Good stories for great birthdays / arranged for story-telling and reading aloud and for the children's own reading

by Frances Jenkins Olcott

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GOOD STORIES
FOR GREAT BIRTHDAYS

[Contents] [Appendix I. Programme of Stories from the History of the United States] [Appendix II. Story Programme of South America’s Struggle for Independence] [Subject Index]: [A], [B], [C], [D], [E], [F], [G], [H], [I], [J], [K], [L], [M], [N], [O], [P], [Q], [R], [S], [T], [U], [V], [W], [Y].

GOOD STORIES
FOR GREAT BIRTHDAYS

ARRANGED FOR STORY-TELLING AND READING
ALOUD AND FOR THE CHILDREN’S
OWN READING
BY
FRANCES JENKINS OLCOTT
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS

BOSTON AND NEW YORK
HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY
The Riverside Press Cambridge
COPYRIGHT, 1922, BY FRANCES JENKINS OLCOTT
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
The Riverside Press
CAMBRIDGE · MASSACHUSETTS
PRINTED IN THE U.S.A.
GRATEFULLY DEDICATED
TO
FRANCES MARY JENKINS OLCOTT
January 25

One in whose eyes the smile of kindness made
Its haunt, like flowers by sunny brooks in May,
Yet at the thought of others’ pain, a shade
Of sweeter sadness chased the smile away.

William Cullen Bryant

FOREWORD

Here are over 200 stories celebrating 23 great birthdays of patriot-founders and upbuilders of the Republics of both North and South America. In the stories are more than 75 historical characters, men, women, and children. The arrangement follows the school-year, beginning in October with Columbus. The book-cover is dressed in George Washington’s colours, scarlet and white.