsels peace--Ganelon
    chosen as envoy to the king--Plots treason--Departure for
    Spain--The pass at Roncesvalles.

  _Sources:_
    Baldwin. Story of Roland. Church. Stories of Charlemagne.
    Greene. With spurs of gold. Macgregor. Story of France.


_Spain, 8th Century._

4. The Alhambra.

    _Outline_: Moors in Spain--The Alhambra built--Destruction of
    Moorish power in Europe--Legend of the three beautiful
    princesses--Legend of the Rose of the Alhambra.

  _Source:_
    Irving. Alhambra.


_Spain, 11th Century._

5. The Cid.

    _Outline_: Time and conditions in Spain--Character of
    Roderigo--He proves his father's champion--Rescues men from
    Moors and wins title--The Cid and the Leper--Chosen as
    champion to save the city of Calahorra--Death of King
    Ferdinand--Quarrel over division of kingdom--The Cid sent to
    Urrica--The queen defies her brother--Murder of
    Sancho--Alfonso becomes king--His attitude toward the
    Cid--The Cid banished, becomes a free lance--Captain of
    Valencia--Death of the Cid.

  _Sources:_
    Stories from the Chronicles of the Cid by M.W. Plummer. Story
    of the Cid for young people, by C.D. Wilson. Greene. With
    spurs of gold. _England and France, 12th and 15th
    Centuries_.

6. Richard my king; Page of Count Renaud; Armorer's apprentice.

  _Source:_
    Stories of chivalry retold from St. Nicholas.


_Holy Land, 12th Century_.

7. The talisman. (Part 1.)

    _Outline_: Meeting and encounter of Christian and Saracen
    knights--Pledge of friendship and journey to cell of the
    Hermit--Scene in chapel of the Hermit--Camp of Richard, the
    Lion Heart--Coming of Kenneth and the Arabian
    physician--Conflict outside the tent of Richard--Kenneth
    placed in charge of English banner--Kenneth deserts his post
    to aid the Lady Edith--English flag dishonored--Kenneth
    summoned to tent of Richard--Kenneth sentenced to death by
    Richard--Kenneth becomes bond servant of Arabian physician
    and leaves English camp.

8. The talisman. (Part 2.)

    _Outline_: Journey of Kenneth, the physician discovered and
    the departure of Kenneth in disguise to camp of
    Richard--Nubian slave saves life of king and proves who was
    traitor in camp--Combat arranged between Conrade and
    Saladin's champion--Meeting of Richard and Saladin--The
    combat--Kenneth crowned victor.

  _Source:_

   Scott. The talisman.


_England, 12th Century_.

9. Ivanhoe. (Part 1.)

    _Outline_: Scene at dinner in home of Cedric, the
    Saxon--Entrance of Templars, Palmer, the Lady Rowena, and the
    Jew--Hasty departure of Palmer and Jew on the morrow--Jew
    furnishes the Palmer with equipment for tournament--1st, 2nd
    and 3d day--Chaplet of laurel placed on head of the
    victor--"Ivanhoe" and "Palmer" one.

10. Ivanhoe. (Part 2.)

    _Outline_: Departure of Black Knight to cell of "the
    Friar"--Ivanhoe taken in charge by Rebecca and
    father--Capture of Cedric's party by men in disguise--Victor
    of archery contest with Cedric's two servants journeys to
    cell of the Friar and enlists sympathy of Black
    Knight--Locksley gathers his men and with the Black Knight
    storms the castle of Front de Boeuf--Guilbert escapes with
    Rebecca and takes her to the home of the Knights Templars
    where Rebecca is proclaimed a witch--Combat--Death of
    Bois-Guilbert--Black Knight proclaims that he is England's
    rightful king--Marriage of Rowena and Ivanhoe--Departure of
    Rebecca and her father--Death of Richard.

  _Source:_
    Scott. Ivanhoe.


_England, 13th Century._

11. Boy's ride.

    _Outline_: Hugo attacked on his way to the castle--The cause,
    treason within the walls--The plan of Lady Atherly and
    Hugo--Robert Sadler sets forth on an errand--Hugo rides forth
    with Humphrey--William Lorimer in charge of castle--Lady de
    Atherly and her son flee--In the forest--Ferrybridge--The
    Isle of Axholme--Lady de Atherly and son safe in
    Scotland--Robert Sadler returns to the castle to find it
    deserted--Hugo's journey to Lincoln--In the fens--Coming of
    the King--Capture of Hugo and his release--Hugo and Humphrey
    disguised as novice and priest and as maiden and
    soldier--Lord de Launay rescues Hugo and Humphrey--Hugo
    knighted.

  _Source:_
    Zollinger. Boy's ride.


_France, 13th Century._

12. St. Louis.

    _Outline:_ Conditions in France at the time of Louis'
    accession to throne--Queen Blanche as Regent--Enmity of
    nobles--Marriage of Louis and Margaret--War with England--Vow
    of St. Louis--Strategy of King in preparation for
    Crusades--Louis in Egypt--Encounter at Nansourah--King taken
    captive--Return to France--Louis as King of France--Private
    life--The 8th crusade--Death of St. Louis.

  _Sources:_
    Macgregor. Story of France.
    Perry. St. Louis.


_France, 13th Century. Reign of King Louis IX._

13. Count Hugo's sword.

    _Outline_: At the inn of William, the Conqueror--Its
    history--Geoffrey's connection with the inn, and the cause of
    his grief--Coming of Count Hugo--The strolling jongleur
    brings news from Rouen--Geoffrey secretes the "Saracen
    sword"--The count discovers his loss and Geoffrey confesses
    to the theft--The wrath of Count Hugo--Coming of the king's
    heralds--Release of Geoffrey--Summons to court of King Louis
    IX.

  _Source:_
    Stein. Troubadour tales.


_England and Holy Land, 13th Century.
Reign of Henry III and Richard I._

14. The prince and the page.

    _Outline_: The hunter captures the two fugitives--Princess
    Eleanor pleads for the pardon of Richard and his
    servant--Richard becomes a royal page--The landing of the
    Crusaders--Death of King Louis--Illness of John--Richard's
    wrath--Return of Sir Raynal--Richard writes to
    England--Richard accused of sending letter to order arrest of
    Prince Henry--The combat--Richard sent as messenger meets his
    brother--Richard accused of being in league with his
    brothers--Edward defends his page--The pilgrim in the
    hospitalier--Richard gives his life for his prince.

  _Source:_
    Yonge. Prince and the page.


_Germany, 13th Century._

15. The boy and the baron.

    _Outline_: "Shining Knight" hides his treasure and becomes a
    captive--Carl, the armorer, finds a child among the osiers
    and takes him into his own home--Wulf's first visit to the
    castle and what befell--Wulf makes the castle his
    home--Enmity of Conradt--The baron declared an outlaw--The
    baron breaks ill news to Elsie--Flight of Wulf and
    Elsie--Wulf becomes messenger to the King--The battle--The
    "Shining Knight" brought forth from the dungeon--Knighting of
    Wulf.

  _Source:_
    Knapp. The boy and the baron.


_Germany, 13th Century._

16. Otto of the silver hand.

    _Outline_: "Dragon's House," its inmates--Baron Conrad goes
    forth to fleece the merchants and is shorn--Otto at St.
    Michaelsburg--Otto returns to the "Dragon's House"--Conrad
    answers the summons of the king--Capture of Otto--Hans enters
    Baron Henry's castle--Flight of Baron Conrad and his
    men--Conrad's last stand--Otto before King Rudolph.

