Lists of Stories and Programs for Story Hours

Chapter 6

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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

BOOKS REFERRED TO IN THE FOREGOING LISTS.

Adams, William, _ed_. Myths of old Greece. Amer. Book Co., 64c.

Aesop. Fables; Joseph Jacobs, ed. Cranford ed. Macmillan, $1.75.

Alcott, L.M. Aunt Jo's scrap bag. 6v., Little, $1.50 ea. -- Lulu's library. 3v, Little, $1.50 ea. -- Old-fashioned Thanksgiving. Little, $1.50. -- Spinning wheel stories. Little, $1.25.

Alden, R.M. -- Why the chimes rang. Bobbs, $2.00.

Aldrich, T.B. Story of a bad boy. Houghton, $1.35.

Andersen, H.C. Fairy tales; tr. by Mrs. A. Lucas. Dutton, $3.00.

Andersen, H.C. Stories and tales. Houghton $1.75. -- Wonder stories; tr. by Dulcken. Houghton, $1.75.

Anderson, R.B. Norse mythology. Scott, $2.50.

Andrews, Jane. Stories Mother Nature told her children. Ginn, 64c.

Arabian nights. Fairy tales from the Arabian nights, ed. by E. Dixon. Putnam, $2.00. -- ed. by Lang. Longmans, $1.50. -- ed. by F.J. Olcott. Holt, $1.50. -- ed. with an introd. by W.H.D. Rouse; illus. by W. Paget. Dutton, $2.50.

Prices are only approximate. Includes a few books temporarily out of print.

-- ed. by Wiggin and Smith; illus. by Maxfield Parrish. Scribner, $3.50. Arnold, S.L. _and_ Gilbert, C.B. Stepping stones to literature. Silver, v. I, 640; v. 2, 68c; v. 3, 76c; v. 4, 84c.

Asbjoernsen, P.C. Fairy tales from the far North. Burt, $1.25. --The fairy world; folk and fairy tales; tr. by H.L. Braekstad; with an introd. by E.W. Gosse. De Wolfe, $1.25. --Norse fairy tales; tr. by Dasent. Lippincott, $1.50. --Tales from the field, a series of popular tales from the Norse, by Sir G. Dasent, il. by M. Smith. Putnam, $1.75.

Aspinwall, _Mrs._ Alicia. Short stories for short people. Dutton, $2.00.

Aulnoy, M. d'. Fairy tales; tr. by J.R. Planche. McKay, $2.00.

Austin, _Mrs._ Jane (Goodwin). Standish of Standish. Houghton, $2.00.

Bailey, C.S. _and_ Lewis, C.M. Firelight stories. Bradley, $1.25. --For the children's hour. Bradley, $1.75.

Baldwin, James. Fairy reader. Amer. Book Co., 52c. --Fairy stories and fables. Amer. Book Co., 52c. --Second fairy reader. Amer. Book Co., 52c. --The story of Roland. Scribner, $2.00. --Story of Siegfried. Scribner, $2.00

Bannerman, Helen. Little Black Sambo. Reilly, 50c.

Bay, J.C., _comp_. Danish fairy and folk tales. Harper, $1.60.

Bayard, P. du T., _chevalier_ de. The story of Bayard; ed. by A.G. Andrewes; with illus. by V. Lecomte. Lane, $1.50.

Bellamy, B.W. _and_ Goodwin, _Mrs._ M. (W.), _eds._ Open sesame, 3v. Ginn, 75c. ea.

Bible. _Whole._ The holy Bible; containing the Old and New Testaments; translated out of the original tongues and compared with former translations. King James version. Amer. Bible Soc., $1.00-$2.50.

--_Whole._ The holy Bible; tr. from the Latin Vulgate; the O.T. first pub. at Douay, 1609, and the N.T. at Rheims, 1582. Benziger, $1.00-$6.50.

--_Whole. Selections._ Bible stories in Bible language by E.T. Potter. Appleton, $1.50.

--_Whole. Selections._ Bible stories retold by L.L. Weedon. Button, $2.50.

--_Whole. Selections._ Story of the Bible, by C. Foster. Foster, $1.50.

--_O.T. Selections._ Bible stories. Old Testament; with an introduction and notes by R.G. Moulton. Macmillan, 90c.

--_O.T. Selections._ Old, old story book, compiled from the Old Testament by E.M. Tappan. Houghton, $1.75.

--_O.T. Selections._ Old Testament stories, selected for the children by E. Chisholm. Dutton, $1.00.

--_O.T. Selections._ Stories from the Old Testament for children, by H.S.B. Beale. Duffield, $2.50.

--_N.T. Selections._ Stories from the life of Christ, by J.H. Kelman. Dutton, $1.00.

Bigham, M.A. Stories of Mother Goose village. Rand, $1.00.

Blackmore, R.D. Lorna Doone. Crowell, $3.00.

Blaisdell, E.A. _and_ M.F. Child life in literature, 4th reader. Macmillan, 76c.

Blaisdell, E.A. Child life; 5th reader. Macmillan, 88c.

--Child life in many lands; 3rd reader. Macmillan, 72c.

--Child life in tale and fable; 2nd reader. Macmillan, 68c.

Booth, W.S. Wonderful escapes by Americans. Houghton, $2.75.

Bostock, F.C. Training of wild animals. Century, $1.75.

Boston. Kindergarten Teachers, _comp._ The Boston collection of kindergarten stories. Hammett, 60c.

