Chapter VI (part 2 of 2)
Hero stories have a special place in the literature of childhood, and of all such stories none has ever surpassed that of Leonidas and his brave Spartans. The account of that famous event is given from Miss Yonge's A Book of Golden Deeds (1864), which is yet one of the best storehouses of hero stories. It is published in a variety of editions by different publishers, and teachers will find it an excellent source for usable material.
THE PASS OF THERMOPYLAE
CHARLOTTE M. YONGE
B. C. 430
There was trembling in Greece. "The Great King," as the Greeks called the chief potentate of the East, whose domains stretched from the Indian Caucasus to the Aegaeus, from the Caspian to the Red Sea, was marshaling his forces against the little free states that nestled amid the rocks and gulfs of the Eastern Mediterranean. Already had his might devoured the cherished colonies of the Greeks on the eastern shore of the Archipelago, and every traitor to home institutions found a ready asylum at that despotic court, and tried to revenge his own wrongs by whispering incitements to invasion. "All people, nations, and languages," was the commencement of the decrees of that monarch's court; and it was scarcely a vain boast, for his satraps ruled over subject kingdoms, and among his tributary nations he counted the Chaldean, with his learning and old civilization, the wise and steadfast Jew, the skillful Ph[oe]nician, the learned Egyptian, the wild freebooting Arab of the desert, the dark-skinned Ethiopian, and over all these ruled the keen witted, active native Persian race, the conquerors of all the rest, and led by a chosen band proudly called the Immortal. His many capitals--Babylon the great, Susa, Persepolis, and the like--were names of dreamy splendor to the Greeks, described now and then by Ionians from Asia Minor who had carried their tribute to the King's own feet, or by courtier slaves who had escaped with difficulty from being all too serviceable at the tyrannic court. And the lord of this enormous empire was about to launch his countless host against the little cluster of states, the whole of which together would hardly equal one province of the huge Asiatic realm! Moreover, it was a war not only on the men but on their gods. The Persians were zealous adorers of the sun and of fire, they abhorred the idol-worship of the Greeks, and defiled and plundered every temple that fell in their way. Death and desolation were almost the best that could be looked for at such hands--slavery and torture from cruelly barbarous masters would only too surely be the lot of numbers, should their land fall a prey to the conquerors.
True it was that ten years back the former Great King had sent his best troops to be signally defeated upon the coast of Attica; but the losses at Marathon had but stimulated the Persian lust of conquest, and the new King Xerxes was gathering together such myriads of men as should crush down the Greeks and overrun their country by mere force of numbers.
The muster place was at Sardis, and there Greek spies had seen the multitudes assembling and the state and magnificence of the king's attendants. Envoys had come from him to demand earth and water from each state in Greece, as emblems that land and sea were his, but each state was resolved to be free, and only Thessaly, that which lay first in his path, consented to yield the token of subjugation. A council was held at the Isthmus of Corinth, and attended by deputies from all the states of Greece to consider of the best means of defense. The ships of the enemy would coast round the shores of the Aegean sea, the land army would cross the Hellespont on a bridge of boats lashed together, and march southwards into Greece. The only hope of averting the danger lay in defending such passages as, from the nature of the ground, were so narrow that only a few persons could fight hand to hand at once, so that courage would be of more avail than numbers.
The first of these passes was called Tempe, and a body of troops was sent to guard it; but they found that this was useless and impossible, and came back again. The next was at Thermopylae. Look in your map of the Archipelago, or Aegean Sea, as it was then called, for the great island of Negropont, or by its old name, Eub[oe]a. It looks like a piece broken off from the coast, and to the north is shaped like the head of a bird, with the beak running into a gulf, that would fit over it, upon the main land, and between the island and the coast is an exceedingly narrow strait. The Persian army would have to march round the edge of the gulf. They could not cut straight across the country, because the ridge of mountains called Oeta rose up and barred their way. Indeed, the woods, rocks, and precipices came down so near the sea-shore that in two places there was only room for one single wheel track between the steeps and the impassable morass that formed the border of the gulf on its south side. These two very narrow places were called the gates of the pass, and were about a mile apart. There was a little more width left in the intervening space; but in this there were a number of springs of warm mineral water, salt and sulphurous, which were used for the sick to bathe in, and thus the place was called Thermopylae, or the Hot Gates. A wall had once been built across the westernmost of these narrow places, when the Thessalians and Phocians, who lived on either side of it, had been at war with one another; but it had been allowed to go to decay, since the Phocians had found out that there was a very steep narrow mountain path along the bed of a torrent, by which it was possible to cross from one territory to the other without going round this marshy coast road.
This was, therefore, an excellent place to defend. The Greek ships were all drawn up on the further side of Eub[oe]a to prevent the Persian vessels from getting into the strait and landing men beyond the pass, and a division of the army was sent off to guard the Hot Gates. The council at the Isthmus did not know of the mountain pathway, and thought that all would be safe as long as the Persians were kept out of the coast path.
The troops sent for this purpose were from different cities, and amounted to about 4,000 who were to keep the pass against two millions. The leader of them was Leonidas, who had newly become one of the two kings of Sparta, the city that above all in Greece trained its sons to be hardy soldiers, dreading death infinitely less than shame. Leonidas had already made up his mind that the expedition would probably be his death, perhaps because a prophecy had been given at the Temple at Delphi that Sparta should be saved by the death of one of her kings of the race of Hercules. He was allowed by law to take with him 300 men, and these he chose most carefully, not merely for their strength and courage, but selecting those who had sons, so that no family might altogether be destroyed. These Spartans, with their helots or slaves, made up his own share of the numbers, but all the army was under his generalship. It is even said that the 300 celebrated their own funeral rites before they set out lest they should be deprived of them by the enemy, since, as we have already seen, it was the Greek belief that the spirits of the dead found no rest till their obsequies had been performed. Such preparations did not daunt the spirits of Leonidas and his men, and his wife, Gorgo, was not a woman to be faint-hearted or hold him back. Long before, when she was a very little girl, a word of hers had saved her father from listening to a traitorous message from the King of Persia; and every Spartan lady was bred up to be able to say to those she best loved that they must come home from battle "with the shield or on it"--either carrying it victoriously or borne upon it as a corpse.
When Leonidas came to Thermopylae, the Phocians told him of the mountain path through the chestnut woods of Mount Oeta, and begged to have the privilege of guarding it on a spot high up on the mountain side, assuring him that it was very hard to find at the other end, and that there was every probability that the enemy would never discover it. He consented, and encamping around the warm springs, caused the broken wall to be repaired, and made ready to meet the foe.
The Persian army were seen covering the whole country like locusts, and the hearts of some of the southern Greeks in the pass began to sink. Their homes in the Peloponnesus were comparatively secure--had they not better fall back and reserve themselves to defend the Isthmus of Corinth? But Leonidas, though Sparta was safe below the Isthmus, had no intention of abandoning his northern allies, and kept the other Peloponnesians to their posts, only sending messengers for further help.
Presently a Persian on horseback rode up to reconnoiter the pass. He could not see over the wall, but in front of it and on the ramparts, he saw the Spartans, some of them engaged in active sports, and others in combing their long hair. He rode back to the king, and told him what he had seen. Now, Xerxes had in his camp an exiled Spartan Prince, named Demaratus, who had become a traitor to his country, and was serving as counselor to the enemy. Xerxes sent for him, and asked whether his countrymen were mad to be thus employed instead of fleeing away; but Demaratus made answer that a hard fight was no doubt in preparation, and that it was the custom of the Spartans to array their hair with especial care when they were about to enter upon any great peril. Xerxes would, however, not believe that so petty a force could intend to resist him, and waited four days, probably expecting his fleet to assist him, but as it did not appear, the attack was made.
The Greeks, stronger men and more heavily armed, were far better able to fight to advantage than the Persians with their short spears and wicker shields, and beat them off with great ease. It is said that Xerxes three times leapt off his throne in despair at the sight of his troops being driven backwards; and thus for two days it seemed as easy to force a way through the Spartans as through the rocks themselves. Nay, how could slavish troops, dragged from home to spread the victories of an ambitious king, fight like freemen who felt that their strokes were to defend their homes and children?
But on that evening a wretched man, named Ephialtes, crept into the Persian camp, and offered, for a great sum of money, to show the mountain path that would enable the enemy to take the brave defenders in the rear! A Persian general, named Hydarnes, was sent off at night-fall with a detachment to secure this passage, and was guided through the thick forests that clothed the hillside. In the stillness of the air, at daybreak, the Phocian guards of the path were startled by the crackling of the chestnut leaves under the tread of many feet. They started up, but a shower of arrows was discharged on them, and forgetting all save the present alarm, they fled to a higher part of the mountain, and the enemy, without waiting to pursue them, began to descend.