  _Source:_
    Pyle. Otto of the silver hand.

_England, 14th and 15th Centuries.
Reigns of Henry IV and V._

17. Men of Iron.

    _Outline_: Plot against life of the King--Murder of Sir John
    Dale at Falworth Castle--The flight from Falworth
    Castle--Life at Crosby Dale--Miles training under
    Diccon--Miles takes service under the Earl of
    Mackworth--Friendship of Miles and Gascoyne--Training of
    esquires--Quarrel between Miles and Blunt--Sir James'
    interest in Miles--"Knights of the Rose," their oath and what
    came of it--Miles meets the Lady Anne and her cousin--Earl of
    Mackworth finds Miles in the garden--Coming of Henry
    IV--Miles is knighted and wins his first
    tournament--Departure for France--In the company of the
    Prince of Wales--Miles in the presence of the King challenges
    the Earl of Alban to do battle--Death of the Earl of
    Alban--Miles betrothed to the Lady Anne.

  _Source:_
    Pyle. Men of Iron.


_England, 15th Century, Reign of Henry V._

18. King Henry V.

    _Outline_: Madcap prince and his companions--Death of King
    Henry IV--Henry V crowned king--Meeting of King and
    Falstaff--Preparation for war with France--The Dauphin's
    message and the King's answer--Siege of Harfleur--Henry as
    commander--King in disguise enters tents of his
    soldiers--Battle of Agincourt--The King's reception on his
    return to England--War with France renewed--Treaty of
    peace--The King's marriage.

  _Sources:_
    Couch. Historical tales from Shakespeare. Shakespeare. King
    Henry IV. Shakespeare. King Henry V.


_France, 15th Century._

_Reign of Charles VI and VII._

19. Joan of Arc.

    _Outline:_ Conditions in France at the death of Charles
    VI--Childhood of Joan--Heavenly voices tell Joan her
    mission--The voices become more urgent--Her brutal reception
    from the Lord Vaucouleurs--The faith of the people in
    Joan--Money and an escort provided--In the presence of the
    Dauphin--Before the learned men of Poitiers--March to
    Orleans--The Siege--Joan before the council--End of the
    siege--Surrender of Beaugency--Joan meets English army under
    Talbot and utterly routs it--Coronation of Charles VII at
    Rheims--Indolence of King--Refuses to renew attack on
    Paris--Joan wounded--The French retreat, a blow to Joan's
    prestige--People lose faith in her--Capture--Treatment in
    prison--Trial--Death.

  _Sources:_
    Lang. Red true story book.
    Macgregor. Story of France.
    Boutet de Monvel. Joan of Arc.


_France, 15th Century._

_Reign of Charles VIII and Louis XII._

20. Bayard.

    _Outline:_ The boy's choice--The page--Touching shields--In
    the garrison--The tournament--War--Capture of Milan--The
    duel--Bayard guards the bridge--Siege of Mezieres--Death of
    Bayard.

  _Sources:_
    Andrews. Story of Bayard.
    Greene. With spurs of gold.
    Macgregor. Story of France.


_England, 15th Century._

_Reign of Henry VIII and Edward VI._

21. Prince and the pauper.

    _Outline:_ Birth of Tom and the Prince--The occupants of
    "Orful Court"--Tom visits the palace and changes garments
    with the Prince--Tom as the "Prince of Wales"--The Prince's
    experience in the school grounds--His meeting with Mr.
    Canty--Flight of the Canty family--Tom and the King--Life in
    the palace, death of the King--Meeting of Prince and Miles
    Hendon--Miles becomes Protector to the "King of
    Dreams"--Prince and the hermit--Prince as kitchenboy--Miles
    finds his ward and takes him home--Sir Hugh denounces his
    brother as an imposter and has him imprisoned--The
    prison--Miles takes flogging for the Prince--The coronation
    of the King--Appearance of the rightful King--Where is the
    great seal?--"Long live the King"--Miles Hendon sits in the
    presence of the King.

  _Source:_
    Clemens. Prince and the pauper.


STORIES FROM CHAUCER

1. Prologue.

The priest's tale. The cock and the fox.

2. The lawyer's tale. Constance.

3. The clerk's tale. Patient Griselda.

4. The knight's tale. Palamon and Arcite.

5. The franklin's tale. Dorigen.

_Sources for the story teller:_
    Chaucer, Geoffrey. The student's Chaucer; ed. by Skeat.

_Adaptations:_
    Tales of the Canterbury Pilgrims; retold from
    Chaucer and others by F.J. Harvey Darton.

    This is the most attractive and complete edition of the
    Chaucer stories for children. The text is freely rendered and
    the author has rearranged the stories in groups. The book is
    charmingly illustrated by Hugh Thomson.

Stories from Chaucer retold from the Canterbury
tales by J.W. McSpadden.

    An excellent rendition of the Chaucer stories. The author has
    followed closely Chaucer's lines and in many places has
    included the original verse. This version will be found
    helpful in the preparation of the ten stories that it
    contains.

Canterbury chimes; or Chaucer tales retold for
children by F. Storr and H. Turner.

    This collection gives the Prologue and six of the pilgrims'
    stories. It follows closely the original verse, but is not as
    attractive as the McSpadden version, although the two are
    similar.

The Chaucer story book by Eva March Tappan.

    Includes eleven stories freely told and simplified. On this
    account may be used for younger children. Some of the
    atmosphere of Chaucer's original tales is lost but the plots
    are made very clear, which is an aid in the preparation of
    the stories.


STORIES FROM THE FAERIE QUEENE.

1. Adventures of Una and the Red Cross Knight.

    The quest--The wood of Error--The knight deceived by the
    magician, forsakes Una--The knight's adventures--Una and the
    lion and what befell her later--The last fight and the end of
    the quest.

2. The legend of Britomart.

    Britomart looks into the magic mirror and later starts on her
    quest--What strange adventures befell Britomart--The great
    tournament for the Golden Girdle--How Britomart ended her
    quest.

3. The adventures of Sir Artegall.

    Minor adventures in which Sir Artegall rights many
    wrongs--His adventures with the Queen of the Amazons and his
    rescue by Britomart--The death of the tyrant Grantorto.

4. The adventures of Sir Calidore.

    The quest--Sir Calidore's encounter with the discourteous
    knight--Pasterella, and the successful ending of the quest.

_Sources for the story teller:_
Spenser, Edmund. Works; ed. by R. Morris.

_Adaptations:_
Stories from the Faerie Queene; retold from Spenser by L.H. Dawson.

    Similar to the Macleod version, but not so conveniently
    arranged for the story teller.

Stories from the Faerie Queene; by Mary Macleod.

    This contains more stories than the other versions and the
    material is so arranged that the story teller will find it a
    help in making out a program for a longer cycle. The best and
    most attractive edition to use with children.

Una and the Red Cross Knight, and other tales
from Spenser's Faerie Queene; by N.G.
Royde-Smith.

    This book gives chiefly the first part of Spenser's Faerie
    Queene--the adventures of Una and the Red Cross Knight--but
    it is excellently told and charmingly illustrated by T.H.
    Robinson. In a good many places Spenser's original verse has
    been inserted, which gives an added charm.

