- Classic Myths and Legends. A. H. Hope Moncrieff. 12403. ee. 6. The Gresham Publishing House.
- Myths and Folk-Tales of the Russians. Curtin. 2346. e. 6. Sampson Low.
- North-West Slav Legends and Fairy Stories. Erben. (Translated by W. W. Strickland.) 12430. i. 44.
- Russian Fairy-Tales. Nisbet Pain. 12431. ee. 18. Lawrence and Bullen.
- Sixty Folk-Tales from Slavonic Sources. Wratislau. 12431. dd. 29. Elliot Stock.
- Slavonic Fairy-Tales. F. Naake. 2348. b. 4. Henry S. King.
- Slav Tales. Chodsho. (Translated by Emily J. Harding.) 12411. eee. 2. George Allen.
- Chinese Stories. Pitman. 12410. dd. 25. George Harrap & Co.
- Chinese Fairy Tales. Professor Giles. 012201. de. 8. Govans International Library.
- Chinese Nights' Entertainment. Adèle Fielde. 12411. h. 4. G. P. Putnam.
- Maori Tales. K. M. Clark. 12411. h. 15. Macmillan & Co.
- Papuan Fairy Tales. Annie Ker. 12410. eee. 25. Macmillan & Co.
- Cornwall's Wonderland. Mabel Quiller Couch. 12431. r. 13. J. M. Dent.
- Perrault's Fairy Tales. 012200. e. 8. “The Temple Classics.” J. M. Dent.
- Gesta Romanorum. 12411. e. 15. Swan Sonnenschein.
- Myths and Legends of Japan. F. H. Davis. 1241. de. 8. G. Harrap & Co.
- Old World Japan. Frank Rinder. 12411. eee. 3. George Allen.
- Legendary Lore of All Nations. Swinton and Cathcart. 1241. f. 13. Ivison, Taylor & Co.
- Popular Tales from the Norse. Sir George Webbe Dasent. 12207. pp. George Routledge and Son.
- Fairy Tales from Finland. Zopelius. 12431. df. 2. J. M. Dent.
- Fairy Gold. A Book of Old English Fairy Tales, chosen by Ernest Rhys. 12411. dd. 22. J. M. Dent.
- Contes Populaires du Vallon. Aug. Gittée. 12430. h. 44. (Written in very simple style and easy of translation.) Wanderpooten Gand.
- Tales of Old Lusitania. Coelho. 12431. e. 34. Swan Sonnenschein.
- Tales from the Land of Nuts and Grapes. Charles Sellers. 12431. c. 38. Simpkin, Marshall & Co.
- The English Fairy Book. Ernest Rhys. 12410. dd. 29. Fisher Unwin.
- Zuni Folk Tales. F. H. Cushing. 12411. g. 30. Putnam.
- Manx Fairy Tales. Sophia Morrison. 12410. df. 10. David Nutt.
- Legend of the Iroquois. W. V. Canfield. 12410. ff. 23. A Wessels Company.
- The Indian's Book. Natalie Curtis. 2346. i. 2. Harper Brothers.
- Hansa Folk Lore. Rattray. 12431. tt. 2. Clarendon Press.
- Japanese Folk Stories and Fairy Tales. Mary F. Nixon-Roulet. 12450. ec. 18. Swan Sonnenschein.
- Kaffir Folk Tales. G. M. Theal. 2348. e. 15. Swan Sonnenschein.
- Old Hungarian Tales. Baroness Orczy and Montagu Barstow. 12411. f. 33. Dean and Son.
- Evening with the Old Story-tellers. G.B. 1155. e. I (1). James Burns.
- Myths and Legends of Flowers. C. Skinner. 07029. h. 50. Lippincott.
- The Book of Legends Told Over Again. Horace Scudder. 12430. e. 32. Gay and Bird.
- Indian Folk Tales (American Indian). Mary F. Nixon-Roulet. 12411. cc. 14. D. Appleton Company.
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.
Classical Stories Re-told.
- The Story of Theseus (To be told in six parts for a series).
- How Theseus Lifted the Stone.
- How Theseus Slew the Corynetes.
- How Theseus Slew Sinis.
- How Theseus Slew Kerkyon and Procrustes.
- How Theseus Slew Medea and was acknowledged as the Son of Ægeus.
- How Theseus Slew the Minotaur.
- (From Kingsley's Heroes. 012208. e. 22/26. Blackie & Son.)
- The Story of Crœsus.
- The Conspiracy of the Magi.
- Arion and the Dolphin.
- (From Wonder Tales from Herodotus. These are intended for reading, but could be shortened for effective narration.)
- Coriolanus.
- Julius Cæsar.
- Aristides.
- Alexander.
- (From Plutarch's Lives for Boys and Girls. These stories must be shortened and adapted for narration.)
- The God of the Spears: The Story of Romulus.
- His Father's Crown: The story of Alcibiades.
- (From Tales from Plutarch. F. J. Rowbotham. Both these stories to be shortened and told in sections.)