Epigraph
—C. B. Tinker, “In Praise of Nursery Lore,” The Unpopular
Review, October-December, 1916.
The Contents
| SECTION I | ||
| PREFACE AND GENERAL INTRODUCTION | ||
| General Bibliography | 2 | |
| The Preface | 5 | |
| General Introduction | 7 | |
| 1. | Literature for Children | 7 |
| 2. | Literature in the Grades | 8 |
| 3. | Story-Telling and Dramatization | 10 |
| 4. | Courses of Study | 13 |
| SECTION II | ||
| MOTHER GOOSE JINGLES AND NURSERY RHYMES | ||
| Bibliography | 18 | |
| Introductory | 19 | |
| Mother Goose (Shorter rhymes): | ||
| 1. | A cat came fiddling out of a barn | 23 |
| 2. | A diller, a dollar | 23 |
| 3. | As I was going to St. Ives | 23 |
| 4. | As I was going up Pippen Hill | 23 |
| 5. | As I went to Bonner | 23 |
| 6. | As Tommy Snooks and Bessie Brooks | 23 |
| 7. | A swarm of bees in May | 23 |
| 8. | Baa, baa, black sheep | 23 |
| 9. | Barber, barber, shave a pig | 23 |
| 10. | Birds of a feather flock together | 23 |
| 11. | Bless you, bless you, burnie bee | 23 |
| 12. | Bobby Shafto’s gone to sea | 24 |
| 13. | Bow, wow, wow | 24 |
| 14. | Bye, baby bunting | 24 |
| 15. | Come when you’re called | 24 |
| 16. | Cross patch | 24 |
| 17. | Curly locks, curly locks | 24 |
| 18. | Dance, little baby | 24 |
| 19. | Diddle, diddle, dumpling | 24 |
| 20. | Ding, dong, bell | 24 |
| 21. | Doctor Foster | 24 |
| 22. | Eggs, butter, cheese, bread | 24 |
| 23. | For every evil under the sun | 24 |
| 24. | Four-and-twenty tailors | 25 |
| 25. | Great A, little a | 25 |
| 26. | Hark, hark | 25 |
| 27. | Here sits the Lord Mayor | 25 |
| 28. | Here we go up, up, up | 25 |
| 29. | Hey! diddle, diddle | 25 |
| 30. | Hickery, dickery, 6 and 7 | 25 |
| 31. | Higgledy, Piggledy | 25 |
| 32. | Hickory, dickory, dock | 25 |
| 33. | Hogs in the garden | 25 |
| 34. | Hot-cross buns | 26 |
| 35. | Hub a dub dub | 26 |
| 36. | Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall | 26 |
| 37. | If all the sea were one sea | 26 |
| 38. | If all the world was apple-pie | 26 |
| 39. | If I’d as much money as I could spend | 26 |
| 40. | If “ifs” and “ands” | 26 |
| 41. | If wishes were horses | 26 |
| 42. | I had a little pony | 26 |
| 43. | I had a little hobby horse | 26 |
| 44. | I have a little sister | 27 |
| 45. | I’ll tell you a story | 27 |
| 46. | In marble walls as white as milk | 27 |
| 47. | I went up one pair of stairs | 27 |
| 48. | Jack and Jill went up the hill | 27 |
| 49. | Jack be nimble | 27 |
| 50. | Jack Sprat could eat no fat | 27 |
| 51. | Knock at the door | 27 |
| 52. | Ladybird, ladybird, fly away home | 27 |
| 53. | Little boy blue, come blow your horn | 27 |
| 54. | Little girl, little girl, where have you been | 27 |
| 55. | Little Jack Horner | 28 |
| 56. | Little Jack Jingle | 28 |
| 57. | Little Johnny Pringle | 28 |
| 58. | Little Miss Muffet | 28 |
| 59. | Little Nancy Etticoat | 28 |
| 60. | Little Robin Redbreast | 28 |
| 61. | Little Tommy Tucker | 28 |
| 62. | Long legs, crooked thighs | 28 |
| 63. | Lucy Locket lost her pocket | 28 |
| 64. | Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John | 28 |
