The Art of Story-Telling

by Marie L. Shedlock

Stories Dealing with the Success of the Youngest Child.

(This is sometimes due to a kind action shown to some humble person or to an animal.)

• The Three Sons.
• (From The Kiltartan Wonderbook. By Lady Gregory.)
• The Flying Ship.
• (From Russian Fairy Tales. Nisbet Pain.)
• How Jesper Herded the Hares.
• (From The Violet Fairy Book. 12411. ccc. 6.)
• Youth, Life and Death.
• (From Myths and Folk Tales of Russians and Slavs. By Curtin.)
• Jack the Dullard. Hans Christian Andersen.
• (See list of [Andersen Stories].)
• The Enchanted Whistle.
• (From The Golden Fairy Book. 12411. c. 36.)
• The King's Three Sons.
• Hunchback and Brothers.
• (From Legends of the French Provinces. 1241. c. 2.)
• The Little Humpbacked Horse. (This story is more suitable for reading than telling.)
• (From Russian Wonder Tales. By Post Wheeler. 12410. dd. 30. Adam and Charles Black.)
• The Queen Bee. By Grimm. (See full list.)
• The Wonderful Bird.
• (From Roumanian Fairy Tales. Adapted by J. M. Percival. 12431. dd. 23. Henry Holt.)

Legends, Myths, Fairy Tales and Miscellaneous Stories.

• How the Herring became King.
• Joe Moore's Story.
• The Mermaid of Gob Ny Ooyl.
• King Magnus Barefoot.
• (From Manx Tales. By Sophia Morrison.)
• The Greedy Man.
• (From Contes Populaires Malgaches. By G. Ferrand. 2348. aaa. 19. Ernest Leroux.)
• Arbutus.
• Basil.
• Briony.
• Dandelion.
• (From Legends of Myths and Flowers. C. Skinner.)
• The Magic Picture.
• The Stone Monkey.
• Stealing Peaches.
• The Country of Gentlemen.
• Football on a Lake.
• (From Chinese Fairy Tales. Professor Giles.)
• The Lime Tree.
• Intelligence and Luck.
• The Frost, the Sun and Wind.
• (From Sixty Folk Tales. Wratislaw.)
• The Boy who Slept.
• The Gods Know. (This story must be shortened and adapted for narration.)
• (From Chinese Fairy Stories. By Pitman.)
• The Imp Tree.
• The Pixy Flower.
• Tom-Tit Tot.
• The Princess of Colchester.
• (From Fairy Gold. Ernest Rhys.)
• The Origin of the Mole.
• (From Cossack Fairy Tales. Selected by Nisbet Bain. 12431. f. 51. Lawrence and Bullen.)
• Dolls and Butterflies.
• (From Myths and Legends of Japan. Chapter VI.)
• The Child of the Forest.
• The Sparrow's Wedding.
• The Moon Maiden.
• (From Old World Japan. By Frank Binder.)
• The Story of Merlin. (For Young People.)
• (Told in Early British Heroes. Harkey.)
• The Isle of the Mystic Lake.
• (From Voyage of Maildun, “Old Celtic Romances.” P. W. Joice.)
• The Story of Baldur. (In Three Parts, for Young Children.)
• (From Heroes of Asgard. M. R. Earle. Macmillan.)
• Adalhero.
• (From Evenings with the Old Story-Tellers. See “Titles of Books.”)
• Martin, the Peasant's Son.
• (This is more suitable for reading. From Russian Wonder Tales. Post Wheeler.)

Miscellaneous Stories.