As day dawned, morning light showed the watchers of the Grecian camp below a glittering and shimmering in the torrent bed where the shaggy forests opened; but it was not the sparkle of water, but the shine of gilded helmets and the gleaming of silvered spears. Moreover, a Cimmerian crept over to the wall from the Persian camp with tidings that the path had been betrayed, that the enemy were climbing it, and would come down beyond the Eastern Gate. Still, the way was rugged and circuitous, the Persians would hardly descend before midday, and there was ample time for the Greeks to escape before they could thus be shut in by the enemy.
There was a short council held over the morning sacrifice. Megistias, the seer, on inspecting the entrails of the slain victim, declared, as well he might, that their appearance boded disaster. Him Leonidas ordered to retire, but he refused, though he sent home his only son. There was no disgrace to an ordinary tone of mind in leaving a post that could not be held, and Leonidas recommended all the allied troops under his command to march away while yet the way was open. As to himself and his Spartans, they had made up their minds to die at their post, and there could be no doubt that the example of such a resolution would do more to save Greece than their best efforts could ever do if they were careful to reserve themselves for another occasion.
All the allies consented to retreat, except the eighty men who came from Mycenae and the 700 Thespians, who declared that they would not desert Leonidas. There were also 400 Thebans who remained; and thus the whole number that stayed with Leonidas to confront two million of enemies were 1400 warriors, besides the helots or attendants on the 300 Spartans, whose number is not known, but there was probably at least one to each. Leonidas had two kinsmen in the camp, like himself, claiming the blood of Hercules, and he tried to save them by giving them letters and messages to Sparta; but one answered that "he had come to fight, not to carry letters"; and the other, that "his deeds would tell all that Sparta wished to know." Another Spartan, named Dienices, when told that the enemy's archers were so numerous that their arrows darkened the sun, replied, "So much the better, we shall fight in the shade." Two of the 300 had been sent to a neighboring village, suffering severely from a complaint in the eyes. One of them, called Eurytus, put on his armor, and commanded his helot to lead him to his place in the ranks; the other, called Aristodemus, was so overpowered with illness that he allowed himself to be carried away with the retreating allies. It was still early in the day when all were gone, and Leonidas gave the word to his men to take their last meal. "To-night," he said, "we shall sup with Pluto."
Hitherto, he had stood on the defensive, and had husbanded the lives of his men; but he now desired to make as great a slaughter as possible, so as to inspire the enemy with dread of the Grecian name. He therefore marched out beyond the wall, without waiting to be attacked, and the battle began. The Persian captains went behind their wretched troops and scourged them on to the fight with whips! Poor wretches, they were driven on to be slaughtered, pierced with the Greek spears, hurled into the sea, or trampled into the mud of the morass; but their inexhaustible numbers told at length. The spears of the Greeks broke under hard service, and their swords alone remained; they began to fall, and Leonidas himself was among the first of the slain. Hotter than ever was the fight over his corpse, and two Persian princes, brothers of Xerxes, were there killed; but at length word was brought that Hydarnes was over the pass, and that the few remaining men were thus enclosed on all sides. The Spartans and Thespians made their way to a little hillock within the wall, resolved to let this be the place of their last stand; but the hearts of the Thebans failed them, and they came towards the Persians holding out their hands in entreaty for mercy. Quarter was given to them, but they were all branded with the king's mark as untrustworthy deserters. The helots probably at this time escaped into the mountains; while the small desperate band stood side by side on the hill still fighting to the last, some with swords, others with daggers, others even with their hands and teeth, till not one living man remained amongst them when the sun went down. There was only a mound of slain, bristled over with arrows.
Twenty thousand Persians had died before that handful of men! Xerxes asked Demaratus if there were many more at Sparta like these, and was told there were 8,000. It must have been with a somewhat failing heart that he invited his courtiers from the fleet to see what he had done to the men who dared to oppose him, and showed them the head and arm of Leonidas set up upon a cross; but he took care that all his own slain, except 1,000, should first be put out of sight. The body of the brave king was buried where he fell, as were those of the other dead. Much envied were they by the unhappy Aristodemus, who found himself called by no name but the "Coward," and was shunned by all his fellow-citizens. No one would give him fire or water, and after a year of misery, he redeemed his honor by perishing in the forefront of the battle of Plataea, which was the last blow that drove the Persians ingloriously from Greece.
The Greeks then united in doing honor to the brave warriors who, had they been better supported, might have saved the whole country from invasion. The poet Simonides wrote the inscriptions that were engraved upon the pillars that were set up in the pass to commemorate this great action. One was outside the wall, where most of the fighting had been. It seems to have been in honor of the whole number who had for two days resisted--
"Here did four thousand men from Pelops' land Against three hundred myriads bravely stand."
In honor of the Spartans was another column--
"Go, traveler, to Sparta tell That here, obeying her, we fell."
On the little hillock of the last resistance was placed the figure of a stone lion, in memory of Leonidas, so fitly named the lion-like; and Simonides, at his own expense, erected a pillar to his friend, the seer Megistias--
"The great Megistias' tomb you here may view, Who slew the Medes, fresh from Spercheius fords; Well the wise seer the coming death foreknew, Yet scorn'd he to forsake his Spartan lords."
The names of the 300 were likewise engraven on a pillar at Sparta.
Lion, pillars, and inscriptions have all long since passed away, even the very spot itself has changed; new soil has been formed, and there are miles of solid ground between Mount Oeta and the gulf, so that the Hot Gates no longer exist. But more enduring than stone or brass--nay, than the very battle-field itself--has been the name of Leonidas. Two thousand three hundred years have sped since he braced himself to perish for his country's sake in that narrow, marshy coast road, under the brow of the wooded crags, with the sea by his side. Since that time how many hearts have glowed, how many arms have been nerved at the remembrance of the Pass of Thermopylae, and the defeat that was worth so much more than a victory!
SECTION XII
HOME READING LIST AND GENERAL INDEX
". . . Forsooth he cometh unto you with a tale which holdeth children from play, and old men from the chimney corner; and, pretending no more, doth intend the winning of the mind from wickedness to virtue even as the child is often brought to take most wholesome things by hiding them in such others as have a pleasant taste. . . ."
--Sir Philip Sidney, An Apologie for Poetrie.
SECTION XII. HOME READING LIST AND GENERAL INDEX
A HOME READING LIST
Children are such omnivorous readers that teachers and parents are constantly at their wit's end, not only in naming enough books to supply their demands, but in grouping these books according to the order of difficulty. Most public libraries can furnish such lists based upon their experience with children. In fact no modern public library can carry on its work successfully without an especially prepared librarian in charge of the books for children. The arrangement of any list by grades must at best be only approximate, but if done in the light of a wide experience may be of the greatest practical help to the young teacher or to the parent. The following list is one issued by the Chicago Public Library, and is used here through the great kindness of Miss Adah F. Whitcomb, supervisor of the children's room and director of the training class. Any well-selected collection for children will contain a large proportion of these titles, and the list is extended enough and varied enough to furnish attractive reading material for any young person. At need it may be supplemented by the more elaborate lists found in some of the guides mentioned in the General Bibliography (p. 2).
FIRST GRADE
Banta, N. Moore, and Benson, Alpha B., Brownie Primer.
Blaisdell, Mary Frances, Mother Goose Children.
Brooke, Leonard Leslie, Johnny Crow's Garden.
----, Johnny Crow's Party.
Buffum, Katharine G., Mother Goose in Silhouettes.
Craik, Georgiana Marion, So-fat and Mew-mew.
Crane, Walter, Beauty and the Beast Picture Book.
----, Bluebeard's Picture Book.
----, Cinderella's Picture Book.
----, Goody Two Shoes Picture Book.
----, Mother Hubbard, Her Picture Book.
----, Red Riding Hood's Picture Book.
----, Song of Sixpence.
----, This Little Pig, His Picture Book.
----, Buckle My Shoe.
Fox, Florence Cornelia, The Indian Primer.
Gaynor, Mrs. Jessie Love, and Riley, Alice C. D., Songs of the Child-World.
Greenaway, Kate, Under the Window.
Haaren, John Henry, Rhymes and Fables.
Howard, Frederick Ward, Banbury Cross Stories.
Lansing, Marion Florence, The Child's World Garden.
Le Fevre, Felicite, _The Cock, the Mouse, and the Little Red Hen_.
Lucas, Edward Verrall, Four and Twenty Toilers.
Mother Goose, The Real Mother Goose (illus. by Blanche Fisher Wright).
Noyes, Marion, The Sunshine Primer.
Saxby, Lewis, Life of a Wooden Doll.
Seton, Ernest Thompson, Wild Animal Play for Children.
Skinner, A. M., and Lawrence, L. N., Little Dramas for Primary Grades.
Smith, Elmer Boyd, Chicken World.
