The Art of Story-Telling, with nearly half a hundred stories

THE ART OF STORY-TELLING
With Nearly Half a Hundred Stories
BY JULIA DARROW COWLES Author of “Stories to Tell”
CHICAGO A. C. McCLURG & CO. 1914
Copyright by Julia Darrow Cowles 1914
Published March, 1914
W. F. HALL PRINTING COMPANY, CHICAGO
In preparing this book the author has sought to awaken a keener perception and a higher appreciation of the artistic and ethical value of story-telling; to simplify some of its problems; to emphasize the true delight which the story-teller may share with her hearers; and to present fresh material which answers to the test of being good in substance as well as in literary form.
Grateful acknowledgment is made to Miss Mabel Bartleson, children’s librarian, and to Miss Ida May Ferguson, of the children’s department of the Minneapolis Public Library, for their thoughtful assistance, and to the authors and publishers of copyrighted stories included in this volume, for their generous aid. Specific credit is given in connection with each story.
J. D. C.
“ The Word Painter is the Greatest Human Artist ”