not, O Brahmin. Nor do I store the rice in a granary for selfish greed.
But this thing I do. Each day I pay a debt which is due--each day I
grant a loan, and each day I store up a treasure.”
Now the Brahmin could not understand the words of the Buddha (because
true wisdom had not entered his heart), and he said: “I pray thee, O
Wondrous Bird, to make these words clear unto me.”
And then the Parrot-King made answer: “I carry food to my ancient
parents who can no longer seek that food for themselves: thus I pay
my daily debt. I carry food to my callow chicks whose wings are yet
ungrown. When I am old they will care for me--this my loan to them. And
for other birds, weak and helpless of wing, who need the aid of the
strong, for them I lay up a store; to these I give in charity.”
Then was the Brahmin much moved, and showed the love that was in his
heart. “Eat thy fill, O Righteous Bird, and let thy Kinsfolk eat too,
for thy sake.” And he wished to bestow a thousand acres of land upon
him, but the Great Being would only take a tiny portion round which
were set boundary stones.
And the Parrot returned with a head of rice, and said: “Arise, dear
Parents, that I may take you to a place of plenty.” And he told them
the story of his deliverance.
* * * * *
MY thanks are due to:
Mrs. Josephine Dodge Darkam Bacon, for permission to use an extract
from “The Madness of Philip,” and to her publishers, Charles Scrivener.
To Messrs. Houghton Mifflin, for permission to use extract from “Thou
Shalt Not Preach,” by Mr. John Burroughs.
To Messrs. Macmillan & Co., for permission to use “Milking Time” of
Miss Rossetti.
To Messrs. William Sharp, for permission to use passage from “The
Divine Adventure,” by “Fiona MacLeod.”
To Miss Ethel Clifford, for permission to use the poem of “The Child.”
To Mr. James Whitcomb Riley and the Robbs Merrill Co., for permission
to use “The Treasure of the Wise Man.”
To Rev. R. L. Gales, for permission to use the article on “Nursery
Rhymes” from the _Nation_.
To Mr. Edmund Gosse, for permission to use extracts from “Father and
Son.”
To Messrs. Chatto and Windus, for permission to use “Essay on Child's
Play” (from _Virginibus Puerisque_) and other papers.
To Mr. George Allen & Co., for permission to use “Ballad for a Boy,” by
W. Cory, from “Ionica.”
To Professor Bradley, for permission to quote from his essay on “Poetry
and Life.”
To Mr. P. A. Barnett, for permission to quote from “The Commonsense of
Education.”
To Professor Ker, for permission to quote from “Sturla the Historian.”
To Mr. John Russell, for permission to print in full, “A Saga.”
To Messrs. Longmans Green & Co., for permission to use “The Two Frogs,”
from the Violet Fairy Book, and “To Your Good Health,” from the Crimson
Fairy Book.
To Mr. Heinemann and Lady Glenconner, for permission to reprint “The
Water Nixie,” by Pamela Tennant, from “The Children and the Pictures.”
To Mr. Maurice Baring and the Editor of _The Morning Post_, for
permission to reprint “The Blue Rose” from _The Morning Post_.
To Dr. Walter Rouse and Mr. J. M. Dent, for permission to reprint from
“The Talking Thrush” the story of “The Wise Old Shepherd.”
To Mr. James Stephens, for permission to reprint “The Man and the Boy.”
To Mr. Harold Barnes, for permission to use version of “The Proud Cock.”
To Mrs. Arnold Glover, for permission to print two of her stories.
To Miss Emilie Poulson, for permission to use her translation of
Björnsen's poem.
To George Routledge & Son, for permission to use stories from “Eastern
Stories and Fables.”
To Mrs. W. K. Clifford, for permission to quote from “Very Short
Stories.”
To Mr. W. Jenkyn Thomas and Mr. Fisher Unwin, for permission to use
“Arthur in the Cave” from the Welsh Fairy Book.
* * * * *
The following stories are not a representative list: this I have
endeavoured to give with the story-list preceding. These stories are
mostly taken from my own _répertoire_, and have so constantly been
asked for by teachers that I am glad of an opportunity of presenting
them in full.
Episode from “Sturla the Historian,” to illustrate the value of the art
of story-telling.
Saga, by John Russell.
St. Christopher, in the version taken from the “_Legenda Aurea_.”
“Arthur in the Cave,” from the “Welsh Fairy Book.”
“Hafiz the Stone-cutter” (adapted from the Oriental).
“To Your Good Health,” from The Crimson Fairy Book.
“The Proud Cock,” from the Spanish.
“Snegourka,” from the Russian.
“The Water Nixie,” by Pamela Tennant.
“The Blue Rose,” by Maurice Baring.
“The Wise old Shepherd,” from “The Talking Thrush.”
* * * * *
I had intended, in this section, to offer an appendix of titles
of stories and books which would cover all the ground of possible
narrative in schools; but I have found, since taking up the question,
so many lists containing standard books and stories, that I have
decided that this original plan would be a work of supererogation,
since it would be almost impossible to prepare such a list without the
certainty of over-lapping. What is really needed is a supplementary
list to those already published--a specialized list which has been
gathered together by private research and personal experience. I have
for many years spent considerable time in the British Museum, and some
of the principal Libraries in the United States, and I now offer the
fruit of that labour in the miscellaneous collection contained in this
chapter. Before giving my own selection, I should like to say that for
general lists one can use with great profit the following:
LIST OF BOOKS
SOURCES OF NORSE STORIES FOR STORY-TELLERS.
Cycles of Stories from the Norse. Part I: Historical Tales. Part
II: Norse Myths. Part III: Völsunga Saga. Part IV: Frithiof Saga.
Snorro Sturluson. Stories of the Kings of Norway; done into English
by William Morris. Page 83-117.
Snorro Sturluson. A History of the Norse Kings; done into English
by Samuel Laing. Pages 11-35.
Snorro Sturluson. Younger Edda. Pages 72, 73, 114-127, 128-130,
131-139, 160-164, 184-187, 189-192.
Morris. Story of Sigurd the Volsung.
Völsunga Saga. By Eirikr and William Morris.
Other sources from modern books can be found in Mabie, Wilmot Buxton,
Keans Tappah, Cartwright Pole, Johonnut Anderson. Some of these are
suitable for children themselves, and contain excellent reading matter.
NOTE.--I most gratefully acknowledge these sources supplied by the
courtesy of Pittsburg Carnegie Library.
List of stories in compilation by Anna C. Tyler (Supervisor of
Story-telling in New York).
Heroism. A reading list for boys and girls.
Both these lists are published by the New York Library, and I have had
permission to quote both, by the courtesy of the Library.
In that admirable work, “Story-Telling in School and Home,” by Evelyn
Newcomb Partridge and George Everett Partridge, published by William
Heinemann, besides a valuable analysis of the Art of Story-Telling,
there is an excellent list of books and stories.
LIST OF BOOKS CONTAINING STORIES OR READING MATTER FOR CHILDREN.
The following list is not of my own making. I have taken it on the
recommendation of Marion E. Potter, Bertha Tannehill and Emma L. Teich,
who have compiled the list from twenty-three other lists. I again have
made a shorter list of the titles, and acknowledge most gratefully the
kind permission of the H. W. Wilson Company (Minneapolis) to quote from
their book. The original work, which contains 3,000 titles, is well
known in the United States under the title of “Children's Catalogue.”
It is a book which ought to be in every School and Training College
Library, and I hope my fragmentary selection may make it better known
in my own country. I regret that I am unable to give publishers or
reference marks for this American list.
About Old Story-tellers. Mitchell, D. G.
Boys' Iliad. Perry.
Jack among the Indians, and Other Stories. G. B. Grinnell.
Adventure Stories. Hale, E.
Young Alaskans. Hough, E.
Aztec Treasure House. Janvier.
Last Three Soldiers. Skelton, W.
Under the Lilacs. Alcott, Louisa.
Moral Pirates. Livingstone, A. W.
Classics Old and New. Alderman, E. A.
Boy of a Thousand Years Ago. Comstock, H. R.
All About Japan. Brane, B. M.
All About the Russians. Lockes, E. C.
Children of the Palm Lands. Allen, A. E.
Italian Child Life. Ambrose, Marietta.