Varney, A. S., The Robin Reader.
Welsh, Charles, (ed.), Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes.
Wiltse, Sara E., Folklore Stories and Proverbs.
SECOND GRADE
Adelborg, Ottilia, Clean Peter and the Children of Grubbylea.
AEsopus, Fables (Dalkeith ed.).
Bannerman, Mrs. Helen, Story of Little Black Sambo.
Bass, Florence, Nature Stories for Young Readers: Animal Life.
----, Nature Stories for Young Readers: Plant Life.
Bryce, Catherine Turner, Stevenson Reader.
Burgess, Gelett, Goops, and How to Be Them.
----, More Goops, and How Not to Be Them.
Caldecott, Randolph, Come Lasses Picture Book.
----, Hey Diddle Diddle Picture Book.
Coe, Ida, Story Hour Readers. Vols. 3, 4.
Cooke, Flora J., Nature Myths and Stories for Little Children.
Craik, Georgiana Marion, Bow-wow and Mew-mew.
Crane, Walter, Baby's Own AEsop.
Deming, Therese Osterheld, Little Indian Folk.
----, Little Red People.
Dodge, Mary Mapes, Rhymes and Jingles.
Greenaway, Kate, Marigold Garden.
Haaren, John Henry, Songs and Stories.
Hix, Melvin, Once-upon-a-Time Stories.
Ivimey, John William, Three Blind Mice.
McCullough, Annie Willis, Little Stories for Little People.
Moore, Annie E., Pennies and Plans.
Murray, Clara, The Child at Play.
Poulsson, Emilie, The Runaway Donkey and Other Rhymes.
----, Through the Farmyard Gate.
Smith, Elmer Boyd, Farm Book.
----, Santa Claus Book.
----, Seashore Book.
Smith, Gertrude, Lovable Tales of Janey and Josey and Joe.
----, Roggie and Reggie Stories.
Tileston, Mary Wilder Foote, _Sugar and Spice and All That's Nice_.
Tolman, Stella Webster Carroll, Around the World, Vol. 1.
Turpin, Edna Henry Lee, Classic Fables.
Weatherly, F. E., The Book of Gnomes.
THIRD GRADE
Aspinwall, Mrs. Alicia, Short Stories for Short People.
Bailey, Carolyn Sherwin, Boys and Girls of Colonial Days.
Brocks, Dorothy, Red Children.
Brooke, Leonard Leslie, Golden Goose Book.
Brown, Abbie Farwell, Christmas Angel.
----, Lonesomest Doll.
Browning, Robert, Pied Piper of Hamelin (illus. by Hope Dunlap).
Chisholm, Louey, Nursery Rhymes.
Deming, Mrs. Therese Osterheld, Children of the Wild.
----, Little Brothers of the West.
Dodge, Mrs. Mary Mapes, New Baby World.
Field, Eugene, Lullaby-land: Songs of Childhood.
Foulke, Elizabeth E., Braided Straws.
----, Twilight Stories.
Francis, Joseph Greene, Book of Cheerful Cats and Other Animated Animals.
Gates, Mrs. Josephine Scribner, Story of Live Dolls.
Gerson, Virginia, Happy Heart Family.
Grimm, Jacob L. K., and Wilhelm, K., Fairy Tales (Lucas ed.).
----, Fairy Tales (Wiltse ed.).
Haaren, John Henry, Fairy Life.
Lang, Andrew, Prince Darling, and Other Stories.
Lansing, Marion Florence, Rhymes and Stories.
McMurry, Mrs. Lida Brown, Classic Stories for the Little Ones.
Morley, Margaret Warner, Seed-Babies.
Peary, Mrs. Josephine Diebitsch, Snow Baby.
Perkins, Lucy Fitch, Dutch Twins.
----, Japanese Twins.
Pierson, Clara Dillingham, Among the Farmyard People.
Pyle, Katharine, Careless Jane, and Other Tales.
Shute, Katherine H., Land of Song, Vol. 1.
Tappan, Eva March, Dixie Kitten.
----, Golden Goose.
Thorne-Thomsen, Mrs. Gudrun, East o' the Sun.
Trimmer, Mrs. Sarah K., History of the Robins.
Valentine, Mrs. Laura Jewry, Aunt Louisa's Book of Fairy Tales.
Woodward, Alice B., Peter Pan Picture Book.
FOURTH GRADE
Alden, Raymond Macdonald, Why the Chimes Rang.
Andersen, Hans Christian, Fairy Tales (Lucas ed.).
Barrie, James Matthew, Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens.
Brown, Abbie Farwell, John of the Woods.
Brown, Helen Dawes, Little Miss Phoebe Gay.
Browne, Frances, _Granny's Wonderful Chair, and Its Tales of Fairy Times_.
Campbell, Helen LeRoy, Story of Konrad, the Swiss Boy.
Carryl, Charles Edward, Davy and the Goblin.
Craik, Mrs. Dinah Maria, Adventures of a Brownie.
Crichton, Mrs. F. E., Peep-in-the-World.
Drummond, Henry, Monkey That Would Not Kill.
Faulkner, Georgene, Italian Fairy Tales.
----, Russian Fairy Tales.
Grimm, Jacob L. K., and Wilhelm K., Household Fairy Tales, tr. by L. Crane.
Hopkins, William John, Sandman: His Farm Stories.
Houghton, Mrs. Louise Seymour, _Russian Grandmother's Wonder Tales_.
Ingelow, Jean, Mopsa the Fairy.
Lang, Andrew, Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp.
----, Nursery Rhyme Book.
----, Pretty Goldilocks.
----, Snow Man.
----, Snow Queen.
Lindsay, Maud, and Poulsson, Emilie, Joyous Travelers.
Lorenzini, Carlo, Adventures of Pinocchio.
Lucas, Edward Verrall, Book of Verses for Children.
Macdonald, George, Princess and the Goblin.
Morley, Margaret Warner, Donkey John of Toy Valley.
O'Shea, Michael Vincent, Old World Wonder Stories.
Paine, Albert Bigelow, How Mr. Dog Got Even.
----, How Mr. Rabbit Lost His Tail.
Peck, Harry Thurston, Adventures of Mabel.
Pierson, Mrs. Clara Dillingham, Three Little Millers.
Pyle, Katharine, As the Goose Flies.
----, Christmas Angel.
----, Counterpane Fairy.
Richards, Mrs. Laura E., Joyous Story of Toto.
----, Toto's Merry Winter.
Schwartz, Julia Augusta, Five Little Strangers.
Scudder, Horace E., Book of Fables.
----, Book of Folk Stories.
----, Children's Book.
Segur, Sophie R. de, Story of a Donkey.
Thorne-Thomsen, Mrs. Gudrun, Birch and the Star.
Walker, Margaret Coulson, Lady Hollyhock and Her Friends.
Welsh, Charles, Fairy Tales Children Love.
Wette, A. H., Hansel and Gretel (illus. in colors).
White, Eliza Orne, When Molly Was Six.
Williston, Teresa Peirce, Japanese Fairy Tales.
Zwilgmeyer, Dikken, Johnny Blossom.
FIFTH GRADE
Alden, William Livingston, Cruise of the Canoe Club.
----, Cruise of the "Ghost."
----, Moral Pirates.
Baldwin, James, Old Greek Stories.
Brown, Abbie Farwell, In the Days of Giants.
Burnett, Frances Hodgson, Little Lord Fauntleroy.
Caldwell, Frank, Wolf, the Storm Leader.
Coburn, Claire Martha, Our Little Swedish Cousin.
Colum, Padraic, Boy Who Knew What the Birds Said.
Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge, Alice in Wonderland.
Duncan, Norman, Adventures of Billy Topsail.
French, Allen, Story of Rolf and the Viking's Bow.
Golding, Vautier, Story of David Livingstone.
Gordy, Wilbur Fisk, American Leaders and Heroes.
Grinnell, George Bird, Jack among the Indians.
Hall, Jennie, Viking Tales.
Jacobs, Joseph, Celtic Fairy Tales.
----, English Fairy Tales.
Jenks, Albert Ernest, Childhood of Ji-shib, the Ojibway.
Kaler, James Otis, Mr. Stubbs' Brother.
----, Toby Tyler.
Kipling, Rudyard, Just-So Stories.
Lucas, Edward Verrall, Book of Verses for Children.
Mabie, Hamilton Wright, Norse Stories.
Mighels, Philip Verrill, Sunnyside Tad.
Olcott, Frances Jenkins, Fairies and Elves.
----, Arabian Nights.
Paine, Albert Bigelow, Arkansaw Bear.
Pendleton, Louis B., In the Camp of the Creeks.
Pyle, Howard, Garden behind the Moon.
----, Story of King Arthur and His Knights.
----, Wonder Clock.
Pyle, Katharine, Nancy Rutledge.
