CHAPTER XVI. STORY-TELLING AND STORIES

1. On Story-telling.

I. Bryant, Sara Cone. How to Tell Stories to Children. Houghton. 1905. 260 p. Bibl. $1.00. Simple directions for the mother and teacher; some stories.

†St. John, Edw. P. Stories and Story-Telling. Pilgrim. 1910. 99 p. Bibl. $.60. With special reference to story-telling in moral and religious education. How to tell, how to use, where to find stories.

Wyche, Richard T. Some Great Stories and How to Tell Them. Newson. 1910. 181 p. Bibl. $1.00. How to tell stories effectively; with special reference to the classic Greek and Norse myths.

Excellent books also by Julia D. Cowles, Louise S. Houghton, Angela M. Keyes, Edna Lyman, Mrs. E. N. Partridge.

2. Collections. The following collections are carefully selected for the educational values; there is necessarily some duplication in the stories in these collections.

Bailey, Caroline S. and Lewis, Clara M. For the Children’s Hour. Bradley. 1906. 333 p. $1.50. More than a hundred fairy tales, fables, myths, stories of home life, nature, industries, festivals, as told to kindergarten children.

°Scudder, Horace E. The Children’s Book. Houghton. 1909. 300 p. $2.50. A large volume with nearly two hundred fables, fairy tales from Abbott, Anderson, Grimm, Perrault; stories from Arabian Nights, Munchausen, Lilliput, and from Greek Myths. Illustrations from Doré, Cruickshank and others.

Cabot, Ella L. Ethics for Children. (Chapter X. 4.)

Wiggin, Kate D. and Smith, Nora A. The Fairy Ring. Doubleday. 1906. 445 p. Illus. $1.50. An excellent collection from many sources, by a kindergartner. Three other volumes in same series.

3. Myths, Legends, Classic Stories.

Bulfinch, Thomas. Age of Fable and Chivalry. Various editions. Age of Fable includes Greek myths, Odyssey, Iliad, Norse myths; Age of Chivalry, stories of Boewulf, Arthur, Roland. Some editions bound in one volume. Source book.

Clarke, Helen A. Child’s Guide to Mythology. Baker. 1908. 399 p. Illus. $1.25. An unusual arrangement, grouping together myths relating to animals; plants and trees; sun, moon and stars; sky and air; mother and child. From Greek, Norse, Indian and Hindu. Illustrations from famous art.

°Holbrook, Florence. Round the Year in Myth and Song. A. B. Co. 200 p. Illus. $.60. A few myths simply told as to young children, apropos to each season.

Judd, Mary C. Classic Myths. Rand. 1901. 195 p. Illus. Bibl. $.35. About forty myths from Greek, Roman, Norse, German, Russian, as told to young children.

Jordan, David Starr. The Book of Knight and Barbara. Appleton. 1904. Illus. $1.50. Myths and nature stories told to children by the great scientist, illustrated by children.

Marvin, F. S., Mayor, R. J. C., Starwell, F. M. Adventures of Odysseus. Dutton. 1900. 227 p. Illus. $1.50. A translation from the Greek that preserves remarkably the spirit and atmosphere of the original. A source book for stories.

†Kupfer, Grace H. Stories of Long Ago. Heath. 1909. 177 p. Illus. $.75. Thirty Greek myths, as told to little children; with nineteen illustrations from famous statuary and paintings.

Brown, Abbie Farwell. Book of Saints and Friendly Beasts. Houghton. 1900. Illus. 225 p. $1.25. About twenty legends of mediæval saints and friendly beasts.

°Clay, Beatrice. Stories of King Arthur and the Round Table. Dutton. 1905. 322 p. Illus. $2.50. As told to young children; preserves the quaint atmosphere.

°Kelman, Janet H. Stories from Chaucer. Dutton. 1905. 114 p. Illus. $.50. Four tales simply told for young children in a little book.

°Lang, Jean. Stories from Shakespeare. Dutton. 1909. 114 p. Illus. $.50. Seven stories briefly told in a little book for children.

°Pilgrim’s Progress. An abridged edition for children, with large illustrations in black and white by Rhead. 1898. Century. $1.50.

°Housman, Laurence, compiler. Stories from Arabian Nights. Dutton. 1911. $1.50. Six stories with 25 illustrations in color by Edmund Dulac, that express the spirit of wonder and mystery.

4. Humor.

°Burgess, G. Goops, and How to be Them. (Chap. X. 4 B.)

°Lear, Edward. Nonsense Book. Little. 250 p. Illus. $1.60. Complete edition of this classic humor in picture and verse.

Olcott, Frances J. and Pendleton, A. The Jolly Book for Boys and Girls. Houghton. 1915. 409 p. Illus. $2.00. Humorous tales from folklore, Arabian Nights, Thackeray, Dickens, Shakespeare, Aldrich, Lamb and other standard writers.

Wiggin, Kate D. Tales of Laughter. Doubleday. 1908. $1.50.

5. Heroic.

Coe, Fanny E. Heroes of Everyday Life. Ginn. 169 p. Illus. $.40. Firemen, engineers, divers, miners, laborers.

Moffett, Cleveland. Careers of Danger and Daring. Century. 1901. 419 p. Illus. $1.50. Stories of the pilot, diver, life-saver, firemen, engineer, and other modern workers.

Towle, George M. Heroes and Martyrs of Invention. (Chap. XVII.)

(See also stories of Odysseus, Thor, Arthur, Beowulf, Siegfried.)

(For stories of animals and nature, history and travel, see Chap. XVII.)

6. Poetry.

°Mother Goose. Dodd. 1914. 173 p. Illus. $2.50. Illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith with sixteen full-page colored pictures, and many in black and White.

°Mother Goose. Volland & Co., New York. 1915. 119 p. $2.00. Large illustrations, by Frederick Richardson, in colors.

Shute, Katherine H. The Land of Song. Book I. Silver. 1912. 190 p. $.36. Contains many of the poems suggested in the Manual, and others, for little children. No music.

°Stevenson, Burton, E. Home Book of Verse for Young Folks. Holt. 1915. 538 p. $2.00. A very comprehensive collection for children, from Mother Goose and many English and American poets. Charming decorations by Pogany.

Wiggin, Kate Douglas and Smith, Nora A. Pinafore Palace. Doubleday. 1910. 248 p. $1.50. Mother Goose and other rhymes for the nursery, selected by kindergartners.

7. Reading Lists.

Jordan, Alice M. 1000 good Books for Children. U. S. Bureau Ed. 1914. 40 p. $.05. Annotated list, chiefly story books, some science and history.

II. The Story-teller’s Magazine. Newson & Co., New York. $1.00 Articles on story-telling; stories for children; book reviews.

John Martin’s Magazine. John Martin’s House. Garden City, Long Island, N. Y. $3.00. A quaint and jolly magazine for children 3 to 12 years.