American Hero Stories. Tappan, E. M.
Chinese Boy and Girl, Headland, Y. T.
Viking Tales of the North. Anderson, R. B.
Animal Stories Re-told from St. Nicholas. Carter, M. H.
Short Stories of Shy Neighbours. Kelly, M. H.
Hundred Anecdotes of Animals. Billingham, P. T.
Books of Saints and Friendly Beasts. Brown, A. F.
Stories of Animal Life. Holden, C. F.
Story of a Donkey (Abridged). Segur, S.
Children of the Cold. Schnatka, F.
Stories from Plato and other Classic Writers. Burt, M. E.
Tenting on the Plains. Custer, E.
To the Front. King, C.
Stories of Persian Heroes. Firdansi.
Nelson and his Captains. Fitchett, William H.
Danish Fairy and Folk Tales. Bay, J. C.
Evening Tales. Ortoli, F.
Legends of King Arthur and his Court. Greene, F. N.
Story of King Arthur. Pyle, H.
New World Fairy Book. Kenedy, H. A.
Myths of the Red Children. Wilson, G. L.
Old Indian Legends. Zitkala, Sa.
Folk Tales from the Russian. Blumenthal, V. K.
Wagner Opera Stories. Barker, Grace.
Lolanu, the Little Cliff-dweller. Bayliss (Mrs. Clara Kern).
Big People and Little People of Other Lands. Shaw, E. R.
Children's Stories of the Great Scientists. Wright, H. C.
Fairy Tales. Lansing, M. F.
Light Princess, and Other Stories. Macdonald, George.
Classic Stories for the Little Ones. Mace, J., and McClurey, L. B.
Old World Wonder Stories. O'Shea, M. V.
Japanese Fairy Tales Re-told. Williston, T. P.
Famous Indian Chiefs I Have Known. Hovard, O. O.
Fanciful Tales. Stockton, F. R.
Boys' Book of Famous Rulers, from Agamemnon to Napoleon. Farmer, Mrs.
Lydia Hoyt.
Favourite Greek Myths, Hyde, T. S.
Children's Life in the Western Mountains. Foote, Mary (Hallock).
Gods and Heroes. Francillon, Robert Edward.
Sa-Zada Tales. Fraser, William Alexander.
Story of Gretta the Strong. French, Allen.
Lance of Kanana (Story of Arabia). French, Henry Willard.
Home Life in all Lands. Morris, C.
Held Fast for England. Henty.
Plutarch's Lives. Ginn, Edwin.
King's Story Book. Gomme, Lawrence.
Little Journeys to Balkans, European Turkey and Greece. George, M. M.
Herodotus. White, J. S.
Classic Myths in English Literature. Gayley, C. M.
Favourite Greek Myths. Hyde, L. S.
Stories from the East. Church, A. T.
Herodotus. Church, A. T.
Men of Iron. Pyle, H.
Boys' Heroes. Hale, Edward Everett.
Strange Stories from History. Eggleston.
Stories of Other Lands. Johannot, J.
Book of Nature Myths. Holbrook, Florence.
Stories of Great Artists. Home, Olive Brown, and Lois, K.
Russian Grandmother's Wonder Tales. Houghton, Mrs. Louise (Seymour).
Stories of Famous Children. Hunter, Mary van Brunt.
Stories of Indian Chieftains. Husted, Mary Hall.
Stories of Indian Children. Husted, Mary Hall.
Golden Porch: A Book of Greek Fairy Tales. Hutchinson, W. M. L.
Indian Boyhood. Eastman, C. H.
Indian History for Young Folk. Drake, F. S.
Indian Stories Re-told from St Nicholas. Drake, F. S.
One Thousand Poems for Children. Ingpen, Roger.
My Lady Pokahontas. Cooke, J. E.
In the Sargasso Sea. Janvier, T. A.
Childhood of Ji-Shib. Jenks, Albert Ernest.
Stories from Chaucer told to the Children. Kelman, Janet Harvey.
Stories from the Crusades. Kelman, Janet Harvey.
New World Fairy Book. Kenedy, Howard Angus.
Stories of Ancient People. Arnold E. T.
Stories of Art and Artists. Clement, C.
Mabinogion (Legends of Wales). Knightley.
Heroes of Chivalry. Maitland, L.
Cadet Days: Story of West Point. King, Charles.
Household Stories for Little Readers. Klingensmith, Annie.
Boy Travellers in the Russian Empire. Knox, Thomas Wallace.
Boy Travellers on the Congo. Knox, Thomas Wallace.
Fairy Book. Laboulaye, Eduard Réné Lefebre.
Fairy Tales of All Nations. Translated by M. I. Booth. Laboulaye,
Eduard Réné Lefebre.
Middle Five (Life of Five Indian Boys at School). La Flesche, Francis.
Wonderful Adventures of Nils. Lagerlöf, Selma.
Land of Pluck. Dodge, M. M.
Land of the Long Night. Du Chaillu, P. B.
Schoolboy Days in France. Laurie, André.
Schoolboy Days in Japan. Laurie, André.
Schoolboy Days in Russia. Laurie, André.
When I was a Boy in China. Lee, Yan Phon.
Fifty Famous Stories Re-told. Baldwin.
Stories from Famous Ballads. Lippincott.
Wreck of the Golden Fleece. Leighton, Robert.
Children's Letters, Written to Children by Famous Men and Women.
Colson, E., and Chittenden, A. G.
A Story of Abraham Lincoln. Hamilton, M.
LITTLE COUSIN SERIES.
Our Little Swedish Cousin. Coburn, C. M.
Our Little Chinese Cousin. Headland, I. T.
Our Little Arabian Cousin. Mansfield, B. M.
Our Little Dutch Cousin. Mansfield, B. M.
Our Little Egyptian Cousin. Mansfield, B. M.
Our Little English Cousin. Mansfield, B. M.
Our Little French Cousin. Mansfield, B. M.
Our Little Hindu Cousin. Mansfield, B. M.
Our Little Scotch Cousin. Mansfield, B. M.
Our Little Alaskan Cousin. Nixon, Roulet M. F.
Our Little Australian Cousin. Nixon, Roulet M. F.
Our Little Brazilian Cousin. Nixon, Roulet M. F.
Our Little Grecian Cousin. Nixon, Roulet M. F.
Our Little Spanish Cousin. Nixon, Roulet, M. F.
Our Little Korean Cousin. Pike, H. L.
Our Little Panama Cousin. Pike, H. L.
Our Little African Cousin. Wade, M. H.
Our Little Armenian Cousin. Wade, M. H.
Our Little Brown Cousin. Wade, M. H.
Our Little Cuban Cousin. Wade, M. H.
Our Little Eskimo Cousin. Wade, M. H.
Our Little Hawaiian Cousin. Wade, M. H.
Our Little Indian Cousin. Wade, M. H.
Our Little Irish Cousin. Wade, M. H.
Our Little Italian Cousin. Wade, M. H.
Our Little Japanese Cousin. Wade, M. H.
Our Little Jewish Cousin. Wade, M. H.
Our Little Norwegian Cousin. Wade, M. H.
Our Little Philippine Cousin. Wade, M. H.
Our Little Porto Rican Cousin. Wade, M. H.
Our Little Siamese Cousin. Wade, M. H.
Our Little Turkish Cousin. Wade, M. H.
Our Little Canadian Cousin. Macdonald, E. Roberts.
Little Folk in Brittany. Haines, A. C.
Little Folks of Many Lands. Chance, L. M.
Little Lives of Great Men. Hathaway, E. V.
Little Men. Alcott, L. M.
Little Royalties. McDougall, I.
Little Stories of France. Dutton, M. B.
Little Stories of Germany. Dutton, M. B.
Lives of Girls who Became Famous. Bolton, S. K.
Beasts of the Field. Long, William Joseph.
Wood-Folk at School. Long, William Joseph.
Long Ago in Greece. Carpenter, E. J.
Peasant and Prince. Martineau, H.
Boy Courier of Napoleon. Sprague, W. C.
Wonder Stories from the Mabinogion. Brooks, E.
Old Farm Fairies.[55] McConk, Henry Christopher.
Tenants of an Old Farm.[55] McConk, Henry Christopher.