| 65. | Mistress Mary, quite contrary | 28 |
| 66. | Multiplication is vexation | 28 |
| 67. | Needles and pins | 29 |
| 68. | Old King Cole | 29 |
| 69. | Once I saw a little bird | 29 |
| 70. | One for the money | 29 |
| 71. | One misty, moisty morning | 29 |
| 72. | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 | 29 |
| 73. | One, two | 29 |
| 74. | Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, baker’s man | 29 |
| 75. | Pease-porridge hot | 29 |
| 76. | Peter, Peter, pumpkin-eater | 30 |
| 77. | Peter Piper picked a peck | 30 |
| 78. | Poor old Robinson Crusoe | 30 |
| 79. | Pussy-cat, pussy-cat, where have you been | 30 |
| 80. | Pussy sits beside the fire | 30 |
| 81. | Ride a cock-horse to Banbury-cross | 30 |
| 82. | Ride, baby, ride | 30 |
| 83. | Rock-a-bye, baby | 30 |
| 84. | Rock-a-bye, baby, thy cradle is green | 30 |
| 85. | See a pin and pick it up | 30 |
| 86. | See, saw, sacradown | 31 |
| 87. | Shoe the little horse | 31 |
| 88. | Sing a song of sixpence | 31 |
| 89. | Star light, star bright | 31 |
| 90. | The King of France went up the hill | 31 |
| 91. | The lion and the unicorn | 31 |
| 92. | The man in the moon | 31 |
| 93. | The north wind doth blow | 31 |
| 94. | The Queen of Hearts she made some tarts | 31 |
| 95. | There was a crooked man | 31 |
| 96. | There was a little boy went into a barn | 32 |
| 97. | There was a man and he had naught | 32 |
| 98. | There was a man in our town | 32 |
| 99. | There was an old man | 32 |
| 100. | There was an old woman, and what do you think | 32 |
| 101. | There was an old woman lived under a hill | 32 |
| 102. | There was an old woman of Leeds | 32 |
| 103. | There was an old woman of Norwich | 32 |
| 104. | There was an old woman tossed up in a basket | 32 |
| 105. | There was an old woman who lived in a shoe | 33 |
| 106. | There was an owl lived in an oak | 33 |
| 107. | This is the way the ladies ride | 33 |
| 108. | This little pig went to market | 33 |
| 109. | Three blind mice | 33 |
| 110. | Three wise men of Gotham | 33 |
| 111. | To market, to market, to buy a fat pig | 33 |
| 112. | Tom, Tom, the piper’s son | 33 |
| 113. | Two-legs sat upon three-legs | 33 |
| 114. | When a twister a-twisting | 34 |
| 115. | “Willy boy, Willy boy, where are you going?” | 34 |
| Wilhelmina Seegmiller | ||
| 116. | Milkweed Seeds | 34 |
| 117. | An Anniversary | 34 |
| 118. | Twink! twink! | 34 |
| Mother Goose (Longer rhymes) | ||
| 119. | A Was an Apple-Pie | 34 |
| 120. | Tom Thumb’s Alphabet | 35 |
| 121. | Where Are You Going | 35 |
| 122. | Molly and I | 35 |
| 123. | London Bridge | 36 |
| 124. | I Saw a Ship | 36 |
| 125. | There Was an Old Woman | 36 |
| 126. | Little Bo-Peep | 37 |
| 127. | Cock a Doodle Doo | 37 |
| 128. | Three Jovial Huntsmen | 37 |
| 129. | There Was a Little Man | 37 |
| 130. | Taffy | 38 |
| 131. | Simple Simon | 38 |
| 132. | A Farmer Went Trotting | 38 |
| 133. | Tom the Piper’s Son | 38 |
| 134. | When I Was a Little Boy | 39 |
| 135. | The Babes in the Wood | 39 |
| 136. | The Fox and His Wife | 40 |
| 137. | For Want of a Nail | 40 |