IRISH HERO TALES.

1. Quest of the sons of Turenn.

2. Cuchulain's youth.

3. Strife for the dun cow of Cooley.

4. Cuchulain and Ferdia.

5. Cuchulain's death.

6. Fate of the sons of Usna.

7. King Fergus and King Iubdan.

8. Chase of the Gilla Dacar.

9. Oisin in the land of youth.

_Sources for the story teller:_

  Curtin, Jeremiah. Hero tales of Ireland.

    For the most part disconnected stories of adventure, which,
    though full of interest, lack the peculiar Celtic flavor.
    Contains: Chase of the Gilla Dacar.

  Gregory, Augusta, _lady_. Cuchulain of Muirthemne.

    The most detailed account of Cuchulain told with great
    sympathy in dignified, often metrical prose. Contains:
    Cuchulain's youth, Strife for the dun cow, Cuchulain and
    Ferdia, Cuchulain's death, Fate of the sons of Usna.

  Hull, Eleanor. Boys' Cuchulain.

    An abridged and adapted version of the Cuchulain legend that
    retains much of the heroic spirit. Requires little
    preparation from the story teller. Contains: Cuchulain's
    youth, Strife for the dun cow, Cuchulain's death, Fate of the
    sons of Usna.

  Joyce, P.W. Old Celtic romances.

    A translation may either follow the very words or reproduce
    the life and spirit of the original. I have chosen this
    latter course.--_Author's pref._ Contains: Chase of the Gilla
    Dacar, Oisin in the land of youth.

  O'Grady, S.H. Silva gadelica.

    Valuable and interesting material in the raw. Contains: King
    Fergus and King Iubdan, Chase of the Gilla Dacar.

  Rolleston, T.W. High deeds of Finn.

    Simple versions which possess a genuine atmosphere, although
    the author did not go directly to the manuscripts for his
    material. Contains: King Fergus and King Iubdan, Chase of the
    Gilla Dacar, Oison in the land of youth.


STORIES FROM SHAKESPEARE.

1. As you like it.

2. Much ado about nothing.

3. Macbeth.

4. King John.

5. Merchant of Venice.

6. Taming of the shrew.

7. Julius Caesar.

8. Hamlet.

9. Tempest.

10. Comedy of errors.

11. King Lear.

12. Midsummer night's dream.

13. Coriolanus.

14. Twelfth night.

15. Winter's tale.

16. King Richard III.

_Sources for the story teller:_
  Shakespeare, William. Shakespeare plays; ed. by I. Gollancz. (Temple
      edition.)

_Adaptations:_
  Historical tales from Shakespeare by A.T.Q. Couch.

    Contains eight of Shakespeare's historical plays, clearly
    told; Coriolanus, Julius Caesar, King John, King Richard 2nd,
    King Henry 4th, King Henry 5th, King Henry 6th, and King
    Richard 3rd.

  The children's Shakespeare; stories from the
  plays; told and chosen by A.S. Hoffman.

    A number of the best known plays retold in prose with the
    most famous speeches included in the original verse.
    Contains: As you like it, Julius Caesar, King Henry 5th, King
    John, King Lear, King Richard 2nd, Macbeth, Merchant of
    Venice, Midsummer night's dream and Tempest. These are also
    published separately.

  Tales from Shakespeare; by Charles and Mary Lamb.

    A well known popular version of twenty of Shakespeare's
    plays. Tempest, Midsummer night's dream, Winter's tale, Much
    ado about nothing, As you like it, Two gentlemen of Verona,
    Merchant of Venice, Cymbeline, King Lear, Macbeth, All's well
    that ends well, Taming of the shrew, Comedy of errors,
    Measure for measure, Twelfth night, Timon of Athens, Romeo
    and Juliet, Hamlet, Othello, and Pericles, Prince of Tyre.

  The Shakespeare story-book, by Mary Macleod.

    Seventeen of Shakespeare's best known plays; Tempest, Two
    gentlemen of Verona, Much ado about nothing, Midsummer
    night's dream, Merchant of Venice, As you like it, Taming of
    the shrew, Twelfth night, Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, Hamlet,
    King Lear, Othello, Cymbeline, Winter's tale and Comedy of
    errors. These stories have been told with accuracy and the
    book has proved popular with children.

  Midsummer night's dream; introductory story,
  decorations and il. by L.F. Perkins.

    An adapted version of Midsummer night's dream, with a short
    introductory story of Shakespeare's time and charming
    illustrations by the editor.

STORIES FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT.

1. The Creation.
      The Garden of Eden.

2. The story of Noah.

    The building of the Ark--The flood--The message of the
    dove--The bow in the clouds.

3. The story of Abraham.

    God's promise--Toward the land of Canaan--Isaac's
    birth--Abraham offers up Isaac to God--Isaac and
    Rebecca--Jacob and Esau--Jacob's dream--Jacob and Rachel.

4. The story of Joseph.

    Joseph and his brothers--The coat of many colors--In the land
    of Egypt--Pharaoh's dream--The famine--The brothers go down
    to buy corn--Their second journey--The cup--Joseph makes
    himself known to his brothers--Jacob finds his sons--Jacob's
    blessing.

5. The story of Moses and the Children of Israel.

    The Israelites in bondage--The child in the bulrushes--The
    burning bush--Bricks without straw--The miracle--The ten
    plagues--The flight from Egypt--Across the Red Sea--Through
    the wilderness--The ten commandments--The worship of the
    Golden Calf--The building of the tabernacle--Balaam and the
    ass--Moses' death--Joshua leads them into the promised land.

6. The story of Gideon.
      The story of Samson.

7. David, the Shepherd King.

    Saul disobeys God and David is made king--David plays the
    harp before Saul--David kills the giant, Goliath--Saul seeks
    to kill David--The Love of Jonathan and David--David spares
    Saul's life--The battle of Gilboa--David's lament--The
    twenty-third psalm.

8. The story of Solomon.

    Solomon's choice--He sits in wise judgment between two
    women--The building of the temple--The visit of the Queen of
    Sheba--Some of the proverbs of Solomon.

9. The story of Ruth.
      The story of Esther.

10. Little Samuel.
       Daniel, the fearless.

_Sources for the story teller:_

  Bible text:
    Douay version.
    King James version.

  Josephus, Flavius. Our young folks Josephus.

    A simplification of the Jewish history of Josephus. Contains:
    Story of Abraham--Story of Joseph--Story of Moses--Stories of
    Gideon and Samson--Story of David--Story of Solomon--Stories
    of Ruth and Esther.

_Adaptations of the Bible text_:

  Bible stories retold by L.L. Weedon.

    Retold simply but not without dignity.

  Bible stories. Old Testament; with an introduction
  and notes by R.G. Moulton.

    "Stories in the language of Scripture, altered only by
    omissions."

  Bible stories in Bible language, by E.T. Potter.

  Similar in plan to the Moulton and Tappan editions.

  Garden of Eden, by G. Hodges.

    Stories from the first nine books of the Old Testament.
    Somewhat modern in spirit. Contains: The Creation; Story of
    Noah; Story of Abraham; Story of Joseph; Story of Moses;
    Stories of Gideon and Samson; Story of David; Story of Ruth;
    Story of Samuel.

  Old, old story book, compiled from the Old Testament by E.M. Tappan.