At the Back of the North Wind. MacDonald, George.
Princess and the Goblin. MacDonald, George.
Cave Boy of the Age of Stone. McIntyre, Margaret A.
Magna Carta Stories. Gilman, A.
Early Cave Men. Dopp, K. E.
Later Cave Men. Dopp, K. E.
Stories of Roland. Marshall, H. E.
Crofton Boys. Martineau, Harriet.
Peats on the Fiord. Martineau, Harriet.
Peasant and Prince. Martineau, Harriet.
Child Stories from the Masters. Menafee, Maud.
Miss Muffet's Christmas Party. Crotchers, S. M.
Historical Tales: Greek. Morris, Charles.
Historical Tales: Russian. Morris, Charles.
Bed-Time Stories. Moulton, Louise Chandler.
New Bed-Time Stories. Moulton, Louise Chandler.
Modern Reader's Bible (Children Series). Moulton, F. R. G.
My Air-Ships. Santos-Dumont.
Old Norse Stories. Bradish, S. P.
Through Russian Snows. Henty, G.
Nine Worlds: Stories from Norse Mythology. Lichfield, M. E.
Fairy Tales, Narratives and Poems. Norton, George Eliot.
Modern Vikings. Boyeson, H. H.
Boyhood in Norway. Boyeson, H. H.
Old Greek Stories Told Anew. Peabody, J. B.
Arabian Nights Re-told. Peary, Mrs. Josephine (Diebitsh).
Heroic Ballads. Montgomery, D. H.
English Ballads. Perkins, Mrs. Lucy Fitch.
Boys' Iliad. Perry, Walter Copland.
Boys' Odyssey. Perry, Walter Copland.
Tale of Peter Rabbit. Potter, B.
Tale of Squirrel Nutkin. Potter, B.
Stories of Old France. Pitman, Leila Webster.
Boys' and Girls' Plutarch. White, J. S.
Greek Lives from Plutarch. Byles, C. E.
My Lady Pokahontas. Cooke, J. E.
Poems for Children. Rossetti, C. G.
Children's Book. Scudder, H. E.
Scottish Chiefs. Porter, Jane.
Legends of the Red Children. Pratt, Mara Louise.
Little Nature Studies for Little Folk. Burroughs, John.
Giant Sun and His Family. Proctor, Mary.
Stories of Starland. Proctor, Mary.
Revolutionary Stories Re-told from St. Nicholas. Pyle, Howard.
Old Tales from Rome. Zimmern, A.
Stories of the Saints. Chenoweth, C. V. D.
Sandman: His Farm Stories. Hopkins, W. T.
Sandman: His Sea Stories. Hopkins, W. T.
Sandman: His Ship Stories. Hopkins, W. T.
Schooldays in France. Laurie, A.
Schooldays in Italy. Laurie, A.
Schooldays in Japan. Laurie, A.
Schooldays in Russia. Laurie, A.
William of Orange (Life Stories for Young People). Schupp, Otto Kar.
Sea Yarns for Boys. Henderson, W. T.
Story of Lord Roberts. Sellar, Edmund Francis.
Story of Nelson. Sellar, Edmund Francis.
Tent Life in Siberia. Kenman, G.
Stories from English History. Skae, Hilda I.
Boys who Became Famous Men (Giotto, Bach, Byron, Gainsborough, Handel,
Coleridge, Canova, Chopin). Skinner, Harriet Pearl.
Eskimo Stories. Smith, Mary Emily Estella.
Some Curious Flyers, Creepers and Swimmers. Johannot, J. Bush Boys.
Reid, M.
New Mexico David, and Other Stories. Lummis, C. F.
Child's History of Spain. Bonner, J.
Historical Tales: Spanish. Morris, C.
Story of the Cid. Wilson, C. D.
Life of Lincoln for Boys. Sparhawk, Frances Campbell.
Pieces for Every Occasion. Le Rou, C. B.
Stories from Dante. Chester, N.
Stories from Old English Poetry. Richardson, A. S.
Stories from Plato and Other Classic Writers. Burt, M. E.
Stories in Stone from the Roman Forum. Lovell, I.
Stories of Brave Days. Carter, M. H.
Stories of Early England. Buxton, E. M. Wilmot.
Stories of Heroic Deeds. Johannot, J.
Stories of Indian Chieftains. Husted, M. H.
Stories of Insect Life. Weed, C. M., and Mustfeldt, M. E.
Stories of the Gorilla Country. Du Chaillu, P. B.
Stories of the Sea told by Sailors. Hale, E. E.
Stories of War. Hale, E. E.
Story of Lewis Caroll. Bowman, I.
Story of Sir Launcelot and his Companions. Pyle, H.
Queer Little People. Stowe, Harriet Beecher.
In Clive's Command. Strang, Herbert.
George Washington Jones (Christmas of a Little Coloured Boy). Stuart,
Ruth McEnery.
Story of Babette. Stuart, Ruth McEnery.
Old Ballads in Prose. Tappan, Eva.
Lion and Tiger Stories. Carter, M. H.
True Tales of Birds and Beasts. Jordan, D. S.
Typical Tales of Fancy, Romance and History from Shakespeare's Plays.
Raymond, E.
Young People's Story of Art. Whitcomb, Ida Prentice.
Young People's Story of Music. Whitcomb, Ida Prentice.
Tales of Laughter. Wiggin, K. Douglas.
The following miscellaneous list of books and stories is my own. I
do not mean that none of them have appeared in other lists, but the
greater number have been sifted from larger lists which I have made
during the last ten years, more or less.
For English readers I have given the press-marks in the British Museum,
which will be an economy of time to busy students and teachers. I have
supplied, in every case where it has been possible, the source of
the story and the name of the publisher for American readers, but my
experience as a reader in the libraries of the States brings me to the
conclusion that all the books of educational value will either be found
in the main libraries or procured on application even in the small
towns.
In many cases the stories would have to be shortened and re-arranged.
The difficulty of finding the sources and obtaining permission has
deterred me from offering for the present these stories in full.
This being a supplementary list to more general ones, there will
naturally be absent a large number of standard books which I take for
granted are known. Nevertheless, I have included the titles of some
well-known works which ought not to be left out of any list.
TITLES OF BOOKS CONTAINING TRANSLATIONS AND ADAPTATIONS OF CLASSICAL
STORIES.
The Children of the Dawn. Old Tales of Greece. E. Fennemore
Buckley. 12403 f. 41. Wells, Gardner, Darton & Co.
Kingsley's Heroes. 012208. e. 22/26. Blackie and Son. (See List of
Stories.)
Wonder Stories from Herodotus. (Excellent as a preparation for the
real old stories.) N. Barrington d'Almeida. 9026.66. S. Harper
Brothers.
TITLES OF BOOKS CONTAINING CLASSICAL STORIES FROM HISTORY RE-TOLD.
Plutarch's Lives for Boys and Girls. Re-told by W. H. Weston.
10606. d. 4. T. C. and E. C. Jack.
Tales from Plutarch. By Jameson Rawbotham. 10606. bb. 3. Fisher
Unwin.
SOURCES OF INDIAN STORIES AND MYTHS.
For an understanding of the inner meaning of these stories, and as a
preparation for telling them, I should recommend as a useful book of
reference:
Indian Myths and Legends. By Mackenzie. 04503. f. 26. Gresham
Publishing House.
The following titles are of books containing stories for narration:
Jacob's Indian Tales. 12411. h. 9. David Nutt.
Old Deccan Days. Mary Frere. 12411. e.e. 14. John Murray.
The Talking Thrush. W. H. D. Rouse. 12411. e.e.e. 17. J. M. Dent.
Wide Awake Stories. 12411. b.b.b. 2. Steel and Temple.
Indian Nights' Entertainment. Synnerton. 14162. f. 16. Eliot Stock.
Myths of the Hindus and Buddhists. By Sister Nevedita and Amanda
Coomara. K.T.C. Swamy. A. I. George Harrap Company. (This volume is
mainly for reference.)
Buddhist Birth Stories. T. W. Rhys Davids. 14098. d. 23. Trubner Co.
Stories of the Buddha Birth. Cowell, Rouse, Neil, Francis. 14098. dd.