| 138. | A Man of Words | 40 |
| 139. | Jemima | 41 |
| 140. | Mother Hubbard and Her Dog | 41 |
| 141. | The Courtship, Merry Marriage, and Picnic Dinner of Cock Robin and Jenny Wren | 42 |
| 142. | The Burial of Poor Cock Robin | 44 |
| 143. | Dame Wiggins of Lee, and Her Seven Wonderful Cats | 45 |
| 144. | This Is the House That Jack Built | 47 |
| 145. | The Egg in the Nest | 49 |
| 146. | Change About | 49 |
| SECTION III | ||
| FAIRY STORIES—TRADITIONAL TALES | ||
| Bibliography | 52 | |
| Introductory | 53 | |
| English: | ||
| 147. | The Old Woman and Her Pig | 56 |
| 148. | Henny-Penny | 58 |
| 149. | Teeny-Tiny | 59 |
| 150. | The Cat and the Mouse | 60 |
| 151. | The Story of the Three Little Pigs | 61 |
| 152. | Titty Mouse and Tatty Mouse | 63 |
| 153. | The Story of the Three Bears | 64 |
| 154. | The Three Sillies | 67 |
| 155. | Lazy Jack | 69 |
| 156. | The Story of Mr. Vinegar | 71 |
| 157. | Jack and the Beanstalk | 73 |
| 158. | Tom Thumb | 79 |
| 159. | Whittington and His Cat | 84 |
| 160. | Tom Tit Tot | 89 |
| French: | ||
| 161. | Little Red Riding Hood | 92 |
| 162. | True History of Little Golden Hood | 94 |
| 163. | Puss in Boots | 97 |
| 164. | Toads and Diamonds | 100 |
| 165. | Cinderella, or the Little Glass Slipper | 102 |
| 166. | Drakestail | 106 |
| 167. | Beauty and the Beast | 110 |
| Norwegian: | ||
| 168. | Why the Bear Is Stumpy-Tailed | 122 |
| 169. | The Three Billy-Goats Gruff | 123 |
| 170. | The Husband Who Was to Mind the House | 124 |
| 171. | Boots and His Brothers | 125 |
| 172. | The Quern at the Bottom of the Sea | 128 |
| German: | ||
| 173. | The Traveling Musicians | 131 |
| 174. | The Blue Light | 134 |
| 175. | The Elves and the Shoemaker | 136 |
| 176. | The Fisherman and His Wife | 138 |
| 177. | Rose-Bud | 142 |
| 178. | Rumpelstiltskin | 144 |
| 179. | Snow-White and Rose-Red | 146 |
| Indian: | ||
| 180. | The Lambikin | 150 |
| 181. | Tit for Tat | 151 |
| 182. | The Tiger, the Brahman, and the Jackal | 152 |
| 183. | Pride Goeth before a Fall | 154 |
| Japanese: | ||
| 184. | The Mirror of Matsuyama | 156 |
| 185. | The Tongue-Cut Sparrow | 158 |
| Slavic: | ||
| 186. | The Straw Ox | 160 |
| Irish: | ||
| 187. | Connla and the Fairy Maiden | 162 |
| 188. | The Horned Women | 164 |
| 189. | King O’Toole and His Goose | 165 |
| SECTION IV | ||
| FAIRY STORIES—MODERN FANTASTIC TALES | ||
| Bibliography | 170 | |
| Introductory | 171 | |
| Abram S. Isaacs | ||
| 190. | A Four-Leaved Clover | 174 |
| I. | The Rabbi and the Diadem | 174 |
| II. | Friendship | 175 |
| III. | True Charity | 175 |
| IV. | An Eastern Garden | 176 |
| Samuel Taylor Coleridge | ||
| 191. | The Lord Helpeth Man and Beast | 177 |
| Hans Christian Andersen | ||
| 192. | The Real Princess | 179 |
| 193. | The Emperor’s New Clothes | 180 |
| 194. | The Nightingale | 183 |
| 195. | The Fir Tree | 190 |
| 196. | The Tinder Box | 195 |
| 197. | The Hardy Tin Soldier | 200 |
| 198. | The Ugly Duckling | 203 |
| Frances Browne | ||
| 199. | The Story of Fairyfoot | 209 |
| Oscar Wilde | ||
| 200. | The Happy Prince | 217 |
| Raymond MacDonald Alden | ||
