Sources of Norse Stories for Story-tellers.
- Cycles of Stories from the Norse. Part I: Historical Tales. Part II: Norse Myths. Part III: Völsunga Saga. Part IV: Frithiof Saga.
- Snorro Sturluson. Stories of the Kings of Norway; done into English by William Morris. Page 83-117.
- Snorro Sturluson. A History of the Norse Kings; done into English by Samuel Laing. Pages 11-35.
- Snorro Sturluson. Younger Edda. Pages 72, 73, 114-127, 128-130, 131-139, 160-164, 184-187, 189-192.
- Morris. Story of Sigurd the Volsung.
- Völsunga Saga. By Eirikr and William Morris.
Other sources from modern books can be found in Mabie, Wilmot Buxton, Keans Tappah, Cartwright Pole, Johonnut Anderson. Some of these are suitable for children themselves, and contain excellent reading matter.
Note.—I most gratefully acknowledge these sources supplied by the courtesy of Pittsburg Carnegie Library.
- List of stories in compilation by Anna C. Tyler (Supervisor of Story-telling in New York).
- Heroism. A reading list for boys and girls.
Both these lists are published by the New York Library, and I have had permission to quote both, by the courtesy of the Library.
In that admirable work, “Story-Telling in School and Home,” by Evelyn Newcomb Partridge and George Everett Partridge, published by William Heinemann, besides a valuable analysis of the Art of Story-Telling, there is an excellent list of books and stories.