    The Bible text is followed literally, omissions being made
    for the sake of clearness.

  Old Testament stories, selected for the children by E. Chisholm.

    Retains the dignity and simplicity of the Bible narrative.
    Contains: Story of Abraham; Story of Joseph; Story of Moses.

  Stories from the Old Testament for children, by H.S.B. Beale.

    Told in the language of the Bible save where the abridgment
    requires explanation from the author. Contains: Story of
    Abraham; Story of Joseph; Story of Moses; Stories of Gideon
    and Samson; Story of David; Story of Solomon; Little Samuel.

  Story of the Bible, by C. Foster.

    "Told in simple language adapted to all ages, but especially
    to the young."

  Story of the chosen people, by H.A. Guerber.

    A direct, historical narrative having considerable background.

STORIES FROM THE NEW TESTAMENT.

1. The child Jesus.

    The birth of Jesus--The flight into Egypt--The return to
    Nazareth--The boy in the temple.

2. The beginning of Jesus' ministry.

    Jesus' baptism--His temptation--Choosing His disciples--The
    miracle of the fishes.

3. Miracles.

    The man with palsy--At the pool of Bethesda--The man with the
    withered hand--The sermon on the mount.

4. Other miracles.

    He heals the son of the widow of Nain--Jairus' daughter--He
    feeds the multitude--He walks on the sea--He raises Lazarus
    from the dead.

5. Parables.

    The lost sheep--The prodigal son--The sower--The story of the
    Good Samaritan--Jesus blesses little children.

6. Last events in Jesus' life on earth.

    His betrayal by Judas--His crucifixion--The women at the
    tomb--His resurrection from the dead--The last supper--His
    ascension into heaven.

7. St. Stephen, the first martyr.
      St. Peter's vision.

8. Story of St. Paul.

_Sources for the story teller:_

  _Bible text:_
    Douay version.
    King James version.

  _Adaptations:_

    When the King came; stories from the four Gospels, by George Hodges.

    The life of Christ directly and simply told, with a matter of
    fact treatment of the supernatural and miraculous.

    Story of stories, by R.C. Gillie.

    A connected life of Christ with due emphasis on its spiritual
    significance.

    Stories from the life of Christ, by J.H. Kelman.

    Selected from the Gospels, retaining the biblical language.

    Little child's life of Jesus, by A. Steedman.

    Reverent in tone, but somewhat weakened by the adaptation.


ROBIN HOOD STORIES.

1. How Robin Hood became an outlaw.

2. The shooting-match at Nottingham.

3. Little John's adventures at the Sheriff's house.

4. Robin Hood and Will Scarlet.

5. Robin Hood aids a knight in distress.

6. Robin Hood and his men go to London to shoot for the Queen.

7. King Richard's adventures with Robin Hood.

_Sources for the story teller:_

  Macleod, Mary. Book of ballad stories.

    Includes 15 tales of Robin Hood's adventures taken from early
    sources. The stories are told very briefly and lack the charm
    of the more modern versions.

  McSpadden, J.W. Stories of Robin Hood and his merry outlaws.

    Contains 24 stories of Robin Hood and his band. Not as good
    as the Howard Pyle version, but the best inexpensive edition.

  Perkins, L.F. Robin Hood.

    The history and adventures of Robin Hood retold in verse, and
    attractively illustrated by the author. Good to give to
    children to acquaint them with the ballad form.

  Pyle, Howard. The merry adventures to Robin Hood.

    This is undoubtedly the best prose version of the Robin Hood
    ballads and the best source for the story teller. It fully
    expresses the out of door atmosphere and the spirit of good
    fellowship and adventure that is found in the original
    ballads.

  Rhead, L.J. Bold Robin Hood and his outlaw band.

    A retelling in prose style is good but lacks spirit and humor
    of Pyle versions.

  Tappan, E.M. Robin Hood.

    This collection gives 16 stories of Robin Hood's exploits.
    Some of the stories have been slightly altered, but the
    atmosphere has been kept in the main.

BALLAD STORIES.

1. Kinmont Willie.

2. Black Agnace of Dunbar.

3. Patient Griselda.

4. Saddle to rags.

5. The beggar's daughter of Bednall-Green.

6. Muckle-mou'ed Meg.

7. Sir Patrick Spens.

8. Barring of the door.

9. The ballad of Chevy Chase.

10. The King of France's daughter.

11. The king and the miller.

12. The heir of Linne.

_Sources for the story teller_:

  Greenwood, Grace. Stories from famous ballads;
  ed. by Caroline Burnite.

    A new edition of Grace Greenwood's collection of nine of the
    old ballads. They are told in a direct and simple way, and
    with a great deal of charm. Contains: Patient Griselda, The
    Beggar's daughter, Sir Patrick Spens. Chevy Chase, King of
    France's daughter, King and the miller and The heir of Linne.

  Grierson, E.W. Children's tales from Scottish ballads.

    A splendid collection of seventeen of the best known ballads
    retold in prose for children. They are well written and full
    of the spirit of romance and adventure. Contains: Kinmont
    Willie, Black Agnes of Dunbar, Muckle-mou'ed Meg, Sir Patrick
    Spens, The heir of Linne.

  Macleod, Mary. A book of ballad stories.

    Thirty-four ballads in prose, including the Robin Hood and
    many other well known tales. The selection of material is
    good. Contains: Patient Griselda, Saddle to rags, The
    beggar's daughter, The king and the miller, The heir of
    Linne.

  Percy, Thomas. The boy's Percy, being old ballads
  from Percy's Reliques; S. Lanier.

    A scholarly collection, in poetry form, of thirty-five
    English ballads. Some of them could not be used for telling,
    but they are all interesting and should be read in order to
    get the old ballad spirit. Contains: Chevy Chase, The king
    and the miller, The heir of Linne.

  Smith, J.C. _and_ Soutar, G.A. A book of ballads for boys and girls.

    A collection of fifty-four ballads divided into three parts;
    ballads of romance, ballads historical and legendary, ballads
    literary and elegiac. Each ballad is told in verse with an
    explanatory note and there is a general introduction on
    ballad poetry. Contains: Kinmont Willie, Sir Patrick Spens,
    and Chevy Chase.

  Tappan, E.M. Old ballads in prose.

    This collection comprises twenty-two of the old ballad
    stories. In it are found several humorous stories not
    contained in the other collections. A good book to use with
    children. Contains: Saddle to rags and Barring of the door.

A SELECTION OF MODERN NARRATIVE POEMS, CHIEFLY HISTORICAL.
FOR READING ALOUD.

Ancient Mariner. Coleridge.

The Armada. Macaulay.

Barbara Frietchie. Whittier.

The battle of the Baltic. Campbell.

The battle of Agincourt. Drayton.

The battle of Charlestown Harbor. Hayne.

The brown dwarf of Rügen. Whittier.

The burial of Moses. Alexander.

The courtship of Miles Standish. Longfellow.

The defense of the Alamo. Joaquin Miller.

The destruction of Sennacherib. Lord Byron.

Evangeline. Longfellow.

Horatius. Macaulay.

The emperor's bird's nest. Longfellow.

Idylls of the King. Tennyson.

The Inchcape Rock. Southey.

Incident of the French camp. Browning.

Ivry, a song of the Huguenots. Macaulay.

John Gilpin's ride. Cowper.

King Alfred and the Harper. Sterling.

