CONTENTS.

ANIMAL STORIES:—
Donkey and the Salt }[59]
Fox and the Stork } Adapted from Æesop[91]
Grateful Foxes[43]
Adapted from Edwin Arnold’s Poem.
Permission of Chas. Scribners’ Sons.
How the Spark of Fire Was Saved[79]
Adapted from John Vance Cheney’s Poem.
How the Chipmunk Got the Stripes on Its Back[89]
Adapted from Edwin Arnold’s Poem.
An Indian Story of the Mole[77]
BIRD STORIES:—
An Indian Story of the Robin[26]
Adapted from Whittier’s Poem, “How the Robin Came.”
How the Robin’s Breast Became Red[24]
The Red-headed Woodpecker[29]
Adapted from Phœbe Cary’s Poem.
CLOUD STORIES:—
Palace of Alkinoös[36]
Adapted from the Odyssey.
Swan Maidens[54]
FLOWER STORIES:—
Clytie[9]
Golden-rod and Aster[13]
INSECT STORIES:—
Arachne[19]
Aurora and Tithonus[22]
King Solomon and the Ants[18]
Adapted from Whittier’s Poem.
King Solomon and the Bee[16]
Adapted from Saxe’s Poem.
MINERALOGY STORIES:—
Sisyphus[33]
The Story of the Pudding Stone[31]
SUN MYTHS:—
Balder[83]
Persephone[48]
Adapted from “Story of Persephone,”
told by Helen Ericson, class of 1895,
Cook County, (Ill.), Normal School.
Phaethon[39]
TREE STORIES:—
Daphne[74]
Fairy Story[66]
Philemon and Baucis[71]
Poplar Tree[56]
The Secret of Fire[61]
MISCELLANEOUS STORIES:—
Hermes[97]
Iris’ Bridge[101]
Prometheus[92]