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.