| 201. | The Knights of the Silver Shield | 223 |
| Jean Ingelow | ||
| 202. | The Prince’s Dream | 227 |
| Frank R. Stockton | ||
| 203. | Old Pipes and the Dryad | 233 |
| John Ruskin | ||
| 204. | The King of the Golden River | 245 |
| SECTION V | ||
| FABLES AND SYMBOLIC STORIES | ||
| Bibliography | 262 | |
| Introductory | 263 | |
| Æsop | ||
| 205. | The Shepherd’s Boy | 266 |
| 206. | The Lion and the Mouse | 266 |
| 207. | The Crow and the Pitcher | 266 |
| 208. | The Frog and the Ox | 267 |
| 209. | The Frogs Desiring a King | 267 |
| 210. | The Field Mouse and the Town Mouse | 268 |
| Christina G. Rossetti | ||
| 211. | The City Mouse and the Garden Mouse | 268 |
| Horace | ||
| 212. | The Country Mouse and the Town Mouse | 268 |
| Æsop | ||
| 213. | Androcles | 269 |
| Thomas Day | ||
| 214. | Androcles and the Lion | 270 |
| Æsop | ||
| 215. | The Wind and the Sun | 272 |
| 216. | The Goose with the Golden Eggs | 272 |
| La Fontaine | ||
| 217. | The Hen with the Golden Eggs | 272 |
| Æsop | ||
| 218. | The Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing | 273 |
| 219. | The Hare and the Tortoise | 273 |
| 220. | The Miller, His Son, and Their Ass | 274 |
| 221. | The Travelers and the Bear | 274 |
| 222. | The Lark and Her Young Ones | 275 |
| 223. | The Old Man and His Sons | 275 |
| 224. | The Fox and the Grapes | 276 |
| 225. | The Widow and the Hen | 276 |
| 226. | The Kid and the Wolf | 276 |
| 227. | The Man and the Satyr | 276 |
| 228. | The Dog and the Shadow | 276 |
| 229. | The Swallow and the Raven | 276 |
| 230. | Mercury and the Woodman | 276 |
| 231. | The Mice in Council | 277 |
| 232. | The Mountebank and Countryman | 277 |
| 233. | The Milkmaid and Her Pail | 278 |
| La Fontaine | ||
| 234. | The Dairywoman and the Pot of Milk | 278 |
| From “The Arabian Nights” | ||
| 235. | The Story of Alnaschar | 279 |
| Bidpai (Indian Fables) | ||
| 236. | The Camel and the Pig | 280 |
| 237. | The Ass in the Lion’s Skin | 281 |
| 238. | The Talkative Tortoise | 282 |
| 239. | A Lion Tricked by a Rabbit | 283 |
| Marie de France | ||
| 240. | The Cock and the Fox | 284 |
| La Fontaine | ||
| 241. | The Grasshopper and the Ant | 284 |
| 242. | The Cock, the Cat, and the Young Mouse | 285 |
| John Gay | ||
| 243. | The Hare with Many Friends | 286 |
| Tomas Yriarte | ||
| 244. | The Musical Ass | 287 |
| Ivan Krylov | ||
| 245. | The Swan, the Pike, and the Crab | 287 |
| From the Bible | ||
| 246. | The Bramble Is Made King | 288 |
| 247. | The Good Samaritan | 289 |
| 248. | The Prodigal Son | 289 |
| Henry Ward Beecher | ||
| 249. | The Anxious Leaf | 290 |
| Benjamin Franklin | ||
| 250. | The Whistle | 291 |
| 251. | The Ephemera | 292 |
| Joseph Addison | ||
| 252. | The Vision of Mirzah | 294 |
| Jane Taylor | ||
| 253. | The Discontented Pendulum | 297 |
| Leo Tolstoi | ||
| 254. | Croesus and Solon | 299 |
| SECTION VI | ||
| MYTHS | ||
| Bibliography | 302 | |
| Introductory | 303 | |
| Greek and Roman: | ||
| Grace H. Kupfer | ||
| 255. | A Story of the Springtime | 306 |
| Nathaniel Hawthorne | ||