Richards, Laura E., Captain January.
Schultz, James Willard, With the Indians in the Rockies.
Seton, Ernest Thompson, Lives of the Hunted.
Spyri, Mrs. Johanna, Heidi.
Stockton, Frank R., Fanciful Tales.
Stoddard, William Osborn, Little Smoke.
Tappan, Eva March, Robin Hood: His Book.
Thackeray, William Makepeace, Rose and the Ring.
Wesselhoeft, Lily F., Sparrow, the Tramp.
Wiggin, Kate Douglas, Birds' Christmas Carol.
Wiggin, Kate Douglas, and Smith, Nora A., Fairy Ring.
Wyss, Johann David, Swiss Family Robinson.
Zollinger, Gulielma, Widow O'Callaghan's Boys.
SIXTH GRADE
Alcott, Louisa M., Eight Cousins.
----, Jack and Jill.
Baldwin, James, Story of the Golden Age.
----, Story of Roland.
----, Story of Siegfried.
Bennett, John, Barnaby Lee.
Bond, Alexander Russell, Pick, Shovel and Pluck.
Bostock, Frank Charles, Training of Wild Animals.
Brooks, Elbridge Streeter, Master of the Strong Hearts.
Brooks, Noah, Boy Emigrants (illus. ed.).
Browne, Belmore, Quest of the Golden Valley.
Burnett, Mrs. Frances Hodgson, Little Princess.
Crump, Irving, Boys' Book of Firemen.
Daviess, Marie Thompson, Phyllis.
Defoe, Daniel, Robinson Crusoe.
Dix, Beulah Marie, Merrylips.
Dodge, Mrs. Mary Mapes, Hans Brinker.
DuBois, Mary Constance, Lass of the Silver Sword.
Eggleston, George Cary, Last of the Flatboats.
Ford, Sewell. Horses Nine.
French, Allen, Story of Greltir the Strong.
----, Junior Cup.
Greene, Frances N., and Kirk, Dolly W., With Spurs of Gold.
Greene, Homer, Blind Brother.
Gregor, Elmer Russell, Red Arrow.
Hamp, Sidford Frederick, Treasure of Mushroom Rock.
Hawkes, Clarence, Shaggycoat: the Biography of a Beaver.
Hudson, William Henry, Little Boy Lost.
Inman, Henry, Ranche on the Oxhide.
Irving, Washington, Rip Van Winkle.
Jacobs, Joseph, Indian Fairy Tales.
Johnston, William Allen, Deeds of Doing and Daring.
Kipling, Rudyard, Jungle Book.
Lang, Andrew, Red True Story Book.
Little, Francis, Camp Jolly.
Lothrop, Mrs. Harriet Mulford, Five Little Peppers.
Munroe, Kirk, Flamingo Feather.
Page, Thomas Nelson, Two Little Confederates.
Pyle, Katharine, Theodora.
Rankin, Mrs. Carroll Watson, Dandelion Cottage.
Roberts, Theodore, Red Feathers.
Seaman, Augusta Huiell, Boarded-up House.
Seawell, Molly Elliot, Little Jarvis.
Seton, Ernest Thompson, Wild Animals I Have Known.
Stockton, Frank R., Bee-Man of Orn.
Stoddard, William Osborn, Red Mustang.
Swift, Jonathan, Gulliver's Travels.
Wade, Mrs. Mary Hazelton B., Wonder Workers.
Wallace, Dillon, Arctic Stowaways.
Wesselhoeft, Mrs. Elizabeth Foster, Jack, the Fire Dog.
SEVENTH GRADE
Adams, Joseph Henry, Harper's Indoor Book for Boys. Harper's Outdoor Book for Boys.
Alcott, Louisa M., Jo's Boys. Old-fashioned Girl. Under the Lilacs.
Altsheler, Joseph Alexander, Forest Runners. Free Rangers. Young Trailers.
Barnes, James, Hero of Erie: Oliver Hazard Perry. _Yankee Ships and Yankee Sailors._
Browne, Belmore, White Blanket.
Bullen, Frank Thomas, Cruise of the Cachalot.
Burton, Charles Pierce, The Boys of Bob's Hill.
Canavan, Michael Joseph, Ben Comee: a Tale of Roger's Rangers.
Day, Holman Francis, Eagle Badge.
Deland, Ellen Douglas, Oakleigh.
Dix, Beulah Marie, Little Captive Lad.
Dodge, Mrs. Mary Mapes, Donald and Dorothy.
Drysdale, William, Beach Patrol. Cadet Standish of the "St. Louis." Fast Mail. Young Supercargo.
Foa, Eugenie, Boy Life of Napoleon.
Garland, Hamlin, Long Trail.
Greene, Homer, Pickett's Gap.
Grey, Zane, Young Forester. Young Pitcher.
Grinnell, George Bird, Jack among the Indians. Jack in the Rockies. Jack, the Young Ranchman.
Hawthorne, Nathaniel, Grandfather's Chair.
Henley, William Ernest, Lyra Heroica: Book of Verse for Boys.
Hill, T., Fighting a Fire.
Hough, Emerson, Young Alaskans.
Hughes, Thomas, Tom Brown's School Days.
Jackson, Mrs. Helen Hunt, Nellie's Silver Mine.
Jacobs, Caroline Emilia, Joan's Jolly Vacation. Joan of Juniper Inn.
Kieffer, Henry Martyn, Recollections of a Drummer-Boy.
Munroe, Kirk, At War with Pontiac. Cab and Caboose.
Pyle, Howard, Otto of the Silver Hand.
Quirk, Leslie W., Baby Elton, Quarterback.
Roberts, Charles G. D., Kindred of the Wild.
Seton, Ernest Thompson, Two Little Savages.
Stockton, Frank R., Buccaneers and Pirates of Our Coast.
Stoddard, William Osborn, Red Patriot. White Cave. _Lost Gold of the Montezumas._
Tolman, Albert Walter, Jim Spurling, Fisherman.
Tomlinson, Everett Titsworth, Search for Andrew Field. Three Colonial Boys. Red Chief. Marching against the Iroquois.
Wiggin, Kate Douglas, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm.
Zollinger, Gulielma, Maggie McLanehan.
EIGHTH GRADE
Adams, Andy, Wells Brothers: the Young Cattle Kings.
Ashmun, Margaret Eliza, Isabel Carlton's Year.
Barbour, Ralph Henry, Behind the Line. Crimson Sweater.
Beach, Edward Latimer, Annapolis First Classman.
Bennett, John, Master Skylark.
Catherwood, Mary Hartwell, Story of Tonty.
Cervantes-Saavedra M. de, Don Quixote.
Clemens, Samuel L., Prince and the Pauper.
Coffin, Charles Carleton, Boys of '76.
Cooper, James Fenimore, Deerslayer.
Dana, Richard Henry, Two Years before the Mast.
Doubleday, Russell, Cattle-Ranch to College.
Driggs, Lawrence La Tourette, _Adventures of Arnold Adair, American Ace_.
Duncan, Norman, Adventures of Billy Topsail.
Eggleston, George Cary, Bale Marked Circle X.
French, Harry W., The Lance of Kanana.
Gilbert, A., More than Conquerors.
Gordon, Charles William, Glengarry School Days.
Goss, Warren Lee, Jed.
Hamp, Sidford Frederick, Dale and Fraser, Sheepmen.
Hill, Frederick Trevor, On the Trail of Grant and Lee.
Homer, Adventures of Odysseus. (Colum ed.).
Hughes, Rupert, Lakerim Athletic Club.
Johnston, Charles Haven L., Famous Scouts.
Kipling, Rudyard, Captains Courageous.
London, Jack, Call of the Wild.
Macleod, Mary, Shakespeare Story Book.
Malory, Sir Thomas, Book of King Arthur and His Noble Knights.
Masefield, John, Martin Hyde.
Meigs, Cornelia, Master Simon's Garden.
Moffett, Cleveland, Careers of Danger and Daring.
Montgomery, Lucy Maud, Anne of Green Gables.
Nicolay, Helen, Boys' Life of Abraham Lincoln.
Ollivant, Alfred, Bob, Son of Battle.
Parkman, Mary, Heroes of To-day.
Pendleton, Louis B., King Tom and the Runaways.
Pyle, Howard, Men of Iron. Story of Jack Ballister's Fortunes.
Rice, Alice Caldwell H., Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch.
Richards, Laura E., Florence Nightingale.
Richmond, Grace L., Round the Corner in Gay Street.
Roberts, Charles G. D., Heart of the Ancient Wood.
Rolt-Wheeler, Francis William, Boy with the U. S. Foresters.
Schultz, James William, Quest of the Fish-Dog Skin.
Seaman, Augusta Huiell, Girl Next Door.
Singmaster, Elsie, Emmeline.
