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World Stories Retold for Modern Boys and Girls

by William James Sly

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Alphabetical List of Stories

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Addams, Jane, Settlement Worker 284
Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp 60
Alcott, Louisa May, Author 252
America, How, Was Found 200
America, How, Was Named 201
Androcles and the Lion 184
Ant, The, and the Grasshopper 71
Arrow-boy, The, and the Two Friends 135
Audubon, Naturalist 262
Babies, The, and the Wise Judge 137
Baby Brother, The, in a Basket-boat 128
Bear, Why the, Has a Stumpy Tail 77
Bell, The, of Justice 190
Blind Men, The, and the Elephant 70
Bonheur, Rosa, Painter 253
Boone and His Swing 223
Boots and His Brothers 63
Boston Tea Party, The 213
Boy, The, and the Echo 72
Boy, The, and the Mad Dog 242
Boy, The, and the Nuts 66
Boy, The, and the Train 242
Boy, The, Who Hated Trees 103
Boy, The, Who Lived in a Church 130
Boy, The, With His Lunch 164
Boy Hero, The, of Holland 233
Boys, The, and the Frogs 67
Boys, Why, Take off Their Hats in Church 129
Bride, The, Worth Her Weight in Silver 210
Brothers, The First Two 117
Bruce and the Spider 187
Burbank, Fairy Godfather of the Orchards 265
Camel, The Lost 106
Camel, The, in the Tent 72
Christmas Day, The First 150
Christmas Gift, The 112
Christmas Tree, The Legend of 114
Cloud, The 94
Cobwebs, The Golden 113
College Boys, Four, Who Kept Strong 143
College, The First, in America 212
Cornelia and Her Jewels 185
Coyote, The, and the Indian Fire-bringer 88
Cripple, The, at the Beautiful Gate 174
Crow, The, and the Pitcher 68
Damon and Pythias 183
Darling, Grace 237
Daughter, The, Who Honored Her Mother 131
Diamonds and Toads 51
Dick Whittington and His Cat 101
Dog, The, in the Manger 66
Dove, The, and the Ant 67
Duckling, The Ugly 90
Dwarf, The, in the Mulberry Tree 166
Earthquake, The Japanese and the 235
Easter Day, The First 172
Edison, Wizard of Electricity 263
Elephant, The, and the Tailor 105
Emperor, The, and the Bird’s Nest 193
Emperor, The, and the Goose-boy 195
Emperor, The, and the School Children 196
Evangeline and the Burning of Acadia 211
Face, The Great Stone 95
Fir Tree, The 109
Flood, The, and the Rainbow 119
Fourth of July, The First 217
Fox, The, and the Grapes 67
Fox, The, Without a Tail 71
Friend, The Children’s 161
Friends, Four, in the Fiery Furnace 144
Frog King, The 52
Garibaldi and the Lost Lamb 240
Girl, The, and Her Red Petticoat 243
Girl, The Obliging, at the Well 122
Girl, The, Who Knew She Was Right 175
Girl, Tired of Being a Little 105
Gladstone and the Street-sweeper 239
Golden Goose, The 49
Goldilocks and the Three Bears 55
Goose With the Golden Eggs 66
Grasshopper, The Conceited 70
Greeley, Horace, Editor 260
Grenfell, Medical Missionary 278
Hale, Nathan 215
Hare, The, and the Tortoise 69
Hen, The Little Red 48
Heroine, The, of Gettysburg 225
Heroine, The, of North Carolina 219
Heroine, The, of Ohio 221
Hobson and the Merrimac 226
Home, How a Happy, Was Lost 116
Horatius at the Bridge 182
Hovenden and the Little Boy 241
Inchcape Bell, The 187
Indians’ Gunpowder Harvest 205
Jack and the Bean-stalk 58
Jack the Giant-killer 59
Jesus, When, Left His Carpenter Shop 157
Jesus, When, Was a Boy 152
Jesus, When, Was Forsaken 171
Jesus, When, Was Lost 155
Jesus, When, Won His Great Victory 159
Keller, Helen, Marvel 286
King Alfred and the Cakes 186
King, The Little Boy 138
King, The, of the Golden River 91
King, The, With the Basin and the Towel 170
Kit Carson and the Bears 224
Ladder, The, that Reached to Heaven 124
Larks, The, in the Wheat-field 74
Lincoln, Abraham, and the Pig 239
Lincoln, Emancipation President 257
Lind, Jenny, Singer 255
Lion, The, and the Fox 69
Lion, The, and the Mouse 74
“Little Ten Minutes”198
Livingstone, Missionary-Explorer 273
Longfellow, Poet 246
Lost Colony, The 203
Love, Where, Is, God Is 98
Lyon, Mary, Educator 267
Maid, The, Awakened 162
Man, The, in the Moon 78
Man, The, Who First Sailed Around the World 202
Man, The, Who Was Not Afraid to Pray 146
Man, The, Who Wrote “America”230
Mayflower, The, and the Pilgrims 206
Miller, The, and His Donkey 75
Monkey, The, and the Cats 73
Mozart, Musician 248
Napoleon and the Drummer-boy 191
Neighbor, The Good 167
Newsboy, The, of Gary 244
Nightingale, Florence, Nurse 268
Ole Bull, Violinist 250
Patriot, The German, and the Barley-fields 234
Patriot, The Swiss, and the Spears 194
Paul Revere’s Ride 214
Persian, The, and His Sons 76
Phaethon’s Wonderful Ride 80
Picciola 192
Piper, The Pied 100
Pocahontas 204
Prince, The Little Lame 136
Prince, The, Who Hated Spiders and Flies 104
Prisoner, The, and the Shipwreck 177
Prometheus, The Greek Fire-giver 79
Putnam and the Wolf 223
Raleigh, Sir Walter 188
Rebecca and the Snake 209
Red Ridinghood 54
Reed, General, and the Bribe 217
Robin’s Breast, Why the, is Red 77
Ross, Betsy, and the Flag 228
Runaway Pancake, The 47
Saint Christopher 108
Saint George and the Dragon 84
Saint Patrick and the Snakes 86
Scepter, The Golden, in the Palace of the Lily 147
Servant, The Russian 236
Shepherd Boy, The, and the Wolf 68
Shepherd Boy, The, Who Slew a Giant 133
Sidney, Sir Philip 189
Slave-boy, The, Who Became a Prince 126
Slave-girl, The, Who Helped a Great Captain 141
Slave, The, Who Ran Away from His Master 179
Sleeping Beauty, The 56
Spurgeon, Preacher 275
Storm-king, The 169
Story, The, Without an End 107
Sunflower, The Story of the 81
Surveyor, The, and the Little Boy 238
Thanksgiving Day, The First 207
Toadstool, The, and the Acorn 67
Tolstoy’s Daughter and the Peasant Boy 197
Tom, the Chimney-sweep 96
Touch, The Golden 82
Trick, One Good 70
Uncle, The Generous, and the Selfish Nephew 121
Washington’s Christmas Victory 218
Willard, Frances E., Reformer 271
Wind, The, and the Sun 68
Wise Men, The, and the Star 151
Woman, The, Who Shared Her Last Loaf 139
World, How the, Was Made 115
Wright Brothers, Aviators 281
Wrists, The, Bound With the Red Thread 197

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