| 256. | The Paradise of Children | 309 |
| 257. | The Miraculous Pitcher | 319 |
| R. E. Francillon | ||
| 258. | The Narcissus | 330 |
| 259. | The Apple of Discord | 332 |
| Josephine P. Peabody | ||
| 260. | Icarus and Daedalus | 335 |
| 261. | Admetus and the Shepherd | 337 |
| Thomas Bulfinch | ||
| 262. | Midas | 338 |
| Charles Mills Gayley | ||
| 263. | Phaëthon | 340 |
| Norse: | ||
| Thomas Bulfinch | ||
| 264. | Thor’s Visit to Jötunheim | 343 |
| Hamilton Wright Mabie | ||
| 265. | Odin’s Search for Wisdom | 348 |
| Ethel M. Wilmot-Buxton | ||
| 266. | How the Fenris Wolf was Chained | 351 |
| Anna and Eliza Keary | ||
| 267. | Frey | 354 |
| Hamilton Wright Mabie | ||
| 268. | The Death of Balder | 360 |
| SECTION VII | ||
| POETRY | ||
| Bibliography | 368 | |
| Introductory | 369 | |
| Eliza Lee Follen | ||
| 269. | The Three Little Kittens | 371 |
| 270. | The Moon | 371 |
| 271. | Runaway Brook | 372 |
| 272. | Ding Dong! Ding Dong! | 372 |
| Elizabeth Prentiss | ||
| 273. | The Little Kitty | 372 |
| Sara J. Hale | ||
| 274. | Mary Had a Little Lamb | 372 |
| Theodore Tilton | ||
| 275. | Baby Bye | 373 |
| Lucy Larcom | ||
| 276. | The Brown Thrush | 374 |
| Lydia Maria Child | ||
| 277. | Thanksgiving Day | 375 |
| 278. | Who Stole the Bird’s Nest | 375 |
| “Susan Coolidge” | ||
| 279. | How the Leaves Came Down | 377 |
| Phoebe Cary | ||
| 280. | They Didn’t Think | 377 |
| 281. | The Leak in the Dike | 378 |
| Robert Louis Stevenson | ||
| 282. | Whole Duty of Children | 381 |
| 283. | The Cow | 381 |
| 284. | Time to Rise | 381 |
| 285. | Rain | 381 |
| 286. | A Good Play | 382 |
| 287. | The Lamplighter | 382 |
| 288. | The Land of Nod | 382 |
| 289. | The Land of Story-Books | 382 |
| 290. | My Bed Is a Boat | 383 |
| 291. | My Shadow | 383 |
| 292. | The Swing | 383 |
| 293. | Where Go the Boats | 384 |
| 294. | The Wind | 384 |
| 295. | Windy Nights | 384 |
| Frank Dempster Sherman | ||
| 296. | Spinning Top | 384 |
| 297. | Flying Kite | 385 |
| 298. | King Bell | 385 |
| 299. | Daisies | 385 |
| Eugene Field | ||
| 300. | Wynken, Blynken, and Nod | 385 |
| 301. | The Sugar-Plum Tree | 386 |
| 302. | The Duel | 387 |
| James Whitcomb Riley | ||
| 303. | The Treasures of the Wise Man | 387 |
| 304. | The Circus-Day Parade | 388 |
| 305. | The Raggedy Man | 389 |
| James Hogg | ||
| 306. | A Boy’s Song | 389 |
| Mary Howitt | ||
| 307. | The Spider and the Fly | 390 |
| William Howitt | ||
| 308. | The Wind in a Frolic | 391 |
| Ann Taylor | ||
| 309. | The Cow | 392 |
| 310. | Meddlesome Matty | 392 |
| Jane Taylor | ||
| 311. | “I Like Little Pussy” | 393 |
| 312. | The Star | 394 |
| Christina G. Rossetti | ||
| 313. | Seldom or Never | 394 |
| 314. | An Emerald Is as Green as Grass | 394 |
| 315. | Boats Sail on the Rivers | 394 |
| 316. | A Diamond or a Coal? | 395 |
| 317. | The Swallow | 395 |
| 318. | Who Has Seen the Wind? | 395 |
| 319. | Milking Time | 395 |
| William Brighty Rands | ||
| 320. | The Peddler’s Caravan | 395 |
| 321. | The Wonderful World | 396 |
| Richard Monckton Milnes | ||
| 322. | Good-Night and Good-Morning | 396 |