8. University Press, Cambridge.
As selections of this extensive work:
Eastern Stories and Fables. M. I. Shedlock. George Routledge.
The Jatakas, Tales of India. Re-told by Ellen C. Babbitt. 012809.
d. 8. The Century Co.
Folk-Tales of Kashmir. Knowles. 2318. g. 18. Trübner
& Co.
The Jungle-Book. Rudyard Kipling. 012807. ff. 47. Macmillan.
The Second Jungle-Book. Rudyard Kipling. 012807. k. 57. Macmillan.
Tibetian Tales. F. A. Shieffner. 2318. g. 7. Trübner & Co.
LEGENDS, MYTHS AND FAIRY-TALES.
Classic Myths and Legends. A. H. Hope Moncrieff. 12403. ee. 6. The
Gresham Publishing House.
Myths and Folk-Tales of the Russians. Curtin. 2346. e. 6. Sampson Low.
North-West Slav Legends and Fairy Stories. Erben. (Translated by W. W.
Strickland.) 12430. i. 44.
Russian Fairy-Tales. Nisbet Pain. 12431. ee. 18. Lawrence and Bullen.
Sixty Folk-Tales from Slavonic Sources. Wratislau. 12431. dd. 29.
Elliot Stock.
Slavonic Fairy-Tales. F. Naake. 2348. b. 4. Henry S. King.
Slav Tales. Chodsho. (Translated by Emily J. Harding.) 12411. eee. 2.
George Allen.
Chinese Stories. Pitman. 12410. dd. 25. George Harrap & Co.
Chinese Fairy Tales. Professor Giles. 012201. de. 8. Govans
International Library.
Chinese Nights' Entertainment. Adèle Fielde. 12411. h. 4.
G. P. Putnam.
Maori Tales. K. M. Clark. 12411. h. 15. Macmillan & Co.
Papuan Fairy Tales. Annie Ker. 12410. eee. 25. Macmillan & Co.
Cornwall's Wonderland. Mabel Quiller Couch. 12431. r. 13. J. M. Dent.
Perrault's Fairy Tales. 012200. e. 8. “The Temple Classics.”
J. M. Dent.
Gesta Romanorum. 12411. e. 15. Swan Sonnenschein.
Myths and Legends of Japan. F. H. Davis. 1241. de. 8. G. Harrap & Co.
Old World Japan. Frank Rinder. 12411. eee. 3. George Allen.
Legendary Lore of All Nations. Swinton and Cathcart. 1241. f. 13.
Ivison, Taylor & Co.
Popular Tales from the Norse. Sir George Webbe Dasent. 12207. pp.
George Routledge and Son.
Fairy Tales from Finland. Zopelius. 12431. df. 2. J. M. Dent.
Fairy Gold. A Book of Old English Fairy Tales, chosen by Ernest Rhys.
12411. dd. 22. J. M. Dent.
Contes Populaires du Vallon. Aug. Gittée. 12430. h. 44. (Written in
very simple style and easy of translation.) Wanderpooten Gand.
Tales of Old Lusitania. Coelho. 12431. e. 34. Swan Sonnenschein.
Tales from the Land of Nuts and Grapes. Charles Sellers. 12431. c. 38.
Simpkin, Marshall & Co.
The English Fairy Book. Ernest Rhys. 12410. dd. 29. Fisher Unwin.
Zuni Folk Tales. F. H. Cushing. 12411. g. 30. Putnam.
Manx Fairy Tales. Sophia Morrison. 12410. df. 10. David Nutt.
Legend of the Iroquois. W. V. Canfield. 12410. ff. 23. A Wessels
Company.
The Indian's Book. Natalie Curtis. 2346. i. 2. Harper Brothers.
Hansa Folk Lore. Rattray. 12431. tt. 2. Clarendon Press.
Japanese Folk Stories and Fairy Tales. Mary F. Nixon-Roulet.
12450. ec. 18. Swan Sonnenschein.
Kaffir Folk Tales. G. M. Theal. 2348. e. 15. Swan Sonnenschein.
Old Hungarian Tales. Baroness Orczy and Montagu Barstow. 12411. f. 33.
Dean and Son.
Evening with the Old Story-tellers. G.B. 1155. e. I (1). James Burns.
Myths and Legends of Flowers. C. Skinner. 07029. h. 50. Lippincott.
The Book of Legends Told Over Again. Horace Scudder. 12430. e. 32. Gay
and Bird.
Indian Folk Tales (American Indian). Mary F. Nixon-Roulet. 12411. cc.
14. D. Appleton Company.
ROMANCE.
Epic and Romance. Professor W. P. Ker. 2310. c. 20. Macmillan. (As
preparation for the selection of Romance Stories.)
Old Celtic Romances. P. W. Joyce. 12430. cc. 34. David Nutt.
Heroes of Asgard. Keary. 012273. de. 6. Macmillan & Co.
Early British Heroes. Hartley. 12411. d. 5. J. M. Dent & Co.
A Child's Book of Saints. W. Canton. 12206. r. 11. J. M. Dent.
A Child's Book of Warriors. W. Canton. 04413. g. 49. J. M. Dent.
History of Ballads. Professor W. P. Ker. From “Proceedings of British
Academy.” 11852. Vol. 6 (9).
History of English Balladry. Egbert Briant. 011853. aaa. 16.
Richard G. Badger, Gorham Press.
Book of Ballads for Boys and Girls. Selected by Smith and Soutar.
11622. bbb. 3. 7. The Clarendon Press.
A Book of Ballad Stories. Mary Macleod. 12431. p. 3. Wells, Gardner &
Co.
Captive Royal Children. G. T. Whitham. 10806. eee. 2. Wells, Gardner,
Darton & Co.
Tales and Talks from History. 9007. h. 24. Blackie & Son.
Stories from Froissart. Henry Newbolt. 9510. cc. 9. Wells, Gardner,
Darton & Co.
Pilgrim Tales from Chaucer. F. J. Harvey Darton. 12410. eee. 14.
Wells, Gardner & Darton.
Wonder Book of Romances. F. J. Harvey Darton. 12410. eee. 18. Wells,
Gardner & Darton.
Red Romance Book. Andrew Lang. 12411. bbb. 10. Longmans, Green & Co.
The Garden of Romance. Edited by Ernest Rhys. 12411. h. 17.
Kegan Paul.
The Kiltartan Wonderbook. Lady Gregory. 12450. g. 32. Maunsel & Co.
The Story of Drake. L. Elton. 10601. p. (From “The Children's Heroes”
Series.)
Tales from Arabian Nights. 012201. ff. 7/1. Blackie & Sons.
King Peter. Dion Calthrop, 012632. ccc. 37. Duckworth & Co.
Tales of the Heroic Ages: Siegfried, Beowulf, Frithjof, Roland.
Zenaide Ragozin. 12411. eee. G. P. Putnam.
TITLES OF MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS CONTAINING MATERIAL FOR NARRATION.
Strange Adventures in Dicky Birdland. Kearton. 12809. ff. 45. Cassell
& Co.
Then and Now Stories: Life in England Then and Now; Children Then and
Now; Story-Tellers Then and Now. W.P. 2221. Macmillan & Co.
A Book of Bad Children. Trego Webb. 012808. ee. Methuen & Co.
Land of Play. Ada Wallas. 12813. r. 8. (The story of a Doll-Historian,
much appreciated by children.) Edward Arnold.
Tell It Again Stories (For very young children). Elizabeth Thompson
Dillingham and Adèle Pomers Emerson. 012808. cc. 15. Ginn and Co.
The Basket Woman. Mrs. Mary Austin. Houghton Mifflin Co.
The Queen Bee, and Other Stories. Evald. (Translated by C. C. Moore
Smith.) P.P. 6064 c. Nelson and Sons.
The Children and the Pictures. Pamela Tennant. 12804. tt. 10. William
Heinemann.
Stories from the History of Ceylon for Children. Marie Musaus Higgins.
Capper & Sons.
Nonsense for Somebody by A. Nobody. 12809. n. 82. Wells, Gardner & Co.
Graphic Stories for Boys and Girls. Selected from 3, 4, 5, 6 of the
Graphic Readers. 012866. f. Collins.
Child Lore. 1451. a. 54. Nimmo.