The Landing of the Pilgrims. Hemans.

The Leak in the dike. Phoebe Gary.

Lochinvar. Scott.

Lord Ullin's daughter. Campbell.

Marmion. Scott.

Paul Revere's ride. Longfellow.

The pied Piper of Hamelin. Browning.

The Revenge. Tennyson.

Sheridan's ride. Read.

Sohrab and Rustum. Arnold.

The song of Hiawatha. Longfellow.

Storming of Corinth. Lord Byron.

The vision of Sir Launfal. Lowell.

The wreck of the Hesperus. Longfellow.

_Sources:_

  Gayley, C.M. _and_ Flaherty, M.C. Poetry of the people.

    _Contents_: Older ballads; Poems of England; Poems of
    Scotland; Poems of Ireland; Poems of America.

    A very complete collection of well known and less known
    historical and patriotic poems. Recently revised to include
    twenty-seven poems and national anthems of the World War.

  Henley, W.E. Lyra heroica.

    A book of patriotic verse, chiefly from English sources.
    Contains also the ballads of Chevy Chase, Sir Patrick Spens,
    Kinmont Willie and others.

  Lang, A. Blue poetry book.

  Old ballads, English historical poems and a few others.

  Longfellow, H.W. Complete poetical works.

  Olcott, F.J. Story telling poems.

    Arranged under the following headings: Deeds of right and
    wrong; Fairies, magic and mystery; Jolly rhymes and poems;
    Sad poems; Historical legends and stories; Sacred stories and
    legends.

  Scollard, Clinton. Ballads of American bravery.

    Poems commemorating valorous deeds and brave men in American
    history, such as The men of the Alamo, Kearny at the Seven
    Pines, Keenan's charge, John Burns of Gettysburg, Sheridan's
    ride, A ballad of Manila bay, Down the Little Big Horn,
    Battle of Charlestown Harbor.

  Scott, Sir Walter. Poetical works.

  Tennyson, Alfred. Idylls of the King.

  Wiggin _and_ Smith. Golden numbers.

    A book of English verse for boys and girls. Some divisions
    are: Story poems, When banners are waving, Tales of olden
    time, One of the best collections for general use.

    See also, Granger. An index to poetry and recitations.

PROSE SELECTIONS AND STORIES TO READ
ALOUD TO BOYS AND GIRLS.

About Elizabeth Eliza's piano.
  Hale. Peterkin papers.

Adventures of Pinocchio. Collodi.

The adventures of a Fourth.
  Aldrich. Story of a bad boy.

Adventures of the windmills.
  Cervantes. Don Quixote; ed. by Parry

An animal show at night.
  Bostock. Training of wild animals.

Arkansaw bear. Paine.

Attack of the savages.
  Marryat. Masterman Ready.

Bear that had a bank account.
  Boyesen. Boyhood in Norway.

Bee-man of Orn. Stockton.

Boldheart (Dickens).
  Lucas. Runaways and castaways.

Box S round up.
  Lummis. New Mexico David.

A brave rescue and a rough ride.
  Blackmore. Lorna Doone.

A captured Santa Claus. Page.

A centurion of the Thirtieth.
  Kipling. Puck of Pook's Hill.

Christian meets Apollyon.
  Bunyan. Pilgrim's progress.

Christmas carol. Dickens.

Cricket on the Hearth. Dickens.

Daisy's jewel box.
  Alcott. Spinning wheel stories.

The deep-sea diver.
  Moffett. Careers of danger and daring.

Dog of Flanders. Ouida.

Favorite of the gods.
  Hutchinson. Golden porch.

The fight.
  Hughes. Tom Brown's school days.

Fishing on the Grand Banks.
  Kipling. Captains courageous.

Gallagher. Davis.

The gold bug. Foe.

The great locomotive chase. Pittenger.
  Booth. Wonderful escapes by Americans. (Adapted.)

Great stone face. Hawthorne.

Green cap.
  Brown. Star jewels.

How Amyas threw his sword into the sea.
  Kingsley. Westward ho!

How Otto dwelt at St. Michaelsburg.
  Pyle. Otto of the Silver hand.

How Otto lived in the dragon's house.
  Pyle. Otto of the Silver hand.

How Tom Sawyer whitewashed the fence.
  Clemens. Adventures of Tom Sawyer.

In the pasture.
  Spyri. Heidi.

Jackanapes. Ewing.

Jack Farley's flying switch.
  Warman. Short rails.

Jawbone telegraph.
  Lummis. King of the broncos.

Johnny Bear.
  Seton. Lives of the hunted.

Just so stories. Kipling.

The kid engineer.
  Spearman. Nerve of Foley.

Lance of Kanana, pp. 67-118. French.

Legend of Sleepy Hollow.
  Irving. Sketch book.

Little lame prince. Mulock.

The little post boy.
  Taylor. Boys of other countries.

Lord of the air.
  Roberts. Kindred of the wild.

A mad tea-party.
  Carroll. Alice in wonderland.

Maggie Tulliver tries to run away from her shadow.
  Eliot. Mill on the floss.
  Lucas. Runaways and castaways.

Mary's meadow. Ewing.

Men of iron, Ch. 24, 26, 27. Pyle.

Monkey that would not kill. Drummond.

Njal's burning.
  Njals saga. Heroes of Iceland; ed. by French.

.007.
  Kipling. Day's work.

Of that harvest feast.
  French. Story of Rolf and the viking's bow.

Onatoga's sacrifice. (Story of the Piasau bird.)
  Indian stories retold from St. Nicholas.
  St. Nicholas, v. 15, p. 376.

Our first whale.
  Bullen. Cruise of the Cachalot.

Peter Schlemihl. Chamisso.

Peter Spots, fireman.
  Hill. Fighting fire.

"Pieces of eight."
  Stevenson. Treasure island.

The Pickwickians disport themselves on the ice.
  Dickens. Pickwick papers.

Rab and his friends. Brown.

The race.
  Dodge. Hans Brinker.

Raggylug; the story of a cottontail rabbit.
  Seton. Wild animals I have known.

Rikki-tikki-tavi.
  Kipling. Jungle book.

Rip Van Winkle.
  Irving. Sketch book.

Rose and the ring. Thackeray.

The Snow queen. Andersen.

Story of Sonny Sahib. Ch. 3, 4, 10. Cotes.

Solomon Crow's Christmas pockets. Stuart.

Some other birds are taught to fly.
  Wiggin. Bird's Christmas Carol.

Sons of the vikings.
  Boyesen. Modern vikings.

Tom's first royal dinner.
  Clemens. Prince and the pauper.

Toomai of the elephants.
  Kipling. Jungle book.

Uncle Remus, his songs and his sayings. Harris.

A voyage of discovery.
  Wyss. Swiss family Robinson.

Voyage to Lilliput.
  Swift. Gulliver's travels.

Widow O'Callaghan's boys. Ch. 20, 21. Zollinger.
  See also Hassler. Graded list of stories for reading aloud.

BOOKS ABOUT STORY TELLING.

_Best sources:_

  Bryant, S.C. How to tell stories to children.

    One of the most practical and helpful books on the subject.
    Fine common-sense is used in all that is said on the purpose
    of story-telling, the selection of stories and how to adapt
    and to tell the story. Some specific uses of the story in the
    school room are given besides a graded collection of
    thirty-two stories and a short list of books in which the
    story teller will find stories not too far from the form in
    which they are needed.