| William Roscoe | ||
| 323. | The Butterfly’s Ball | 397 |
| Author Unknown | ||
| 324. | Can You? | 398 |
| Robert Browning | ||
| 325. | Pippa’s Song | 399 |
| Charles Mackay | ||
| 326. | Little and Great | 399 |
| Felicia Dorothea Hemans | ||
| 327. | Casabianca | 399 |
| William Blake | ||
| 328. | Three Things to Remember | 400 |
| 329. | The Lamb | 401 |
| 330. | The Shepherd | 401 |
| 331. | The Tiger | 401 |
| 332. | The Piper | 401 |
| Eliza Cook | ||
| 333. | Try Again | 402 |
| Edward Lear | ||
| 334. | The Owl and the Pussy-Cat | 403 |
| 335. | The Table and the Chair | 404 |
| 336. | The Pobble Who Has No Toes | 404 |
| “Lewis Carroll” | ||
| 337. | The Walrus and the Carpenter | 405 |
| 338. | A Strange Wild Song | 406 |
| Isaac Watts | ||
| 339. | Against Idleness and Mischief | 407 |
| 340. | Famous Passages from Dr. Watts | 408 |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow | ||
| 341. | The Skeleton in Armor | 408 |
| 342. | The Day Is Done | 410 |
| 343. | A Psalm of Life | 411 |
| Charles Kingsley | ||
| 344. | The Three Fishers | 412 |
| 345. | The Sands of Dee | 412 |
| Alfred Tennyson | ||
| 346. | “What Does Little Birdie Say?” | 413 |
| 347. | Sweet and Low | 413 |
| 348. | The Poet’s Song | 413 |
| 349. | Crossing the Bar | 414 |
| Leigh Hunt | ||
| 350. | Abou Ben Adhem | 414 |
| Joaquin Miller | ||
| 351. | For Those Who Fail | 415 |
| Edgar Allan Poe | ||
| 352. | Eldorado | 415 |
| George Gordon, Lord Byron | ||
| 353. | The Destruction of Sennacherib | 416 |
| William Cullen Bryant | ||
| 354. | To a Waterfowl | 416 |
| 355. | The Planting of the Apple-Tree | 417 |
| Thomas Edward Brown | ||
| 356. | My Garden | 418 |
| William Wordsworth | ||
| 357. | Daffodils | 419 |
| 358. | The Solitary Reaper | 419 |
| Caroline Elizabeth Norton | ||
| 359. | The Arab to His Favorite Steed | 420 |
| Robert Southey | ||
| 360. | The Inchcape Rock | 421 |
| William Shakespeare | ||
| 361. | Over Hill, Over Dale | 423 |
| 362. | A Fairy Scene in a Wood | 423 |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson | ||
| 363. | Fable | 424 |
| 364. | Concord Hymn | 424 |
| Sir Walter Scott | ||
| 365. | Breathes There the Man | 424 |
| Oliver Wendell Holmes | ||
| 366. | Old Ironsides | 425 |
| William Collins | ||
| 367. | How Sleep the Brave | 425 |
| Author Unknown | ||
| 368. | The Ballad of Nathan Hale | 425 |
| Sir Francis Hastings Doyle | ||
| 369. | The Red Thread of Honor | 427 |
| Rudyard Kipling | ||
| 370. | Recessional | 428 |
| William Ernest Henley | ||
| 371. | Invictus | 429 |
| James Russell Lowell | ||
| 372. | The Falcon | 429 |
| 373. | The Shepherd of King Admetus | 430 |
| Sir William Schenck Gilbert | ||
| 374. | The Yarn of the Nancy Bell | 430 |
| John Townsend Trowbridge | ||
| 375. | Darius Green and His Flying Machine | 432 |
| William Robert Spencer | ||
| 376. | Beth Gêlert | 436 |
| Author Unknown | ||
| 377. | King John and the Abbot of Canterbury | 437 |
| SECTION VIII | ||
| REALISTIC STORIES | ||
| Bibliography | 442 | |
| Introductory | 443 | |
| Oliver Goldsmith | ||