Windlestraw (Legends in Rhyme of Plants and Animals). Pamela
Glenconner. 011651. e. 76. Chiswick Press.
Deccan Nursery Tales. Kinaid. Macmillan.
The Indian's Story Book. Richard Wilson. Macmillan.
Told in Gallant Deeds. A Child's History of the War. Mrs. Belloc
Lowndes. Nisbet.
I much regret that I have been unable to find a good collection of
stories from history for Narrative purposes. I have made a careful
and lengthy search, but apart from the few I have quoted the stories
are all written from the _reading_ point of view, rather than the
_telling_. There is a large scope for such a book, but the dramatic
presentation is the first and chief essential of such a work. These
stories could be used as supplementary to the readings of the great
historians. It would be much easier to interest boys and girls in the
more leisurely account of the historian when they have once been caught
in the fire of enthusiasm on the dramatic side.
The following is a list of single stories chosen for the dramatic
qualities which make them suitable for narration. For the Press-marks
and the publishers it will be necessary to refer back to the list
containing the book-titles.
CLASSICAL STORIES RE-TOLD.
The Story of Theseus (To be told in six parts for a series).
How Theseus Lifted the Stone.
How Theseus Slew the Corynetes.
How Theseus Slew Sinis.
How Theseus Slew Kerkyon and Procrustes.
How Theseus Slew Medea and was acknowledged as the Son of Ægeus.
How Theseus Slew the Minotaur.
(From Kingsley's Heroes. 012208. e. 22/26. Blackie & Son.)
The Story of Crœsus.
The Conspiracy of the Magi.
Arion and the Dolphin.
(From Wonder Tales from Herodotus. These are intended for reading,
but could be shortened for effective narration.)
Coriolanus.
Julius Cæsar.
Aristides.
Alexander.
(From Plutarch's Lives for Boys and Girls. These stories must be
shortened and adapted for narration.)
The God of the Spears: The Story of Romulus.
His Father's Crown: The story of Alcibiades.
(From Tales from Plutarch. F. J. Rowbotham. Both these stories to
be shortened and told in sections.)
INDIAN STORIES.
The Wise Old Shepherd.
(From The Talking Thrush. Rouse.)
The Religious Camel.
(From the same source.)
Less Inequality than Men Deem.
The Brahman, the Tiger and the Six Judges.
Tit for Tat.
(From Old Deccan Days. Mary Frere.)
Pride Goeth Before a Fall.
Harisarman.
(From Jacob's Indian Fairy Tales.)
The Bear's Bad Bargain.
Little Anklebone.
Peasie and Beansie.
(From Wide Awake Stories. Flora Annie Steel.)
The Weaver and the Water Melon.
The Tiger and the Hare.
(From Indian Nights' Entertainment. Synnerton.)
The Virtuous Animals.
(This story should be abridged and somewhat altered for narration.)
The Ass as Singer.
The Wolf and the Sheep.
(From Tibetian Tales. F. A. Schieffur.)
A Story about Robbers.
(From Out of the Far East. Page. 131. Lafcadio Hearn. 10058. de. g.
Houghton and Mifflin.)
Dripping.
(From Indian Fairy Tales. Mark Thornhill. 12431. bbb. 38. Hatchard.)
The Buddha as Tree-Spirit.
The Buddha as Parrot.
The Buddha as King.
(From Eastern Stories and Fables. George Routledge.)
Raksas and Bakshas.
The Bread of Discontent.
(From Legendary Lore of All Nations. Cathcart and Swinton.)
A Germ-Destroyer.
Namgay Doola (A good story for boys, to be given in shortened form).
(From The Kipling Reader. 1227. t. 7. Macmillan.)
A Stupid Boy.
The Clever Jackal (One of the few stories wherein the Jackal shows
skill combined with gratitude).
Why the Fish Laughed.
(From Folk Tales of Kashmir. Knowles.)
COMMON SENSE AND RESOURCEFULNESS AND HUMOUR.
The Thief and the Cocoanut Tree.
The Woman and the Lizard.
Sada Sada.
The Shopkeeper and the Robber.
The Reciter.
Rich Man's Potsherd.
Singer and the Donkey.
Child and Milk.
Rich Man Giving a Feast.
King Solomon and the Mosquitoes.
The King who Promised to Look After Tennel Ranan's Family.
Vikadakavi.
Horse and Complainant.
The Woman and the Stolen Fruit.
(From An Indian Tale or Two. Swinton. 14171. A. 20. Reprinted from
Blackheath Local Guide.)
TITLES OF BOOKS CONTAINING STORIES FROM HISTORY.
British Sailor Heroes.
British Soldier Heroes.
(From the Hero Reader. W.P. 53 ⅓. William Heinemann.)
The Story of Alfred the Great. A. E. McKillan.
Alexander the Great. Ada Russell: W.P. 66/5.
The Story of Jean d'Arc. Wilmot Buxton. W.P. 66/1.
Marie Antoinette. Alice Birkhead. W.P. 66/2.
(All these are published by George Harrap.)
STORIES FROM THE LIVES OF SAINTS.
The Children's Library of the Saints. Edited by Rev. W. Guy Pearse.
Printed by Richard Jackson.
(This is an illustrated penny edition.)
From the Legenda Aurea. 012200. de.
The Story of St. Brandon (The Episode of the Birds). Vol 7, page 52.
The Story of St. Francis. Vol. 6, page 125.
The Story of Santa Clara and the Roses.
Saint Elisabeth of Hungary. Vol. 6, page 213.
St. Martin and the Cloak. Vol. 6, page 142.
The Legend of St. Marjory.
(_Tales Facetiæ._ 12350. b. 39.)
Melangell's Lambs.
(From The Welsh Fairy Book. W. Jenkyn Thomas. Fisher Unwin.)
Our Lady's Tumbler. (Twelfth Century Legend told by Philip Wicksteed.
012356. e. 59.)
(J. M. Dent. This story could be shortened and adapted without
sacrificing too much of the beauty of the style.)
The Song of the Minster.
(From William Canton's Book of Saints. K.T.C. a/4. J. M. Dent.
This should be shortened and somewhat simplified for narration,
especially in the technical ecclesiastical terms.)
The Story of St. Kenelm the Little King.
(From Old English History for Children.)
The Story of King Alfred and St. Cuthbert.
The Story of Ædburg, the Daughter of Edward.
The Story of King Harold's Sickness and Recovery.
I commend all those who tell these stories to read the comments made on
them by E. A. Freeman himself.
(From Old English History for Children. 012206. ppp. 7. J. M. Dent.
Everyman Series.)
STORIES DEALING WITH THE SUCCESS OF THE YOUNGEST CHILD.
(This is sometimes due to a kind action shown to some humble person or
to an animal.)
The Three Sons.
(From The Kiltartan Wonderbook. By Lady Gregory.)
The Flying Ship.
(From Russian Fairy Tales. Nisbet Pain.)
How Jesper Herded the Hares.
(From The Violet Fairy Book. 12411. ccc. 6.)
Youth, Life and Death.
(From Myths and Folk Tales of Russians and Slavs. By Curtin.)
Jack the Dullard. Hans Christian Andersen.
(See list of Andersen Stories.)
The Enchanted Whistle.
(From The Golden Fairy Book. 12411. c. 36.)
The King's Three Sons.
Hunchback and Brothers.
(From Legends of the French Provinces. 1241. c. 2.)
The Little Humpbacked Horse. (This story is more suitable for reading
than telling.)
(From Russian Wonder Tales. By Post Wheeler. 12410. dd. 30. Adam
and Charles Black.)
The Queen Bee. By Grimm. (See full list.)
The Wonderful Bird.
(From Roumanian Fairy Tales. Adapted by J. M. Percival. 12431. dd.
23. Henry Holt.)
LEGENDS, MYTHS, FAIRY TALES AND MISCELLANEOUS STORIES.
How the Herring became King.
Joe Moore's Story.
The Mermaid of Gob Ny Ooyl.
King Magnus Barefoot.
(From Manx Tales. By Sophia Morrison.)
The Greedy Man.
(From Contes Populaires Malgaches. By G. Ferrand. 2348. aaa. 19.
Ernest Leroux.)
Arbutus.
Basil.