  Cowles, J.D. The art of story telling.

    A useful elementary book. Contains about 50 stories in form
    suited to young children.

  Lyman, Edna. Story telling; what to tell and how to tell it.

    Story telling; what to tell and how to tell it. "The purpose
    of this book is not in any way to attempt to give information
    to those who have devoted both time and study to the subject
    or who have had practical experience in story telling, but
    rather to make a few suggestions to those mothers, teachers
    and librarians who are interested in its use as a phase of
    another occupation." The chapters on "Reading aloud to
    children" and "Arranging the program of miscellaneous
    stories" are particularly suggestive. Contains good outlines
    for cycle story hours for older children.

  Olcott, F.J. Story telling poems.

    There is an introduction addressed to the story-teller
    suggesting ways in which the poems may be used. The poems are
    indexed under such ethical subjects as courage, humility,
    etc.

_Other sources:_

  Bryant, S.C. Stories to tell to children.

    Fifty-one stories with some suggestions for telling. There is
    a clear statement of the value to the child of the type of
    story which specifically teaches a certain ethical lesson and
    also the kind of story that has no moral to offer. The author
    believes in telling one to three in favor of the latter kind.
    The book also contains a few principles underlying the
    dramatization of stories for young children.

  Clemens, Samuel L. How to tell a story.

    The different methods required in telling witty, comic and
    humorous stories.

  Houghton, Mrs. L.S. Telling Bible stories.

    The author aims to inspire mothers and teachers to use the
    Old Testament stories more freely in developing the religious
    nature of the child.

  Keyes, A.M. Stories and story-telling.

    The author is head of the Department of English in the
    Brooklyn Training School for Teachers. Besides a discussion
    of method and theory the book contains about 75 stories,
    including a good selection of short stories suitable for
    young children to reproduce.

  MacClintock, P.L. Literature in the elementary school.

    Chapters 4 and 5 are suggestive in regard to analyzing a
    story and the characteristics of a good story.

  Partridge, E.N. _and_ G.E. Story telling in school and home.

    A large part of the book is devoted to the use of the story
    in teaching language, history, nature study and to its place
    in moral education. There are 18 well chosen stories re-told
    from myths, legends, fables and history.

  Ransome, Arthur. A history of story-telling;
    studies in the development of narrative.

    The chapter on "Origins" deals with story-telling outside
    books.

  St. John, E.P. Stories and story telling in
  moral and religious education.

    A book on methods written from a sane point of view. At the
    end of each chapter are many quotations from such authors as
    G. Stanley Hall, Felix Adler, Froebel, and George Adam Smith,
    and also a bibliography.

  Wyche, R.T. Some great stories and how to tell them.

    Emphasis is laid upon the psychological principles and the
    spiritual equipment in telling stories. The epic stories of
    Siegfried, Beowulf and Ulysses are given prominence with a
    retelling of Beowulf and four stories from King Arthur. One
    chapter is devoted to the "Story teller's league" and its
    work.




INDEX TO TITLES OF STORIES AND SELECTIONS.