Tappan, Eva March, In the Days of Queen Elizabeth.
Thompson, Arthur Ripley, Gold-Seeking on the Dalton Trail.
Thompson, James Maurice, Alice of Old Vincennes.
Thurston, Ida Treadwell, Bishop's Shadow.
Trowbridge, John Townsend, Cudjo's Cave.
Verne, Jules, Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea.
Verrill, Alpheus Hyatt, Marooned in the Forest.
Wallace, Dillon, Wilderness Castaways.
Wallace, Lewis, Ben Hur.
Waller, Mary Ella, Daughter of the Rich.
INDEX
(A number in blackface type refers to a page on which appears a literary selection under the title, by the author, or from the book preceding the number. Book titles are in italics; selection titles and index topics in roman type; names of authors in capitals and small capitals; and first lines of nursery rhymes within quotation marks. See Bibliography for authors and book titles not given in this Index.)
Abou Ben Adhem, =414=
"A cat came fiddling out of a barn," =23=
Accumulative story; See Stories
ADDISON, J., =294=
"A diller, a dollar," =23=
ADLER, F., 53, 263
Admetus and the Shepherd, =337=
Adventures of Arthur, =598=
AESOP, =266-268=, =272=, =273-278=, =264=
Against Idleness and Mischief, =407=
Age of Fable, The, =339=, =343=, 338
AIKIN, J., =451=
ALDEN, R. M., =223=
Ali Baba, and the Forty Thieves, =579=
Alice in Wonderland, 405
Allegory, =292=, =294=. See also Fables
Allen-a-Dale, =628=
Alnaschar, 279, 579
Ancient Legends of Ireland, 164
ANDERSEN, H. C., =179-203=, 79, 134, 381, 390; appreciation of, 172-173; work of, =179=
Andersen's Best Fairy Tales, =179=, =181=
Androcles, =269=
Androcles and the Lion, =270=
Anniversary, An, =34=
Anxious Leaf, The, =290=
Apologue, 290, =291=. See also Fable
Apple of Discord, The, 332
Arabian Nights' Entertainment, The, =579=, 235, 578, 579
Arab to His Favorite Steed, The, =420=
Arthur and Sir Accalon, =603=
Arthur, King, =595-603=, 577, 578, 594
ASBJOeRNSEN, P., =122-128=; work of, 122
"As I was going to St. Ives," =23=
"As I was going up Pippen Hill," =23=
"As I went to Bonner," =23=
Ass in the Lion's Skin, The, =281=
"As Tommy Snooks and Bessie Brooks," =23=
"A swarm of bees in May," =23=
Autobiography; See Biography
Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, The, =646=
A Was an Apple-Pie, =34=
"Baa, baa, black sheep," =23=
Babes in the Wood, The, =39=
Baby Bye, =373=
BAILEY, C. S., =59=
BAIN, R. N., =160=
Ballad, =425=, =436=, =628=, 437, 628
Ballad of Nathan Hale, The, =425=
BARBAULD, A. L., =451=
"Barber, barber, shave a pig," =23=
Battle between the Fox and the Wolf, The, =591=
Bears of Blue River, The, =500=
BEAUMONT, MADAME DE, =110=
Beauty and the Beast, =110=
BEECHER, H. W., =290=
Beowulf, 577
Beth Gelert, =436=
Betty's Ride, A Tale of the Revolution, =496=
Beyond the Pasture Bars, =520=
Bible, The, =288=, =289=
Bibliography: (a). General; 2-4; Bible as literature for children, 3; collections of literature for children, 2; dramatization, 3; guides in teaching, 2-3; historical development, 2; interpretations of childhood, 4; social and psychological backgrounds, 4; story-telling, 3. (b). Special; biography and hero stories, 632; fables and symbolic stories, 262; fairy stories, modern fantastic tales, 170; fairy stories, traditional tales, 52; Mother Goose and nursery rhymes, 18; myths, 302; nature literature, 510; poetry, 368; realistic stories, 442; romance and legend, 576. (c). Special reading for teachers; biography and hero stories, 634; modern fairy stories, 173; myths, 305; nature literature, 512; nursery rhymes, 22; poetry, 370; romance and legend, 578. (d). Graded lists for children, 12-14, =679-686=
BIDPAI; history of, 264
Big Bear, The, =500=
Biography and hero stories, =635-676=; discussion of, 633-634; selection of, 633-634; value of, 633
Bird Habits, =549=
"Birds of a feather flock together," =23=
BLAKE, W., =400-401=
"Bless you, bless you, burnie bee," =23=
Blue Light, The, =134=, 195
Boats Sail on the Rivers, =394=
"Bobby Shafto's gone to sea," =24=
Book of Golden Deeds, The, =671=
Book of Legends, The, =620=, 578
Book of Nursery Rhymes =21=
Book of the Dun Cow, =162=
Books for children; See Bibliography
Boots and His Brothers, =125=
"Bow, wow, wow," =24=
Boyhood of Washington, The, =642=
Boy's Life of Abraham Lincoln, The, =655=
Boy's Song, A, =389=
BRAEKSTAD, H. L., =128=
Bramble Is Made King, The, =288=
BRANDES, G., 179, 180, 196, 203
Breathes There the Man, =424=
Brier Rose, =142=
BROOKS, E. S., =635=
BROWN, T. E., =418=
BROWNE, F., =210=, =209=
BROWNING, R., =399=, 398
Brown Thrush, The, =374=
BRYANT, S. C., 70
BRYANT, W. C., =417=, 416
Buddhist Birth Stories, =282=, =283=, 281
BULFINCH, T., =339=, =343=
BURGESS, T. W. =515=, 514
Burial of Poor Cock Robin, The, =44=
Butterfly's Ball, The, =397=
"Bye, baby bunting," =24=
BYRON, LORD, =416=
Camel and the Pig, The, =281=
CANBY, H. S., =496=
Can You, =398=
CARROLL, L., =405=
CARY, P., =377=, =378=
Casabianca, =400=
Cat and the Mouse, The, =60=
Celtic Fairy Tales, =162=
CERVANTES-SAAVEDRA, M. DE, =607=, 606
Change About, =49=
CHILD, L. M., =375=
Children's Book, The, 642
Children's Literature; See Literature
Child's Guide to Reading, A, =8=
Christmas stories, 505
Cinderella, =102=
Circus-Day Parade, The, =388=
City Mouse and the Garden Mouse, The, =268=
Classic Myths in English Literature and Art, 340
Cock a Doodle Doo, =37=
Cock and the Fox, The, =284=
Cock Robin, 42, 44
Cock, the Cat, and the Young Mouse, The, =285=
COLE, H., =586=, =591=, 578
COLERIDGE, S. T., =178=
COLLINS, WM., =425=
COLLINS, W. L., =285=
"Come when you're called," =24=
Concord Hymn, =424=
Connla and the Fairy Maiden, =162=
COOK, E., =402=
COOLIDGE, S., =377=
Cossack Fairy Tales, =160=
Country Mouse and the Town Mouse, The, =269=
Course of Study, 8, 9, 10, 13-16, 512, 577, 633-634
Courtship of Cock Robin and Jenny Wren, =42=
Cow, The, =381=
Cow, The, =392=
COX, R., 112
CRAIK, D. M.; See MULOCK
Croesus and Solon, =299=
Crossing the Bar, =414=
"Cross patch," =24=
Crow and the Pitcher, The, =266=
"Curly locks! curly locks!" =24=
Daffodils, =419=
Dairywoman and the Pot of Milk, The, =278=
Daisies, =385=
Dame Wiggins of Lee and Her Seven Wonderful Cats, =45=, 245
"Dance, little baby, dance up high," =24=
Darius Green and His Flying Machine, =432=, 336
DASENT, G. W., =122-125=
Day Is Done, The, =410=
DAY, T., =270=, =456=, 270
Death of Balder, The, =360=
Destruction of Sennacherib, The, =416=
Diamond, or a Coal, A, =394=
Didactic period, 443
"Diddle, diddle, dumpling, my son John," =24=
"Ding, dong, bell," =24=
Ding Dong! Ding Dong! =372=
Discontented Pendulum, The, =297=
"Doctor Foster," =24=
Doctor, The, =64=
DODGSON, C. L.; See CARROLL, L.