Boutet de Monvel. Joan of Arc. McKay, $1.50.

Boyesen, H.H. Boyhood in Norway. Scribner, $1.65.

--Modern vikings. Scribner, $1.65.

--Norseland tales. Scribner, $1.65.

Broadus, E.H. Book of the Christ child. Appleton, $2.50.

Brooke, L.L. Story of the three bears. Warne, 75c.

--Story of three little pigs. Warne, 75c.

Brooks, E.S. Storied holidays. Lothrop, $1.50.

Brown, A.F. Flower princess. Houghton, $1.35.

--In the days of giants; Norse tales. Houghton, $1.35.

--Star jewels and other wonders. Houghton, $1.35.

Brown, C.L. _and_ Bailey, C.S. Jingle primer. Amer. Book Co., 44c.

Brown, John. Rab and his friends. Page, 75c.

Browne, Frances. Granny's wonderful chair and its tales of fairy times. Dutton (Everyman's library). $1.00.

Browning, Robert. Complete poetic and dramatic works. Cambridge ed. Houghton, $4.00.

Bryant, S.C. Best stories to tell. Houghton, $2.25.

--How to tell stories to children. Houghton $1.20.

--Stories to tell children. Houghton, $1.20.

Bryant, W.C. Poetical works. Appleton, $2.25.

Bulfinch, Thomas. Age of fable. Dutton, $1.00. Lothrop, $1.75.

Bullen, F.T. Cruise of the Cachalot round the world after sperm whales. Appleton, $1.75

Bunyan, John. Pilgrim's progress. Century, $3.00.

Burgess, T.W. Old Mother West Wind. Little, $1.25.

Burt, M.E. Herakles, the hero of Thebes. Scribner, 64c.

Buxton, E.M.W. Stories of Norse heroes told by the Northmen. Crowell, $2.50.

Carlyle, Thomas. Heroes and hero worship. Scribner, $2.50.

Carpenter, E.J. Hellenic tales; a book of golden hours with the old story tellers. Little, 85c.

Carroll, C.F. _and_ Brooks, S.C. Third reader. Appleton, 72c.

Carroll, Lewis, _pseud._ Alice's adventures in Wonderland; il. by Tenniel. Macmillan, $1.75.

--il. by Rackham. Doubleday, $3.50.

Cervantes-Saavedra, Miguel de. Don Quixote of the Mancha; retold by Judge Parry. Lane, $2.50.

Chamisso, Adelbert von. Peter Schlemihl; with plates by G. Cruikshank. Putnam, $1.25.

Chapin, A.A. Story of the Rhinegold. Harper, $1.60.

Charles, _Mrs._ E.R. Chronicles of the Schönberg-Cotta family. Burt, $1.25.

Chaucer, Geoffrey. Canterbury chimes; or Chaucer tales retold for children by F. Storr and H. Turner. Paul, 3s. 6d. Little, $1.35.

--The Chaucer story book by Eva March Tappan. Houghton, $2.50.

--Stories from Chaucer retold from the Canterbury tales by J.W. McSpadden. Crowell, 35c.

--The student's Chaucer, Skeat. Macmillan, $1.25.

--Tales of the Canterbury Pilgrims; retold from Chaucer and others by F.J. Harvey Darton. Stokes, $3.00.

Chenoweth, _Mrs._ C. (Van D.). Stories of the saints. Houghton, $2.00.

Chisholm, Louey, _comp._ Golden staircase. Putnam, $2.50.

Church, A.J. Heroes of chivalry and romance. Macmillan, $2.00

--Stories of Charlemagne. Macmillan, $2.00.

Clemens, S.L. Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Harper, $2.25.

--How to tell a story and other essays. Harper, $1.50.

--Prince and the pauper. Harper, $2.25.

Coates, H.T., _ed._ Fireside encyclopaedia of poetry. Pop. ed. Winston, $2.00.

Collodi, C., _pseud._ Adventures of Pinocchio. Ginn, 64c.

Colonial stories; retold from St. Nicholas. Century, $1.25.

Cooke, F.J. Nature myths and stories for little children. Flanagan, 70¢.

Coolidge, Susan, _pseud._ Mischief's Thanksgiving and other stories. Little, $1.75. Round dozen. Little, $1.75.

Cotes, _Mrs._ S.J. Story of Sonny Sahib. Appleton, $1.75.

Couch, A.T.Q. Historical tales from Shakespeare. Scribner, $2.00. Oxford book of English verse. Oxford, $3.00.

Coussens, P.W., _comp._ Child's book of stories; pictures by J.W. Smith. Duffield, $3.50.

Cowles, J.D. The art of story telling. McClurg, $1.00.

Cox, _Sir_ G.W. Tales of ancient Greece. McClurg, $1.00.

Crane, Walter. Goody Two Shoes picture book. Lane, $1.25.

Crommelin, E.G. Famous legends. Century, 76¢.

Cruikshank fairy book; w. illus. by Cruikshank. Putnam, $1.75.

Curtin, Jeremiah. Hero tales of Ireland. Little, $2.50.

Dame Wiggins of Lee and her seven wonderful cats. London, Allen, 1s.

Dana, C.A. Household book of poetry. Appleton, $5.00.

Darton, F.J.H. Wonder book of beasts. Stokes, $2.50.

Davis, R.H. Gallegher; and other stories. Scribner, $1.75.