About Elizabeth Eliza's piano                          77

Abraham, Story of                                      69

Achilles in his sorrow vows vengeance on Troy          51

Adventure of the windmills                             77

Adventures of a Fourth                                 77

Adventures of Nils                                     36

Adventures of Pinocchio                                77

Adventures of Sir Artegall                             65

Adventures of Sir Calidore                             65

Adventures of Ulysses                                  50

Adventures of Una and the Red Cross Knight             65

Aladdin                                                26

Alhambra                                               58

All the plums                                          45

An animal show at night                                77

An old time Thanksgiving                               45

Ancient mariner                                        75

Ann Mary; her two Thanksgivings                        45

Appleseed John                                         47

Apollo and Daphne                                      47

Arkansaw bear                                          77

Armada                                                 75

Armor of Achilles                                      51

Armorer's apprentice                                   59

As I walked over the hills one day                     10

As you like it                                         67

Aschenputtel                                           25

Attack of the savages                                  77

52 Awakening of Brunhilda                              30


Babouscka                                              38

Balder and the mistletoe                               52

Balin                                                  55

Banyan deer                                            35

Barbara Fritchie                                       75

Barring of the door                                    73

Battle of Agincourt                                    75

Battle of the Baltic                                   75

Battle of the beggars                                  51

Battle of Charlestown harbor                           75

Battle of Roncesvalles                                 56

Baucis and Philemon                                    47

Bayard                                                 63

Bear that had a bank account                           77

Beauty and the beast                                   27

Beauty and the horse                                   27

Bee, the harp, and the mouse and the bum-clock         23

Bee-man of Orn                                         77

Beggar's daughter of Bednall Green                     73

Beginning of all things                                52

Beginning of Jesus' ministry                           71

Bible, The                                             38

Billy Beg and the bull                                 18

Binding of the Fenris wolf                             52

Bird's Christmas Carol                                 39

Birth of Christ                                        38

Black Agnace of Dunbar                                 73

Black bull of Norroway                                 22

Boldheart                                              77

Boots and his brothers                                 34

Borrowing a grandmother                                45

Boston Thanksgiving story                              45

Box S round up                                         77

Boy and the baron                                      61

Boy and the north wind                                 16

Boy of the kitchen; Sir Gareth                         55

Boy that was scaret o' dyin'                           43

Boy who discovered the spring                          43

Boy's ride                                             60

Brave rescue and a rough ride                          77

Bremen Town musicians                                  10

Briar Rose                                             30

Brown dwarf of Ruegen                                  75

Bunny's Thanksgiving                                   45

Burial of Moses                                        75

Buried moon                                            49


Camel's hump                                           37

Captured Santa Claus                               39, 77

Cat and the mouse                                       9

Cause of the Trojan war                                51

Centurion of the Thirtieth                             77

Chase of the Gilla Dacar                           49, 66

Chevy Chase                                            73

Chicken Licken                                          8

Chicken Little                                          8

Child Jesus                                            71

Chimaera                                               50

Christian meets Apollyon                               77

Christmas before last                                  39

Christmas cake                                         39

Christmas carol                                        78

Christmas cuckoo                                       39

Christmas dream                                        39

Christmas every day                                    39

Christmas in the barn                                  39

Christmas masquerade                                   39

Christmas truants                                      39

Christmas turkey and how it came                       39

Christmas under the snow                               39

"Chusey"                                               52

Cid, The                                               58

Cinderella                                             25

Clerks tale                                            64

Clocks of Rondaine                                     40

Cock and the crested hen                               33

Cock and the fox                                       64

Cock and the mouse and the little red hen               9

Coffee mill which grinds salt                          23

Comedy of errors                                       67

Coming of Thanksgiving                                 45

Coming of the prince                                   38

Constance                                              64

Contrary woman                                         22

Coquerico                                              23

Coriolanus                                             67

Count Hugo's sword                                     60

Courtship of Miles Standish                            75

Creation, The                                          69

Cricket on the hearth                                  78

Cuchulain and Ferdia                                   66

Cuchulain's death                                      66

Cuchulain's youth                                      66

Curse of gold                                          52


Daisy's Jewel box                                      78

Dame Gudbrand                                          27

Dame Wiggin of Lee and her seven wonderful cats        10

Daniel, the fearless                                   69

David, the Shepherd King                               69

Death of Hector                                        51

Defence of the Alamo                                   75

Deeds of Magwis and Reinold of Montalban               56

Deep-sea diver                                         78

Destruction of Sennacherib                             75

Diana; and the story of Orion                          35

Dog of Flanders                                    40, 78

Doll in the grass                                      10

Dorigen                                                64

Duel of Paris and Menelaus                             51


East o' the sun and west o' the moon                   21

Easter snow storm                                      43

Elephant's child                                       24

Elves and the shoemaker                                 9

Emperor's bird's nest                                  75

Epaminondas                                        10, 22

Esther                                                 69

Evangeline                                             75

Fafnir, the dragon                                     52

The fairies                                            17

Fate of the sons of Usna                               66

Favorite of the gods                                   78

Felix                                                  40

Fight, The                                             78

Fir-tree                                               40

First Christmas tree                                   40

First Christmas tree in New England                    40

First Thanksgiving                                     45

First Thanksgiving day                                 45

Fisherman and his wife                                 35

Fisherman and the genii                                35

Fishing on the Grand Banks                             78

Forging of the sword                                   52

Fred's Easter Monday                                   43

Franklins tale                                         64


Gallegher; a news-paper story                          78

Garden of Eden                                         69

General's Easter box                                   43

Gideon                                                 69

20 Gingerbread man                                      8

Gold bug                                               78

Golden bird                                            18

Golden cobwebs                                      9, 40

Golden fleece                                          50

Goldilocks                                             31

Good little mouse                                      20

Good woman                                         18, 28

Goody 'gainst-the-stream                               22

Goody Two-shoes                                        21

Gorgon's head                                          50

Grandma's Thanksgiving story                           45

Great battles                                          51

Great locomotive chase                                 78

Great stone face                                       78

Greedy goldsmith's reward                              17

Green cap                                              78

Gretchen and the wooden shoe                           40

Grizzled Peter                                         18

Gudbrand-on-the-hillside                               27


22 Half chick                                          10

Hamlet                                                 67

Hansel and Grethel                                     37

Heir of Linne                                          73

Hen who went to Dovrefjeld                              8

Helen's Thanksgiving                                   46

Henny Penny                                             8

Hermann's treasure box                                 38

Herr Oster Hase                                        43

Hobyahs                                            10, 27

Honest woodman                                         48

Horatius                                               75

How Amyas threw his sword into the sea                 78

How Arthur proved his kingship                         54

How Christmas came to Santa Maria flats                40

How Jack went to seek his fortune                       9

How Mr. Rabbit lost his fine bushy tail                33

How Mr. Rabbit was too sharp for Mr. Fox               33

How Odin brought the mead of Asgar                     52

How Odin lost his eye                                  52

How Otto dwelt at Saint Michaelsburg                   78

How Otto lived in the dragon's house                   78

How Patty gave thanks                                  46

How Robin Hood became an outlaw                        72

10 How the camel got his hump                          37

How the fir-tree became the Christmas tree             40

How the leaves came down                               37

How the Round Table was established                    54

How they got Hair Lock home                            30

How Tom Sawyer whitewashed the fence                   78

Huron Cinderella                                       26

Husband who was to mind the house                      18


Iduna's apples                                         52

Idylls of the King                                     75

In the cellar                                          46

In the great walled country                            40

In the pasture                                         79

The Inchcape Rock                                      75

Incident of the French camp                            75

Island of Calypso                                      51

Island of Circe                                        50

Ivanhoe                                                59

Ivry, the song of the Huguenots                        75


Jack and his brothers                                  34

Jack and the bean stalk                                24

Jack Farley's flying switch                            79

Jack, the giant killer                                 28

Jackanapes                                             79

Janie Leech's angel                                    46

Jawbone telegraph                                      79

Jericho Bob                                            46

Jimmy Scarecrow's Christmas                            41

Joan of Arc                                            62

John Gilpin's ride                                     75

Johnny Bear                                            79

20 Johnny cake                                         11

Joseph                                                 69

Julius Caesar                                          67

Jumblies                                               11

Just so stories                                        79


Karl and the dryad                                     48

Kid engineer, The                                      79

King Alfred and the harper                             75

King and the miller                                    73

King Fergus and King Iubdan                            66

King Henry, the fifth                                  62

King John                                              67

King Lear                                              67

King of France's daughter                              73

King of the Golden river                               33

King Richard, the third                                67

King Richard's adventures with Robin Hood              72

King Robert of Sicily                                  43

Kingdom of the winds                                   50

Kinmont Willie                                         73

Knights tale                                           64


Lad and the fox                                        31

Lad who went to the north wind                         16

Ladders to Heaven                                      43

Lady of Shalott                                        36

Lambikin                                               11

Lance of Kanana                                        79

Landing of the Pilgrims                                75

Last events in Jesus' life on earth                    71

Lawyers tale                                           64

Leak In the dike                                       75

Legend of Britomart                                    65

Legend of Easter eggs                                  44

Legend of St. Christopher                              38

Legend of Sleepy Hollow                                79

Legend of the Christ child                             38

Legend of the Christmas rose                           41

Legend of the cowslip                                  48

Lesson of faith                                        44

Little Black Sambo                                      9

Little brown seed                                      48