Dog and the Shadow, The, =276=
Don Quixote, =607-618=, 577
DOYLE, F. H., =427=
Drakestail, =107=
Dramatization, 11-12, 190
Droll, or noodle story, =63=, =71=, =150=; defined, 67
Duel, The, =387=
DULCKEN, H. W., =190-203=, 179
EDGEWORTH, M., =459=, 458
Egg in the Nest, The, =49=
"Eggs, butter, cheese, bread," =24=
Eldorado, =415=
Elves and the Shoemaker, The, =137=
Emerald Is as Green as Grass, An, =394=
EMERSON, R. W., =424=, 423
Emperor's New Clothes, The, =181=
English Fairy and Folk Tales, =67=, =84=
English Fairy Tales, =58=, 61, 73
Evenings at Home, =451=
EWING, J. H., =478=, 381, 477
Eyes, and No Eyes, =451=
Fables, =266-289=; discussion of, 263-265; defined =264=; presentation of, 264-265; selection of, 264, 284; use in school, =264=; symbolistic and allegorical stories, =290-300=; AEsopic, =266 ff.=; Biblical, =288 ff.=; Buddhistic, =281 ff.=; English, =270=, =286=; French, =273=, =278=, =284=, =285=; Indian, =281=; Roman, =269=; Russian, =287=; Sanskrit, =283=; Spanish, =287=
Fables of AEsop, The, =266=, =267=, =269=, =278=
Fairy Book, The, =73=, =80=
Fairy Scene in a Wood, A, =423=
Fairy stories: (a) Modern fantastic tales, =174-260=; discussion of, 171-173; some qualities of, 172. (b) Traditional or folk tales, =56-168=; discussion of, 53-55, 56; how to use, 55; vs. myths, =303=; English, =56-92=; French, =92-122=; Gaelic, =162-164=; German, =131-150=; Indian, =150-156=; Irish, =164-168=; Japanese, =156-159=; Norse, =122-131=; Russian, =160-162=
Falcon, The, =429=
Famous Passages from Dr. Watts, =408=
Fanciful Tales, =234=
Farmer Went Trotting, A, =38=
FIELD, E., =385-387=
FIELD, W. T., 21
Field Mouse and the Town Mouse, The, =268=
Fir Tree, The, =190=
Fisherman and His Wife, The, =138=
Flying Kite, =385=
Folklore, 5, 10, 53, 56, 131, 171, 268, 281. See also Fables, Fairy Stories, Myths, Poetry, and Romance
Folk tales; See Fairy stories
FOLLEN, E. L., =371-372=
FORD, S., =527=
"For every evil under the sun," =24=
For Those Who Fail, =415=
For Want of a Nail, =40=
"Four-and-twenty tailors," =25=
Four Leaved Clover, A, =174=
Four Million, The, =505=
Fox and His Wife, The, =40=
Fox and the Grapes, The, =276=
FRANCE, MARIE DE, =284=
FRANCILLON, R. E., =330=, =332=
FRANKLIN, B., =250=, =291=, =293=, =646=, 263
FRERE, M., =152=, 150
Frey, =354=
Frog and the Ox, The, =267=
Frogs Desiring a King, The, =267=
GAY, J., =286=
GAYLEY, C. M., =340=
George Washington, =642=
Gift of the Magi, The, =505=
GILBERT, W. S., =430=
Gods and Heroes, =330=, =332=
GOLDSMITH, O., 19, =445=; work of, 445
Good-Natured Little Boy, The, =456=
Good-Night and Good-Morning, =396=
Good Play, A, =382=
Good Samaritan, The, =289=
Goody Two-Shoes, =445=
Goose with the Golden Eggs, The, =272=
GOSSE, E., 381, 477
Grading; See Course of study
Granny's Wonderful Chair, =209=
Grasshopper and the Ant, The, =285=
"Great A, little a," =25=
Green Fairy Book, 73
GRIMM, JACOB and WILHELM, =132-146=, 89; work of, 131
Grimm's Popular Stories, =132-142=
HALE, S. J., =373=, 372
HALLIWELL, J. O., =23 ff.=, =60-63=, 70-71, 20, 47, 59; work of, 56
Happy Prince, The, =217=
Hardy Tin Soldier, The, =200=
Hare and the Tortoise, The, =273=
Hare with Many Friends, The, =286=
"Hark, hark," =25=
HARRIS, J. C., 511
HARRISON, I. H., =288=
HARTLAND, E. S., =67=, =84=, 89
HAVELL, H. L., =607-618=
HAWTHORNE, N., =309=, =319=, 336; work of, 309
Hebrew Tales, 177
HEMANS, F. D., =400=
HENDERSON, A. C., =179=
HENLEY, W. E., =429=
Henny-Penny, =58=
HENRY, O., =505=
Hen with the Golden Eggs, The, =273=
"Here sits the Lord Mayor," =25=
"Here we go up, up, up," =25=
Heroes of Asgard, The, =354=
Hero stories; See Romance
"Hey! diddle, diddle," =25=
"Hickery, dickery, 6 and 7," =25=
"Hickory, dickory, dock," =25=
"Higgledy, Piggledy," =25=
History of Sandford and Merton, =270=, =456=
Hitopadesa, =283=
HOGG, J., =389=
"Hogs in the garden, catch 'em Towser," =25=
Hollow Tree Nights and Days, =516=
HOLMES, O. W., =425=, 419, 424
HORACE, =269=, 268
Horned Women, The, =164=
Horses Nine, =527=
"Hot-cross buns," =26=
Household Tales; See Kinder und Hausmaerchen
House that Jack Built, This is the, =48=; origin of, 47
How Arthur Became King, =595=
How Bruin the Bear Sped with Reynard the Fox, =586=
How Columbus Got His Ships, =635=
HOWITT, M., =390=, 179
HOWITT, W., =391=
How Sleep the Brave, =425=
How the Fenris Wolf Was Chained, =351=
How the Leaves Came Down, =377=
"Hub a dub dub," =26=
"Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall," =26=
HUNT, L., =414=
HUNT, M., =144=, =146=, 132, 138
HURWITZ, H., 177
Husband Who Was To Mind the House, The, =124=
Icarus and Daedalus, =336=
"If all the sea were one sea," =26=
"If all the world was apple-pie," =26=
"If I'd as much money," =26=
"If ifs and ands," =26=
"If wishes were horses," =26=
"I had a little hobby horse," =26=
"I had a little pony," =26=
"I have a little sister," =27=
I Like Little Pussy, =393=
"I'll tell you a story," =27=
Inchcape Rock, The, =421=
Indian Fairy Tales, =154=
Indian Folk Stories and Fables, 281, 280
INGELOW, J., =227=
"In marble walls as white as milk," =27=
Insect Stories, =524=
In the Western Wilderness, =662=
Invictus, =429=
Irish Fairy Tales, =166=
ISAACS, A. S., =174=
I Saw a Ship, =36=
"I went up one pair of stairs," =27=
Jackanapes, =478=, 477
"Jack and Jill went up the hill," =27=
Jack and the Beanstalk, =73=
"Jack be nimble," =27=
"Jack Sprat could eat no fat," =27=
JACOBS, J., =89=, =154=, =162=, =266=, =267=, =269=, =278=, 73, 586; work of, 58
Japanese Fairy Tales, =156=, =158=
Jataka Tales; See Buddhistic Birth Stories
Jemima, =41=
Johnny Chuck Finds the Best Thing in the World, =515=
JORDAN, D. S., =556=
Just-So Stories, 562
KEARY, A. and E., =354=
KELLOGG, V. L., =524=
Kid and the Wolf, The, =276=
Kinder und Hausmaerchen, =132-146=, 131
King Arthur; See Arthur
King Arthur and His Knights, =603=
King Bell, =385=
King John and the Bishop of Canterbury, =437=
King of the Golden River, The, =245=
King O'Toole and His Goose, =166=
KINGSCOTE, MRS., =154=
Kings in Exile, =566=
KINGSLEY, C., =412=
KIPLING, R., =428=, =562=, 122
Knights of the Silver Shield, The, =223=
"Knock at the door," =27=
KREADY, L. F., 97, 190
KRYLOV, I. A., =288=, 287
KUPFER, G. H., =306=
"Ladybird, ladybird, fly away home," =27=
LA FONTAINE, J. DE, =273=, =278=, =284=, =285=, 272
La Fontaine and Other French Fabulists, =285=
Lamb, The, =401=
LAMB, C., 444
Lambikin, The, =150=
Lamplighter, The, =382=
Land of Nod, The, =382=
Land of Story-Books, The, =382=
LANG, A., =94=, =106=, 20, 21, 49, 61, 73, 93, 100
LARCOM, L., =374=
Lark and Her Young Ones, The, =275=
Last Bull, =566=
Lazy Jack, =70=
Leak in the Dyke, The, =378=
LEAR, E., =403-404=
Legend; See Romance
Le Morte D'Arthur, =595-598=, 594
Library; improvement of, =10=
Lincoln's Early Days, =655=
Lion and the Mouse, The, =266=
Lion Tricked by a Rabbit, A, =283=
Literature for children; general discussion of, 5-16; artistic worth of, 7, 9, 19, 444; course of study in, 13-16, 633-634; cultural value of, 9, 19, 264, 577, 633; democratic origin of, 7, 20; didactic, 443; kinds, traditional vs. modern, 7, 171-172; presentation of, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, 55, 173, 265, 369, 443, 511, 633; purpose of, 9, 21, 443, 511; selection of, 9, 264, 305, 369, 370; vs. reading, 8-9. See also Poetry, Stories, etc.
