The Art of Story-Telling · Part XV

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.)