Briony.
Dandelion.
(From Legends of Myths and Flowers. C. Skinner.)
The Magic Picture.
The Stone Monkey.
Stealing Peaches.
The Country of Gentlemen.
Football on a Lake.
(From Chinese Fairy Tales. Professor Giles.)
The Lime Tree.
Intelligence and Luck.
The Frost, the Sun and Wind.
(From Sixty Folk Tales. Wratislaw.)
The Boy who Slept.
The Gods Know. (This story must be shortened and adapted for
narration.)
(From Chinese Fairy Stories. By Pitman.)
The Imp Tree.
The Pixy Flower.
Tom-Tit Tot.
The Princess of Colchester.
(From Fairy Gold. Ernest Rhys.)
The Origin of the Mole.
(From Cossack Fairy Tales. Selected by Nisbet Bain. 12431. f. 51.
Lawrence and Bullen.)
Dolls and Butterflies.
(From Myths and Legends of Japan. Chapter VI.)
The Child of the Forest.
The Sparrow's Wedding.
The Moon Maiden.
(From Old World Japan. By Frank Binder.)
The Story of Merlin. (For Young People.)
(Told in Early British Heroes. Harkey.)
The Isle of the Mystic Lake.
(From Voyage of Maildun, “Old Celtic Romances.” P. W. Joice.)
The Story of Baldur. (In Three Parts, for Young Children.)
(From Heroes of Asgard. M. R. Earle. Macmillan.)
Adalhero.
(From Evenings with the Old Story-Tellers. See “Titles of Books.”)
Martin, the Peasant's Son.
(This is more suitable for reading. From Russian Wonder Tales. Post
Wheeler.)
MISCELLANEOUS STORIES.
Versions of the Legend of Rip Van Winkle.
Urashima.
(From Myths and Legends of Japan. Hadland Davis.)
The Monk and the Bird.
(From the Book of Legends-Told Over Again. Horace Scudder.)
Carob. (Talmud Legend.)
(From Myths and Legends of Flowers. C. Skinner.)
The Land of Eternal Youth.
(From Child-Lore.)
Catskin.
Guy of Gisborne.
King Henry and the Miller.
(From Stories from Ballads. M. Macleod.)
The Legend of the Black Prince.
Why the Wolves no Longer Devour the Lambs on Xmas Night.
(From Au Pays des Legendes. E. Herpin. 12430. bbb. 30. Hyacinthe
Calliere.)
The Coyote and the Locust.
The Coyote and the Raven.
(From Zuni Folk Tales. Cushing.)
The Peacemaker.
(From Legends of the Iroquois. W. V. Canfield.)
The Story of the Great Chief of the Animals.
The Story of Lion and Little Jackal.
(From Kaffir Folk Tales. G. M. Theal.)
The Legend of the Great St. Nicholas.
The Three Counsels.
(From Bulletin de Folk Lore. Liege. Academies, 987 ½.)
The Tale of the Peasant Demyar.
Monkey and the Pomegranate Tree.
The Ant and the Snow.
The Value of an Egg.
The Padre and the Negro.
Papranka.
(From Tales of Old Lusitania. Coelho.)
Kojata.
The Lost Spear. (To be shortened.)
The Hermit. By Voltaire.
The Blue Cat. (From the French.)
The Silver Penny.
The Three Sisters.
The Slippers of Abou-Karem.
(From The Golden Fairy Book. 12411. e. 36. Hutchinson.)
The Fairy Baby.
(From Uncle Remus in Hansaland. By Mary and Newman Tremearne.)
Why the Sole of a Man's Foot is Uneven.
The Wonderful Hair.
The Emperor Trojan's Goat Ears.
The Language of Animals.
Handicraft above Everything.
Just Earnings are Never Lost.
The Maiden who was Swifter than a Horse.
(From Servian Stories and Legends.)
Le Couple Silencieux.
Le Mort Parlant.
La Sotte Fiancee.
Le Cornacon.
Persin au Pot.
(From Contes Populaires du Vallon. Aug. Gittée. 12430. h. 44.)
The Rat and the Cat.
The Two Thieves.
The Two Rats.
The Dog and the Rat.
(From Contes Populaires Malgaches. 2348. aaa. 19. Gab. Ferrand.)
Rua and Toka.
(From The Maori Tales. Clark.)
John and the Pig. (Old Hungarian Tales.)
(This story is given for the same purpose as “Long Bow Story.” See
Andrew Lang's Books.)
Lady Clare.
The Wolf-Child.
(From Land of Grapes and Nuts.)
The Ungrateful Man.
The Faithful Servant. (In part.)
Jovinian the Proud Emperor.
The Knight and the King of Hungary.
The Wicked Priest.
The Emperor Conrad and the Count's Son.
(From the Gesta Romanorum. 1155. e. I.)
Virgil, the Emperor and the Truffles.
(From Unpublished Legends of Virgil. Collected by C. G. Leland.
12411. eee. 15. Elliot Stock.)
Seeing that All was Right. (A good story for boys.)
La Fortuna.
The Lanterns of the Strozzi Palace.
(From Legends of Florence. Re-told by C. G. Leland. 12411. c.cc. 2.
David Nutt.)
The Three Kingdoms.
Yelena the Wise.
Seven Simeons.
Ivan, the Bird and the Wolf.
The Pig, the Deer and the Steed.
Waters of Youth.
The Useless Wagoner.
(These stories need shortening and adapting. From Myths and Folk
Tales of the Russian. Curtin.)
MISCELLANEOUS STORIES TAKEN FROM THE ANDREW LANG BOOKS.
The Serpent's Gifts.
Unlucky John.
(From All Sorts of Story Books. 012704. aaa. 35.)
Makoma. (A story for boys.)
(From Orange Fairy Book. 12411. c. 36.)
The Lady of Solace.
How the Ass Became a Man Again.
Amys and Amile.
The Burning of Njal.
Ogier the Dane.
(From Red Book of Romance. 12411. bbb. 10.)
The Heart of a Donkey.
The Wonderful Tune.
A French Puck.
A Fish Story.
(From The Lilac Fairy Book. 12411. de. 17.)
East of the Sun and West of the Moon. (As a preparation for Cupid and
Psyche.)
(From The Blue Fairy Book. 12411. I. 3.)
The Half Chick.
The Story of Hok Lee and the Dwarfs.
(From The Green Fairy Book. 12411.1. 6.)
How to Find a True Friend. (To be given in shorter form.)
(From The Crimson Fairy Book. 12411. c. 20.)
The Long Bow Story. (This story makes children learn to distinguish
between falsehood and romance.)
(From The Olive Fairy Book. 12410. dd. 18.)
Kanny, the Kangaroo.
Story of Tom the Bear.
(From The Animal Story Book.)
The Story of the Fisherman.
Aladdin and the Lamp. (This story should be divided and told in two
sections.)
The Story of Ali Cogia.
(From the Arabian Nights Stories of Andrew Lang. All these stories
are published by Longmans, Green & Co.)
The following titles are taken from the “Story-telling Magazine,”
published 27 West 23rd Street, New York.
March and the Shepherd.
(Folk Lore from Foreign Lands. January, 1914.)
The Two Young Lions.
(From Fénélon's Fables and Fairy Tales. Translated by Marc T.
Valette. March, 1914.)
Why the Cat Spits at the Dog. (November, 1913.)
The Story of Persephone. By R. T. Wyche. (September, 1913.)
The Story of England's First Poet. By G. P. Krapp.
(From In Oldest England, July, 1913.)
The Three Goats. By Jessica Child. (For very young children. July,
1913.)
The Comical History of the Cobbler and the King. (Chap. Book. 12331.
i. 4.)
(This story should be shortened to add to the dramatic power.)
The two following stories, which are great favourites, should be told
one after the other, one to illustrate the patient wife, and the other
the patient husband.
The Fisherman and his Wife. Hans. C. Andersen.
(See Publishers of Andersen's Stories.)
Hereafter This.
(From More English Fairy Tales. By Jacobs. 12411. h. 23. David
Nutt.)
How a Man Found his Wife in the Land of the Dead. (This is a very
dramatic and pagan story, to be used with discretion.)
The Man without Hands and Feet.
The Cockerel.