Little and Great, =399=
Little Bo-Peep, =37=
"Little boy blue," =27=
"Little girl, little girl," =27=
Little Golden Hood, True History of, =94=
"Little Jack Horner," =28=
"Little Jack Jingle," =28=
"Little Johnny Pringle had a little pig," =28=
Little Kitty, The, =372=
"Little Miss Muffet," =28=
"Little Nancy Etticoat," =28=
Little Red Riding-Hood, =93=
"Little Robin Redbreast," =28=
"Little Tommy Tucker," =28=
LOCKE, J., 265
London Bridge, =36=
LONGFELLOW, H. W., =408-411=, 415, 620
"Long legs, crooked thighs," =28=
Lord Helpeth Man and Beast, The, =178=
LOVER, S., =165=
LOWELL, J. R., =429=, =430=
"Lucy Locket lost her pocket," =28=
MABIE, H. W., =348=, =360=, 348
MACCLINTOCK, P. L., 21
MACKAY, C., =399=
MACY, J., 8
MAJOR, C., =500=
MALORY, SIR T., =595-598=, 578, 594
Man and the Satyr, The, =276=
Man of Words, A, =40=
MARELLES, C., =94=, =106=
Mary Had a Little Lamb, =373=
"Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John," =28=
Meddlesome Mattie, =393=
Mediaeval stories; See Romance
Memorizing, 370
Mercury and the Woodman, =276=
Mice in Council, The, =277=
Midas, =339=
Milking Time, =394=
Milkmaid and Her Pail, The, =278=
Milkweed Seeds, =34=
Miller, His Son, and the Ass, The, =274=
MILLER, J., =415=
MILLER, O. T., =549=, 548
MILNES, R. M., =396=
Miraculous Pitcher, The, =319=
Mirror of Matsuyama, The, =156=
"Mistress Mary, quite contrary," =28=
MOE, J.; See ASBJOeRNSEN
Molly and I, =35=
Moon, The, =371=
Mother Goose, 7, 10, 19-22, 93, 171, 370; history of, 19-21. See also Poetry, traditional
Mother Goose's Melody, 19, 20, 445
Mother Hubbard and Her Dog, =41=
Moti Guj--Mutineer, =562=
Moufflou, =535=
Mountain and the Squirrel, The, =424=
Mountebank and the Countryman, The, =277=
Mr. 'Possum's Sick Spell, =516=
Mr. Vinegar, The Story of, =71=
MULOCK, MISS, =73=, =80=
"Multiplication is vexation," =28=
Musical Ass, The, =287=
My Bed Is a Boat, =383=
My Garden, =418=
My Shadow, =383=
Myths, =306-366=; discussion of, 303-305; definition of, 303; objections to, 304; use in school, 305; value of, 304; Greek and Roman, =306-343=; explanatory introduction to, 306; Norse, =343-366=; explanatory introduction to, 343, 348, 360
Narcissus, The, =330=
Nathan Hale, The Ballad of, =425=
Nature literature, =513-574=; discussion of, 511-512; place in the grades, 13, 512; some types of, 511-512; what it is, 511
"Needles and pins, needles and pins," =29=
NEWBERY, J., 19, 20, 445
NICOLAY, H., =655=
Nightingale, The, =184=
Noodle story; See Droll
Norse Stories, =348=, =360=
NORTON, C. E., =420=
Nursery rhymes; See Poetry
Nursery Rhymes and Tales, =59-63=, 56, 71
Nursery Rhymes of England, 20
Odyssey, The, 577
Old Deccan Days, =152=, 150, 151
Old Greek Folk Stories, =335=, =337=
Old Ironsides, =425=
"Old King Cole," =29=
Old Man and His Sons, The, =275=
Old Mother West Wind, =515=
Old Pipes and the Dryad, =234=
Old Woman and Her Pig, The, =56=
"Once I saw a little bird," =29=
"One for the money," =29=
"One misty, moisty morning," =29=
"1, 2, 3, 4, 5," =29=
"One, two," =29=
OUIDA, =535=, 534
Over Hill, Over Dale, =423=
Owl and the Pussy-Cat, The, =403=
PAINE, A. B., =516=
Pandora's Box, 309
Parables, =289=; defined, 289
Paradise of Children, The, =309=
PARENT'S ASSISTANT, THE, =459=
Pass of Thermopylae, The, =671=
"Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake," =29=
PEABODY, J. P., =336=, =337=, 335
"Pease-porridge hot," =29=
Peddler's Caravan, The, =395=
PERRAULT, C. =93=, =97=, =100=, =102=, 19; work of, 92
"Peter, Peter, pumpkin-eater," =30=
"Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers," =30=
Peter Rabbit Books, =513=
Phaethon, =340=
Piper, The, =401=
Pippa's Song, =399=
Planting of the Apple-Tree, The, =417=
Poacher and the Silver Fox, The, =551=
Pobble Who Has No Toes, The, =404=
POE, E. A., =415=
Poetry: (a) modern, =371-437=; discussion of, 369-370; reading of, 14, 370; selection of, 14, 369; teaching of, 9, 14, 369; (b) traditional, or nursery rhymes, =23-50=; discussion of, 19-22; appeal to children, 7, 10, 19, 21, 34; history of, 19-22. See also Mother Goose, Literature, and Course of study
Poet's Song, The, =413=
"Poor old Robinson Crusoe," =30=
Popular Tales from the Norse, =123-125=, 122
PORTER, W. S., See HENRY
POTTER, B., =513=
Pourquoi story, 172
PRENTISS, E., =372=
Pride Goeth before a Fall, =154=
Prince's Dream, The, =227=
Prodigal Son, The, =289=
Proserpine, 354. See also Story of the Springtime
Proud King, The, =620=
Psalm of Life, The, =411=
Puss-in-Boots, =97=
"Pussy-cat, pussy-cat," =30=
"Pussy sits beside the fire," =30=
Quern at the Bottom of the Sea, The, =129=
Raggedy Man, The, =389=
Rain, =381=
RAMASWAMI RAJU, P. V., =281=, 280
RAMEE, L. DE LA; See OUIDA
RANDS, W. B., =395=, =396=
Reading; distinguished from literature, 8-9; lists for various grades, (See Course of study); of literature, 14, 369-370; supplemental, 10
Realistic Stories, =445-508=; discussion of, 443-444; Christmas, 505; didactic or 18th century, =445-459=, 443-444; modern, =478-508=, 444; Sunday-school, 443
Real Princess, The, =179=
Recessional, =428=
Red Fairy Book, =94=, =106=
Red Thread of Honor, The, =427=
Renowned History of Little Goody Two-Shoes, The, =445=, 443, 444
REPPLIER, A., 54
Reynard the Fox, =586=, =591=, 284, 577
Rhymes; See Poetry
RHYS-DAVIDS, T. W., =281=, =282=
"Ride a cock-horse," =30=
"Ride, baby, ride," =30=
RILEY, J. W., =388-389=
ROBERTS, C. G. D., =566=
Robin and the Merry Little Old Woman, =623=
Robin Hood, =623=, =628=
Robin Hood: His Book, =623=
"Rock-a-bye, baby," =30=
"Rock-a-bye, baby, thy cradle is green," =30=
Romance and Legend, =579-630=; discussion of, 577-578; stories and versions recommended, 577-578; use in school, 577
ROSCOE, W., =397=
Rose-Bud, =142=
ROSSETTI, C. G., =268=, =394=
ROUSSEAU, J. J., 264, 284, 443
R. S., GENT, =97=, 93
Rumpelstiltskin, =144=
Runaway Brook, The, =372=
RUSKIN, J., =45=, =245=; work of, 245
SAINTSBURY, G. E. B., =21=, =22=
Sands of Dee, The, =412=
Science Sketches, =556=
SCOTT, SIR W., =424=
SCUDDER, H. E., =620=, =642=, 578; work of, 642
"See a pin and pick it up," =30=
SEEGMILLER, W., =34=
"See, saw, sacradown," =31=
Seldom or Never, =394=
SETON, E. T., =551=
SHAKESPEARE, W., =423=
SHARP, D. L., =520=
SHAW, A. H., =662=
Shepherd of King Admetus, The, =430=
Shepherd's Boy, The, =266=, 11-12
Shepherd, The, =401=
SHERMAN, F. D., =384-385=
"Shoe the little horse," =31=
Simple Simon, =38=
"Sing a song of sixpence," =31=
Sing-Song, =394=
SKEAT, W. W., =284=
Skeleton in Armor, The, =408=
Snow-White and Rose-Red, =146=
Solitary Reaper, The, =419=
Songs of Innocence, =400=
SOUTHEY, R., =421=
SPENCER, W. R., =436=
Spider and the Fly, The, =390=
Spinning Top, =384=
"Star light, star bright," =31=
Star, The, =394=
STEEL, F. A., =150=, 153
STEVENSON, R. L., =381-384=, 380
STOCKTON, F. R., =234=, 233
Stories; dramatization of, 11-12; selection of, 9, 10, 264, 284-285, 305, 577, 633; accumulative, 47, 56, 150, 160; biographical, =635-676=; Christmas, 505; didactic, 443; fable, =266-289=; fairy, =56-168=, =174-260=; hero, (See biographical); legend, (See romance); myth, =306-366=; nature, =513-574=; noodle, 67; pourquoi, 172; realistic, =445-508=; romance, =579-630=; See also Story-telling.