Little cake bird                                       41

Little Cosette                                         41

Little folks' presents                                 17

Little friend                                          38

Little girls' Christmas                                41

Little Gretchen and the wooden shoe                    41

Little grey pony                                       11

Little John's adventures at the sheriff's house        72

Little lame prince                                     79

Little lilac bush                                      44

29 Little One-eye, Two-eyes and Three-eyes             11

Little post boy                                        79

Little red hen                                         19

Little red hen and the grain of wheat                  11

Little Two-eyes                                        29

Little Samuel                                          69

Little Snow-white                                      34

Lochinvar                                              75

Lord of the air                                        79

Lord Ullin's daughter                                  75


Macbeth                                                67

Mad tea-party                                          79

Maggie Tulliver tries to run away from her shadow      79

Maple leaf and the violet                              48

Marmion                                                75

Marriage of Sir Gawain                                 55

Mary's meadow                                      48, 79

Master Sandy's snap-dragon                             41

22 Medio Pollito                                       10

Men of iron                                        62, 79

Merchant of Venice                                     67

Merlin                                                 55

Merry pranks of Robin Goodfellow                       17

Midsummer night's dream                                67

Minna's Thanksgiving                                   46

Minotaur                                               50

Miracles                                               71

Miraculous pitcher                                     50

Mirror of Matsuyama                                    37

Mischief's Thanksgiving                                46

Mr. Thankful                                           46

Mr. Vinegar                                            29

Monkey that would not kill                             79

Moses, and the children of Israel                      69

Mother Holle                                           11

Mother Hubbard's Easter lily                           44

Mother Hulda                                           11

Much ado about nothing                                 67

Muckle-mou'ed Meg                                      73

Munacher and Manacher                                  30

Murdoch's rath                                         49

My grandmother's grandmother's Christmas candle        41


Nanny who wouldn't go home to supper                   30

Necklace of truth                                      20

New altar                                              41

Nibelungen Lied                                        53

Night before Christmas                                 11

Njal's burning                                         80

Noah                                                   69

Northern mythology                                     53

.007                                                   80


Of that harvest feast                                  80

Ogier, the Dane                                        56

Oisin in the land of youth                             66

Old fashioned Thanksgiving                             46

24 Old Pipes and the dryad                             48

7 Old woman and her pig                                30

Old woman and the tramp                                24

Ole Shut-Eye stories                                   12

Onatoga's sacrifice                                    80

Orpheus and Eurydice                                   36

Other miracles                                         71

Otto of the silver hand                                61

Our first whale                                        80

Oxen of the sun                                        51


Page of Count Renaud                                   59

Palamon and Arcite                                     64

20 Pancake                                              8

Parables                                               71

Passing of Arthur                                      55

Patem's salmagundi                                     46

73 Patient Griselda                                    64

Patroclus                                              51

Paul Revere's ride                                     75

36 Persephone                                          44

Peter Fiddle-de-dee                                    16

Peter, Paul and Espen                                  35

Peter Rabbit                                            8

Peter Rabbit plays a joke                              12

Peter Schlemihl                                        80

Peter Spots, fireman                                   80

Peterkin and the little grey hare                      37

Peterkin's Christmas tree                              41

Phaeocia                                               51

Piasau bird                                            80

Picciola                                               41

"Pieces of eight"                                      80

The Pickwickians disport themselves on the ice         80

Pied piper of Franchville                              21

Pied Piper of Hamelin                              21, 75

Plant that lost its berry                              44

Polly's Thanksgiving                                   46

Pomegranate seeds                                      36

Poor Count's Christmas                                 41

Presents of the little folk                            17

Priam and Achilles                                     51

Prince and the page                                    61

Prince and the pauper                                  63

Princess and the pea                                   16

Princess Nausicaa                                      51

Princess whom nobody could silence                     16

Priests tale                                           64

Proserpina                                             36

Punishment of Loki                                     52

Pygmies50


Quarrel of the chiefs and the results                  51

Quern at the bottom of sea                             23

Quest of the grail                                     54

Quest of the sons of Turenn                            66

Quick running squash                               12, 37


Rab and his friends                                    80

The race                                               80

Ragged pedlar                                          46

Ram and the pig                                        12

Raggylug; the story of a cottontail rabbit             80

Rat catcher                                            21

Rat princess                                           12

Red bull of Norroway                                   22

Reformed pirate                                        37

The revenge                                            75

Resurrection, The                                      43

Rhymes from Mother Goose                                7

Richard, my king                                       59

Rikki-tikki-tavi                                       80

Rip Van Winkle                                         80

Robert of Lincoln                                      33

Robin Goodfellow                                       17

Robin Hood aids a knight in distress                   72

Robin Hood and his men go to London to shoot
     for the Queen                                     72

Robin Hood and Will Scarlet                            72

Roland                                                 57

"A Roland for an Oliver"                               56

Roland's youth                                         56

Rose and the ring                                      80

Runaway's Thanksgiving                                 46

Rushen coatie                                          26

Ruth                                                   69

Ruth and Naomi                                         46


Sabot of little Wolff                                  42

Sacred flame                                           44

Saddle to rags                                         73

St. Louis                                              60

St. Paul                                               71

St. Peter's vision                                     71

St. Stephen; the first martyr                          71

Samson                                                 69

Santa Claus at Simpson's bar                           42

Santa Claus on a lark                                  42

Scarface                                               23

Scrapefoot                                             32

Scylla and Charybdis                                   51

Selfish giant                                          44

Sheep and the pig who set up house-keeping             12

Sheridan's ride                                        75

Shooting-match at Nottingham                           72

Sif's hair                                             52

Silver Hen                                             42

Silver locks                                           31

Sir Launcelot, first champion                          54

Sir Marrok                                             57

Sir Patrick Spens                                      73

Sir Percival, third champion                           54

Sir Tristram, second champion                          54

Six sillies                                            28

Six swans                                              34

29 Sleeping Beauty in the wood                         44

Sleeping princess                                      29

17 Snow queen                                          80

Snowdrop                                           34, 44

30 Snow-white and Rose-red                             12

Sohrab and Rustum                                      75

Solomon                                                69

Solomon Crow's Christmas pockets                   42, 81

Some other birds are taught to fly                     81

Song of Hiawatha                                       76

Song of the Sirens                                     51

Sonny Sahib                                            81

Sons of the vikings                                    81

Spotty, the turtle, wins the race                      12

Star and the lily                                      44

Stolen charm                                           12

Storming of Corinth                                    76

Story of Greyfell                                      52

Story of Ralph                                         56

Story of the faithful servant                          15

Story of the first corn                                47

Story of the morning glory seed                        48

Story of the other wise man                            38

Story of the three sons                                15

Straw, the coal and the bean                           12

Strife for the dun cow of Cooley                       66

Sun and the wind                                       13

Sun, moon and wind go to dinner                        13

Sun, the moon and the wind                             13

Symbol and the saint                                   42


Tailor of Gloucester                                   42

Talk of the trees                                      48

Taming of the shrew                                    67

Tamlane                                                49

Tar baby                                               33

Tell tale tile                                         42

Tempest                                                67

Thanksgiving at Hollywood                              47

Thanksgiving dinner                                    47

Thanksgiving dinner that flew away                     47

Thor and the Frost giants                              52

31 Three bears                                         13

25 Three billy goats Gruff                              9

Three goats                                             8

Three goats named Bruse                                25

Three golden apples                                    50

Three knights of the round table                       54

Three little birds                                     48

Three little Christmas trees that grew on the hill     42

33 Three little pigs                                    8

Three sillies                                          28

Three wishes                                           34

Tiger, Brahman and Jackal                              25

Tilly's Christmas                                      42

Timothy's shoes                                        13

Tinder box                                             16

Tiny Tim                                               42

Titty mouse and Tatty mouse                            13

Tom Hickathrift                                        35

Tom, the water baby                                    13

Tom Thumb                                              32

Tommy Trot's visit to Santa Claus                      42

Tom's first royal dinner                               81

Toomai of the elephants                                81

17 Travels of a fox                                     9

Tree in the city                                       48

Trinity flower                                         44

Triumph of Ulysses                                     51

Trojan War                                             51

Turkey's turning the tables                            47

Twelve wild ducks                                      34

Twelfth night                                          67

Twig that became a tree                                48

Twilight of the gods and the new earth                 52


Ugly duckling                                          19

Uncle Remus, his songs and his sayings                 81


Vision of Sir Launfal                                  76

Visit to the land of Shades                            50

Voyage of discovery                                    81

Voyage of the wee red cap                              43

Voyage to Lilliput                                     81


Walnut tree that wanted to bear tulips                 48

Water of life                                          15

20 Wee bannock                                         11

Wee Pumkin's Thanksgiving                              47

What the good man does is sure to be right             28

Where love is, God is                                  39

Where the Christmas tree grew                          43

Whittington and his cat                                36

Who ate the dolly's dinner?                            47

Who stole the bird's nest                              13

Why all men love the moon                              13

Why the bean wears a stripe                            13

Why the chimes rang                                    43

14 Why the evergreens never lose their leaves          48

Why the sea is salt                                    23

Widow O'Callaghan's boys                               81

Wild swans                                             34

54 Winning of the queen                                57

Winter's tale                                          67

Wise men of Gotham                                     14

Wolf and seven little goslings                         14

Wolf and seven young kids                              14

Wolf and the seven little goats                        14

Wooden horse                                           51

Wreck of the Hesperus                                  76




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