(From Papuan Fairy Tales. Annie Ker.)
The Story of Sir Tristram and La Belle Iseult. (To be told in
shortened form.)
(From Cornwall's Wonderland. Mabel Quiller Couch.)
The Cat that Went to the Doctor. The Wood Anemone. Sweeter than Sugar.
The Raspberry Caterpillar.
(From Fairy Tales from Finland. Zopelius.)
Dinevan the Emu.
Goomble Gubbon the Bustard.
(From Australian Legendary Lore. By Mrs. Langloh Parker. 12411. h.
13.)
The Tulip Bed.
(From English Fairy Book. Ernest Rhys.)
I have been asked so often for this particular story: I am glad to be
able to provide it in very poetical language.
The Fisherman and his Wife.
The Wolf and the Kids.
The Adventures of Chanticleer and Partlet.
The Old Man and his Grandson.
Rumpelstiltskin.
The Queen Bee.
The Wolf and the Man.
The Golden Goose.
(From Grimm's Fairy Tales. By Mrs. Edgar Lucas. 12410. dd. 33.
Constable.)
STORIES FROM HANS C. ANDERSEN.
(For young children.)
Ole-Luk-Oie. (Series of seven.)
What the Old Man Does is Always Right.
The Princess and the Pea.
Thumbelina.
(For older children.)
It's Quite True.
Five Out of One Pod.
Great Claus and Little Claus.
Jack the Dullard.
The Buckwheat.
The Fir-Tree.
The Little Tin Soldier.
The Nightingale.
The Ugly Duckling.
The Swineherd.
The Sea Serpent.
The Little Match-Girl.
The Gardener and the Family.
The two best editions of Hans C. Andersen's Fairy Tales are the
translation by Mrs. Lucas, published by Dent, and the only complete
English edition, published by W. A. and J. K. Craigie (Humphrey
Milford, 1914).
MISCELLANEOUS MODERN STORIES.
The Summer Princess.
(From The Enchanted Garden. Mrs. Molesworth. 012803. d. f. T.
Fisher Unwin. This could be shortened and arranged for narration.)
Thomas and the Princess. (A Fairy Tale for Grown-Ups, for pure
relaxation.) By Joseph Conrad.
(From Twenty-six Ideal Stories for Girls. 012809. e. 1. Hutchinson
& Co.)
The Truce of God.
(From All-Fellowes Seven Legends of Lower Redemption. Laurence
Housman. 012630. 1. 25. Kegan Paul.)
The Selfish Giant. By Oscar Wilde. 012356. e. 59. David Nutt.
The Legend of the Tortoise.
(From the Provençal. From Windestraw. Pamela Glenconner.) Chiswick
Press.
Fairy Grumblesnooks.
A Bit of Laughter's Smile. By Maud Symonds.
(From Tales for Little People. Nos. 323 and 318. Aldine Publishing
Company.)
The Fairy who Judged her Neighbours.
(From The Little Wonder Box. By Jean Ingelow. 12806. r. 21.
Griffiths, Farren & Co.)
FOR TEACHERS OF YOUNG CHILDREN.
Le Courage.
L'Ecole.
Le Jour de Catherine.
Jacqueline et Mirant.
(From Nos Enfants. Anatole France. 12810. dd. 72. Hachette.)
The Giant and the Jackstraw. By David Starr Jordan.
(From Una and the Knights. For very small children.)
The Musician.
Legend of the Christmas Rose.
(From The Girl from the Marsh Croft. Selma Lagerlöf. 12581. p. 99.)
Both these should be shortened and adapted for narration.
I trust that the titles of my stories in this Section may not be
misleading. Under the titles of “Myths, Legends and Fairy Tales,”
I have included many which contain valuable ethical teaching, deep
philosophy and stimulating examples for conduct in life. I regret that
I have not been able to furnish in my own list many of the stories I
consider good for narration, but the difficulty of obtaining permission
has deterred me from further efforts in this direction. I hope,
however, that teachers and students will look up the book containing
these stories.
FOOTNOTES:
[55] Both books dealing with insect life.
INDEX
Adler, Felix, on animal stories, 80
Adventures of a Beetle, 29
Alice in Wonderland, 57, 136
Analysis of motive and feeling, to be avoided, 43
Andersen, Hans C., 2, 15, 16, 21, 29, 31, 34, 39, 41, 44, 45, 62, 63,
80, 112, 116, 123, 124, 138, 150, 156, 232
Animal Play, Psychology of, 105
Art, true purpose of, 109
Arthur in the Cave, 165-9
Artifices of story telling, 32
Bacon, J. D. D., 12
Ballad for a boy, 107
Baring, M., 193
Barnes, Earl, 60
Barnett, P. A., 104
Barnett, Mrs. P. A., 70
Barrow, E., 40
Beautiful things need appropriate language, 82
Beetle, the, 125
Beginning, should be striking, 39
Belloc's Cautionary Tales, 56
Béranger, 25
Bible Stories, 67
Björnson's tribute to Andersen, 116
Blazing Mansion, the, 74
Bluebeard, 76
Blue Rose, the, 187
‘Blugginess,’ the thirst for, 85
Books, choice of, 61
Bradley, Professor, 119
Brown, T. E., 17
Buddha, stories of, 87, 127, 200, 203
Buffoonery, to be discouraged, 54
Burroughs, John, 58, 108
Buster Brown, 53
Butterfly, Story of, 45
Call of the Homeland, 71
Calypso, 93
Calthrop, Dion, 92
Carlyle, T., 115
Chap books, 51, 52
Chesterton, G. K., on sentimentality, 46
Child, the, 87
Child Play, 104, 105
Children's Catalogue, 211
Choice of books, 61
Christopher, St., legend of, 162-5
Cid, the, 133
Cinderella, 71, 90, 119, 120
Classical Stories, 218, 223
Class teaching, use of story-telling in, 132
Clifford, Ethel, 88
Clifford, Mrs. W. K., 40, 64
Commonplace, to be avoided, 99
Common sense of Education, 104
Common sense, illustrated in stories, 71, 224
Concealment of emotion by children, 114
Confucius, 60
Co-operation of audience, how to enlist, 37
Cory, W., 107
Coquelin, 27, 34
Crazy Jane, 47
Creative work, value of, 113
Curious Girl, 51
Curtin, Russian Myths, 90
Cymbeline, 94
Danger of side issues, 6
Danger of altering the story for the occasion, 8
Darning Needle, 125
Death, stories dealing with, 86
Death-bed scenes, 55
Defence of Poesy, 5, 91, 110
Detail, excess of, 21
Dick Whittington, 100
Didactic fiction, a low type of art, 4, 59
Dido and Aeneas, 66
Difficulties of the story, 6
Dinkey Bird, the, 64
Direct appeal, danger of, 111
Divine Adventure, the, 81
Dobson, Austin, 21
Don Quixote, 21, 133
Dramatic and poetic elements, 134
Dramatic Excitement, 82
Dramatic joy, 4, 93
Dramatic presentation, of moral value, 59
---- indispensable, 89
Dramatisation, danger of, 111
Drudgery, essential for success, 29
Educational uses of story telling, 4
Effect of story, difficult to gauge, 14
---- how to obtain and maintain, 89
Elements, desirable, 61
---- to be avoided, 42
Eliot, George, 83
Emotions, unable to find expression, 60
Emphasis, danger of, 33
Endings, dramatic, 40
Enfant Prodigue, 18
Environment, 95
Essentials of the story, 25
Ewing, Mrs., 50, 104, 106
Examples for Youth, 56
Experience, the appeal to, 62
Fact and make-believe, 119
Fairchild Family, 44
Fairy tales, 58, 72, 73, 74, 75, 102, 104, 112
---- do not appeal to some, 121
---- mixed with science, to be avoided, 57
---- poor material of, 122
---- potential truth in, 121
---- right age for, 75
Father and Son, 102
Fear, appeals to, 51
Fénélon's Telemachus, 92
Festival Day, true spirit of, 200-3
Fiction, should be used, 109
Field, Eugene, 64, 69
Filial Piety, 203-6
Fleming, Marjorie, 53
Folk lore, tampering with, 76
Freeman, P., poems of, 55
Froebel, 59
Fun, coarse and exaggerated, 53
