WITH A PREFACE BY
Professor JOHN ADAMS
CHAIR OF EDUCATION, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON

LONDON
JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET, W.
1915


ALL RIGHTS RESERVED


CONTENTS.

PAGE
Preface[vii]
Introduction [1]
Chapter I. The Difficulties of Story-Telling connectedwith Libraries and Clubs[6]
II. The Essentials of Story-Telling[25]
III.The Artifices of Story-Telling[32]
IV.Elements to Avoid [42]
V.Elements to Seek[61]
VI.How to Obtain and Maintain the Effect[89]
VII.Questions and Answers[117]
VIII.List of Stories Told in Full [138]
List of Titles of Individual Stories andof Collections of Stories[210]
Index[235]

PREFACE.