| 378. | The Renowned History of Little Goody Two-Shoes | 445 |
| Dr. John Aikin and Mrs. Letitia Barbauld | ||
| 379. | Eyes, and No Eyes | 451 |
| Thomas Day | ||
| 380. | The Good-Natured Little Boy | 456 |
| Maria Edgeworth | ||
| 381. | Waste Not, Want Not | 458 |
| Juliana Horatia Ewing | ||
| 382. | Jackanapes | 478 |
| Henry Seidel Canby | ||
| 383. | Betty’s Ride | 496 |
| Charles Major | ||
| 384. | The Big Bear | 500 |
| “O. Henry” | ||
| 385. | The Gift of the Magi | 505 |
| SECTION IX | ||
| NATURE LITERATURE | ||
| Bibliography | 510 | |
| Introductory | 511 | |
| Beatrix Potter | ||
| 386. | The Tale of Peter Rabbit | 513 |
| Thornton Waldo Burgess | ||
| 387. | Johnny Chuck Finds the Best Thing in the World | 514 |
| Albert Bigelow Paine | ||
| 388. | Mr. ‘Possum’s Sick Spell | 516 |
| Dallas Lore Sharp | ||
| 389. | Wild Life in the Farm-Yard | 520 |
| Vernon L. Kellogg | ||
| 390. | The Vendetta | 524 |
| Sewell Ford | ||
| 391. | Pasha, the Son of Selim | 527 |
| “Ouida” (Louisa de la Ramée) | ||
| 392. | Moufflou | 534 |
| Olive Thorne Miller | ||
| 393. | Bird Habits: I. Where He Sleeps II. His Travels | 548 |
| Ernest Thompson Seton | ||
| 394. | The Poacher and the Silver Fox | 551 |
| David Starr Jordan | ||
| 395. | The Story of a Salmon | 556 |
| Rudyard Kipling | ||
| 396. | Moti Guj—Mutineer | 562 |
| Charles G. D. Roberts | ||
| 397. | Last Bull | 566 |
| SECTION X | ||
| ROMANCE CYCLES AND LEGEND | ||
| Bibliography | 576 | |
| Introductory | 577 | |
| From Arabian Nights | ||
| 398. | Ali Baba, and the Forty Thieves | 579 |
| “Felix Summerley” | ||
| Reynard the Fox | ||
| 399. | How Bruin the Bear Sped with Reynard the Fox | 586 |
| 400. | The Battle Between the Fox and the Wolf | 591 |
| Sir Thomas Malory | ||
| King Arthur and His Round Table | ||
| 401. | How Arthur Became King | 594 |
| 402. | A Tourney with the French | 597 |
| 403. | Adventures of Arthur | 598 |
| Maude Radford Warren | ||
| 404. | Arthur and Sir Accalon | 603 |
| Cervantes-Saavedra, Miguel de | ||
| 405-411. | Stories from Don Quixote | |
| I. | Dreams and Shadows | 606 |
| II. | Preparing for the Quest | 608 |
| III. | The Quest Begins | 610 |
| IV. | The Knightly Vigil | 613 |
| V. | On Honor’s Field | 615 |
| VI. | The Return Home | 617 |
| VII. | The Battle with the Windmills | 618 |
| Horace E. Scudder | ||
| 412. | The Proud King | 620 |
| Eva March Tappan | ||
| 413. | Robin and the Merry Little Old Woman | 623 |
| Author Unknown | ||
| 414. | Allen-a-Dale | 628 |
| SECTION XI | ||
| BIOGRAPHY AND HERO STORIES | ||
| Bibliography | 632 | |
| Introductory | 633 | |
| Elbridge S. Brooks | ||
| 415. | How Columbus Got His Ships | 635 |
| Horace E. Scudder | ||
| 416. | The Boyhood of Washington | 642 |
| Benjamin Franklin | ||
| 417. | The Autobiography | 645 |
| Helen Nicolay | ||
| 418. | Lincoln’s Early Days | 655 |
| Anna Howard Shaw | ||
| 419. | In the Western Wilderness | 662 |
| Charlotte M. Yonge | ||
| 420. | The Pass of Thermopylae | 671 |
| SECTION XII | ||
| HOME READING LIST AND GENERAL INDEX | ||
| Home Reading Lists by Grades | 679 | |
| General Index | 687 | |