Gales, R. L., 101
Geography, dramatic possibilities of, 134
Gesture, use and abuse of, 35, 126
Glenconner, Lady, 187
Glover, Mrs. Arnold, 96
Golden Numbers, 71
Goschen, G., 65, 99
Gosse, E., 102
Gregory, Lady, 24
Grimm, 71
Groos, Karl, 105
Grotesque stories, an antidote to sentimentality, 78
Gunnar, Death of, 133
Hafiz the Stone-cutter, 170-2
Harris, Muriel, 56
Harrison, Frederic, 61
Hearn, Lafcadio, 31
Hector and Andromache, 66
Helen and Paris, 8
Heroes of Asgaard, 65
History and fiction, 109, 225
Honey Bee and other Stories, 57
Human interest, 93
Humour, development slow, 136
---- educational value of, 135
---- to encourage the sense of, 4, 73, 224
Hushaby Lady, 69
Hysteria, how encouraged, 60
Ice Maiden, 80
Ideal, translated into action, 4, 110
Illustration of stories, 131
Imagination, appeal by, 20
---- cultivation of, 4, 65, 103
---- Queyrat on, 118
---- Ribot on, 105
Indian Stories, 81, 91, 218
Infant piety, tales of, 55
Irish peasants as an audience, 10
Jack and the Beanstalk, 74, 121
Jacob, More English tales, 72
James, Henry, 27
James, William, 84
Janeway, Mrs., 51
Jesper and the Hares, 72
John and the Pig, 106
Keatinge, on Suggestion, 34
Kimmins, Dr., 130
Kinematograph, dramatic value of, 18, 48
King Peter, 92
Kinship with animals, to be encouraged, 80
Ker, Professor, 157
Kipling, Rudyard, 38, 39, 40, 41, 123, 127
Ladd's Psychology, 108
Lang, Andrew, 72, 73, 85, 230
Laocoon group, 55
Lear's Book of Nonsense, 79
Legends, Myths and Fairy tales, 219, 227
Life, stories of saving, 86
Little Citizens of other Lands, 103
Little Cousin Series, 214
Little Red Riding Hood, 76
Lion and Hare, 126
Loti, 114
Magnanimity, to be encouraged, 107
Mahomet, advice to teachers, 68
McKracken, Mrs. E., 45
Macleod, Fiona, 81
Marsh King's Daughter, 62
Mechanical devices for attracting attention, 32
Memory or improvisation, 123
Memory, the effect of, 63
Mentius, Chinese philosopher, 95
Metempsychosis, 81
Milking time, 68
Mill on the Floss, 83
Milton, 69
Mimicry, use of, 36
Ministering Children, 44
Miscellaneous Stories, 222, 228
Modern Stories, List of, 233
Montessori, on Silence, 131
Moore Smith, C. G., 57
Moral Instruction of Children, 81
Moral tales, 55
Morley, Henry, 58
Morley, Lord, on direct moral teaching, 128
Mother Play, 59
Moulton, Professor, 67
Napoleon, 85, 134
Nebuchadnezzar's golden image, 67
Necker de Saussure, Mme., 20
Nightingale, the, 138-150
Njal, Burning of, 85, 133
Nonsense, a plea for, 79
Norse Stories, 210
Nursery Rhymes, 101
Old people, as an audience, 24
Openings, vivid, 39, 40
Orpheus and Eurydice, 66
Our Lady's Tumbler, 123
Over dramatic stimulation, 48
Over-elaboration, 21
Over explanation, danger of, 23
Over-illustration, danger of, 17
Pandora, story of, 123
Pantomime, stories in, 18
Paris and Helen, 8
Pausing, the art of, 33
Piety Promoted, 57
Planting for Eternity, 115
Plato, on the End of Education, 91
Poetic element, children's unexpressed need, 135
Poetry and Life, 119
Poetry, effect of, 119
Poetry, value of, 69
Polish, importance of, 31
Poor Robin, 55
Priggishness, how to avoid, 51
Preparation for a story, 124
Princess and the Pea, 34, 156-7
Proud Cock, the, 178-180
Psyche, 120
Psychology, 108
Psychological novelist, 108
Pueblo tribe of Indians, 91
Puss in Boots, 108
Quebec and Téméraire, story of, 107
Questions, danger of, 13
Questions of teachers, 117
Questioning the audience, futility of, 130
Queyrat, 19, 23, 63, 106, 113, 118
Quintilian, on the use of the hands, 35
Reading matter for children, 211
Realism, excessive, 49
Repetition of story (by children) inadvisable, 130
Repetition of stories (by lecturers) recommended, 30, 62
Reproduction of stories, 112, 130
Resourcefulness, stories of, 71, 224
Ribot, on the imagination, 34, 105
Riley, Whitcomb, 100
Romance, Books of, 85, 221
Romance, good for children, 66
---- in the streets, 97
Rossetti, Christina, 68
Russell, J., 161
Russian myths and folk tales, 90
Saga, a, 160, 161
Saints, lives of, 225
St. Christopher, Legend of, 162-5
St. Francis and St. Clare, 66
Santa Claus, 122
Sarcasm, excess to be avoided, 44
Satire, excessive, to be deprecated, 44
Saturation, necessity of, 27
Scott, Dr., 71
Scudder, H., 111, 124
Sensationalism, danger of, 47
Sentimentality, 45
Shakespeare, 69, 96
Shepherd, the Obstinate, 172-8
Sherwood, Mrs., 52
Side issues, danger of, 6
Sidney, Sir Philip, 85, 91, 110
Siegfried and Brunhild, 66
Silence, Montessori on, 131
Simplicity, the keynote of story-telling, 2
Smith, Mrs. R. B., 14
Smith, N. A., 71
Snake story, a, 195-200
Snegourka, 180-2
Snow Child, the, 180-2
Somerset, Lady H., 110
Song and Story, 70
Song of Roland, 85
Souvenirs du Peuple, 25
Standard, must be high, 23
Sterne, 44
Stephens, James, 47
Stevenson, R. L., 104, 105, 123
Stories, in full, 138
---- to counteract influence of the streets, 93
---- outside children's experience, futility of, 48
Story telling in school and home, 210
Story Telling Magazine, 231
Sturla, story of, 157-160
Suggestion, 32, 34, 59
Sully, on children, 30, 90
Sunday books, 56
Swineherd, the, 150-156
Sympathy for foreigners, 103
Syrett, N., 118
Talking over a story, 129
Talking Thrush, the, 200
Talks to teachers, 85
Teachers of Young Children, books for, 234
Telemachus, 92
Tell, Wilhelm, 30
Tennant, Pamela, 187
Thackeray, 135
Thomas, W. Jenkyn, 169
Three Bears, 121
Through the Looking Glass, 90
Tiger, Jackal and Brahman, 11
Time, spent on story telling, 117
Tin Soldier, the, 63, 64, 124, 129
Top and Ball, 125
To your good health, 172-8
Treasure of the Wise Man, 100
Troy, tale of, 8
Truth, many-sided, 122
Truth of Stories, 118
Truth and Falsehood, how to distinguish, 106
Two Frogs, the, 193-5
Ulysses, 7, 93
Unfamiliar words, danger of, 10
United States, 31, 33, 49
Unsuitable material for stories, 42
Unusual element, desirable, 64
Unwholesome Extravagance, 53
Utilitarian stories, danger of, 99
Very Short Stories, 64
Virginibus Puerisque, 104
Voice, dramatic power of, 17
Wallas, K., 71
Warlike Excitement, not essential, 87
Water Nixie, the, 183-7
Wide, Wide World, 44
Wiggin, Kate Douglas, 48, 71
Wise Old Shepherd, the, 195-200
Wolf and Kids, 78
Yonge, Miss, 54
Youngest Child, success of, 226
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p. 72:
is “What the Old Man does is alway Right.”
is “What the Old Man does is always Right.”
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I remember the surprise which which, when I had grown somewhat older
I remember the surprise which, when I had grown somewhat older
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and practice will make make you more and more critical
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(From The Girl from the Marsh Croft. Selma Lagelöf. 12581. p. 99.)
(From The Girl from the Marsh Croft. Selma Lagerlöf. 12581. p. 99.)
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