Stories and Legends of the Irish Peasantry, =165=
Stories from Don Quixote, =607-618=
Stories from the Rabbis, =174=
Stories of Long Ago, =306=
Stories of Norse Heroes, =351=
Stories Told to a Child, =228=
Story of Alnaschar, The, =279=
Story of a Pioneer, The, =662=
Story of a Salmon, The, =556=
Story of Fairyfoot, The, =210=
Story of Mr. Vinegar, The, =71=
Story of the Springtime, A, =306=
Story-telling, 9, 55; discussion of, 10-11; Andersen's method of, 173; direct discourse in, 11; effectiveness of, 10; of fables, 265; preparation for, 11; selections for, 10; tense in, 10
Strange Wild Song, A, =406=
Straw Ox, The, =160=
Sugar-Plum Tree, The, =386=
Supplemental reading, 10. See also Course of study
Swallow and the Raven, The, =229=
Swallow, The, =394=
Swan, the Pike, and the Crab, The, =288=
Sweet and Low, =413=
Swing, The, =383=
Symbolic stories; See Fables
Table and the Chair, The, =404=
Taffy, =38=
Tale of Peter Rabbit, The, =513=
Tales from the Punjab, =150=, =153=
Tales of Our Mother Goose, The, =93=, =97-102=, 19, 92-93
Tales of the Sun, =154=
Talkative Tortoise, The, =282=
TAPPAN, E. M., =623=
TAYLOR, A., =392=, =393=
TAYLOR, E., =132-142=, 131
TAYLOR, J., =297=, =393=, =394=
Teeny-Tiny, =60=
TENNYSON, A., =413-414=, 628
Thanksgiving Day, =375=
"The King of France went up the hill," =31=
"The lion and the unicorn," =31=
"The man in the moon," =31=
"The north wind doth blow," =31=
"The Queen of Hearts," =31=
"There was a crooked man," 31
"There was a little boy," =32=
There Was a Little Man, =37=
"There was a little man and he had naught," =32=
"There was a man in our town," =32=
"There was an old man," =32=
There was an Old Woman, =36=
"There was an old woman," =32=
"There was an old woman lived under a hill," =32=
"There was an old woman of Leeds," =32=
"There was an old woman of Norwich," =32=
"There was an old woman tossed up in a basket," =32=
"There was an old woman who lived in a shoe," =33=
"There was an owl lived in an oak," =33=
They Didn't Think, =377=
"This is the way the ladies ride," 33
"This little pig went to market," =33=
THOMPSON, E. S., See SETON
Thor's Visit to Joetunheim, =343=
Three Bears, Story of the, =65=
Three Billy-Goats Gruff, The, =123=
"Three blind mice! see, how they run," =33=
Three Fishers, The, =412=
Three Jovial Huntsmen, =37=
Three Little Kittens, The, =371=
Three Little Pigs, Story of the, =61=
Three Sillies, The, =67=
Three Things to Remember, =400=
"Three wise men of Gotham," =33=
Tiger, The, =401=
Tiger, the Brahman, and the Jackal, The, =153=
TILTON, T., =373=
Time to Rise, =381=
Tit for Tat, =152=
Titty Mouse and Tatty Mouse, =63=
Toads and Diamonds, =100=
To a Waterfowl, =417=
TOLSTOI, L., =299=
"To market, to market," =33=
Tom the Piper's Son, =38=
Tom Thumb, =80=
Tom Thumb's Alphabet, =35=
Tom Tit Tot, =90=, 144
"Tom, Tom, the piper's son," =33=
Tongue-Cut Sparrow, The, =158=
Toy-books, =41=
Travelers and the Bear, The, =274=
Traveling Musicians, The, =132=
Treasure Island, 381
Treasures of the Wise Man, The, =388=
TROWBRIDGE, J. T., =432=
True History of Little Golden Hood, =94=
True Story of Christopher Columbus, =635=
Try Again, =402=
Twink! Twink! =34=
"Two-legs sat upon three-legs", =33=
Ugly Duckling, The, =203=
Vendetta, The, =524=
VILLENEUVE, MADAME DE, =110=
Vision of Mirzah, The, =294=
Walrus and the Carpenter, The, =405=
WARREN, M. R., =603=
Waste Not, Want Not, =459=
WATTS, I., =407=, =408=
WELSH, C., 21, 445
What Does Little Birdie Say, =413=
"When a twister a-twisting", =34=
When I Was a Little Boy, =38=
Where Are You Going, =35=
Where Go the Boats, =384=
Whistle, The, =291=
Whittington and His Cat, =84=
Who Has Seen the Wind, =394=
Whole Duty of Children, =381=
Who Stole the Bird's Nest, =375=
Why the Bear Is Stumpy-Tailed, =122=
Why the Chimes Rang, =223=
Why the Sea Is Salt, 128
Widow and the Hen, The, =276=
Wild Animals at Home, =551=
WILDE, LADY, =164=
WILDE, O., =217=
Wild Life in the Farm-Yard, =520=
WILLISTON, T. P., =156=, =158=
"Willy boy, Willy boy," =34=
WILMOT-BUXTON, E. M., =351=
Wind and the Sun, The, =272=
Wind in a Frolic, The, =391=
Wind, The, =384=
Windy Nights, =384=
Wolf in Sheep's Clothing, The, =273=
Wonder Book for Girls and Boys, A, =309=, =319=
Wonderful World, The, =396=
WOOLSEY, S. C.; See COOLIDGE
WORDSWORTH, W., =419=
WRIGHT, E., =273=, =278=, =284=
Wyche, R. T., 577
Wynken, Blynken, and Nod, =385=
Yarn of the Nancy Bell, The, =430=
YEATS, W. B., =166=
YONGE, C. M., =671=
YRIARTE, T. de, =287=
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Transcriber's Notes:
Obvious punctuation errors repaired. In this text the oe-ligature is represented by brackets [oe]. Bold text is represented by = and italic by _. In addition, the text used / as punctuation in one story.
Page vi, "Rocky" changed to "Rock" (83. Rock-a-bye)
Page x, "Gelert" changed to "Gelert" (Beth Gelert)
Page 2, "Literatary" changed to "Literary" (Literary Taste and)
Page 19, "withold" changed to "withhold" (do not withhold Mother)
Page 155, "Ta, tai tom" changed to "Ta, tai tom" (Ta, tai tom, tadingana)
Page 180, "Emporer's" changed to "Emperor's" (The Emperor's New)
Page 202, "warrier" changed to "warrior" (thou warrior brave)
Page 236, "Dyrad" changed to "Dryad" (beautiful Dryad stepped)
Page 299, "wordly" changed to "worldly" (worldly greatness; Solon)
Page 302, "Column" changed to "Colum" (Colum, Padraic, The Children of Odin.)
Page 437, "Lleweylln's" changed to "Llewellyn's" (Llewellyn's sorrow proved)
Page 448, "be" changed to "he" (Though ill, he began)
Footnote: Page 482 originally, added [Author's Note.] to conform to rest of text. Footnote begins: (The Mail Coach it was)
Page 487, "hair-dressser" changed to "hair-dresser" (for the hair-dresser)
Page 498, "hurridly" changed to "hurriedly" (hurriedly. "Go quickly)
Page 510, "Thorton" changed to "Thornton" (Burgess, Thornton W.)
Page 521, word "a" moved up from the end of the line below. Original read:
So, if you will watch, you shall see real wild turkey in the tamest old a
Page 578, "it" changed to "in" (in its lofty spirit)
Page 662, "Misisssippi" changed to "Mississippi" (lower Mississippi, where)
Page 663, "unwildy" changed to "unwieldy" (the unwieldy vehicle)
Page 687, "a" changed to "the" (Breathes There the Man)
Page 682, "Segur" changed to "Segur" (Segur, Sophie R. de)
Page 688, small-caps were added to Mulock to conform to rest of the index.