• Versions of the Legend of Rip Van Winkle.
• Urashima.
• (From Myths and Legends of Japan. Hadland Davis.)
• The Monk and the Bird.
• (From the Book of Legends-Told Over Again. Horace Scudder.)
• Carob. (Talmud Legend.)
• (From Myths and Legends of Flowers. C. Skinner.)
• The Land of Eternal Youth.
• (From Child-Lore.)
• Catskin.
• Guy of Gisborne.
• King Henry and the Miller.
• (From Stories from Ballads. M. Macleod.)
• The Legend of the Black Prince.
• Why the Wolves no Longer Devour the Lambs on Xmas Night.
• (From Au Pays des Legendes. E. Herpin. 12430. bbb. 30. Hyacinthe Calliere.)
• The Coyote and the Locust.
• The Coyote and the Raven.
• (From Zuni Folk Tales. Cushing.)
• The Peacemaker. (From Legends of the Iroquois. W. V. Canfield.)
• The Story of the Great Chief of the Animals.
• The Story of Lion and Little Jackal.
• (From Kaffir Folk Tales. G. M. Theal.)
• The Legend of the Great St. Nicholas.
• The Three Counsels.
• (From Bulletin de Folk Lore. Liege. Academies, 987 ½.)
• The Tale of the Peasant Demyar.
• Monkey and the Pomegranate Tree.
• The Ant and the Snow.
• The Value of an Egg.
• The Padre and the Negro.
• Papranka.
• (From Tales of Old Lusitania. Coelho.)
• Kojata.
• The Lost Spear. (To be shortened.)
• The Hermit. By Voltaire.
• The Blue Cat. (From the French.)
• The Silver Penny.
• The Three Sisters.
• The Slippers of Abou-Karem.
• (From The Golden Fairy Book. 12411. e. 36. Hutchinson.)
• The Fairy Baby. (From Uncle Remus in Hansaland. By Mary and Newman Tremearne.)
• Why the Sole of a Man's Foot is Uneven.
• The Wonderful Hair.
• The Emperor Trojan's Goat Ears.
• The Language of Animals.
• Handicraft above Everything.
• Just Earnings are Never Lost.
• The Maiden who was Swifter than a Horse.
• (From Servian Stories and Legends.)
• Le Couple Silencieux.
• Le Mort Parlant.
• La Sotte Fiancee.
• Le Cornacon.
• Persin au Pot.
• (From Contes Populaires du Vallon. Aug. Gittée. 12430. h. 44.)
• The Rat and the Cat.
• The Two Thieves.
• The Two Rats.
• The Dog and the Rat.
• (From Contes Populaires Malgaches. 2348. aaa. 19. Gab. Ferrand.)
• Rua and Toka. (From The Maori Tales. Clark.)
• John and the Pig. (Old Hungarian Tales.) (This story is given for the same purpose as “Long Bow Story.” See Andrew Lang's Books.)
• Lady Clare.
• The Wolf-Child.
• (From Land of Grapes and Nuts.)
• The Ungrateful Man.
• The Faithful Servant. (In part.)
• Jovinian the Proud Emperor.
• The Knight and the King of Hungary.
• The Wicked Priest.
• The Emperor Conrad and the Count's Son.
• (From the Gesta Romanorum. 1155. e. I.)
• Virgil, the Emperor and the Truffles. (From Unpublished Legends of Virgil. Collected by C. G. Leland. 12411. eee. 15. Elliot Stock.)
• Seeing that All was Right. (A good story for boys.)
• La Fortuna.
• The Lanterns of the Strozzi Palace.
• (From Legends of Florence. Re-told by C. G. Leland. 12411. c.cc. 2. David Nutt.)
• The Three Kingdoms.
• Yelena the Wise.
• Seven Simeons.
• Ivan, the Bird and the Wolf.
• The Pig, the Deer and the Steed.
• Waters of Youth.
• The Useless Wagoner.
• (These stories need shortening and adapting. From Myths and Folk Tales of the Russian. Curtin.)

Miscellaneous Stories taken from the Andrew Lang Books.

• The Serpent's Gifts.
• Unlucky John.
• (From All Sorts of Story Books. 012704. aaa. 35.)
• Makoma. (A story for boys.)
• (From Orange Fairy Book. 12411. c. 36.)
• The Lady of Solace.
• How the Ass Became a Man Again.
• Amys and Amile.
• The Burning of Njal.
• Ogier the Dane.
• (From Red Book of Romance. 12411. bbb. 10.)
• The Heart of a Donkey.
• The Wonderful Tune.
• A French Puck.
• A Fish Story.
• (From The Lilac Fairy Book. 12411. de. 17.)
• East of the Sun and West of the Moon. (As a preparation for Cupid and Psyche.)
• (From The Blue Fairy Book. 12411. I. 3.)
• The Half Chick.
• The Story of Hok Lee and the Dwarfs.
• (From The Green Fairy Book. 12411.1. 6.)
• How to Find a True Friend. (To be given in shorter form.)
• (From The Crimson Fairy Book. 12411. c. 20.)
• The Long Bow Story. (This story makes children learn to distinguish between falsehood and romance.)
• (From The Olive Fairy Book. 12410. dd. 18.)
• Kanny, the Kangaroo.
• Story of Tom the Bear.
• (From The Animal Story Book.)
• The Story of the Fisherman.
• Aladdin and the Lamp. (This story should be divided and told in two sections.)
• The Story of Ali Cogia.
• (From the Arabian Nights Stories of Andrew Lang. All these stories are published by Longmans, Green & Co.)

The following titles are taken from the “Story-telling Magazine,” published 27 West 23rd Street, New York.