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CONTENTS

    INTRODUCTION

  • The Story-teller's Art—Recent Revival—The Difference between telling a Story and reading it aloud—Some Reasons why the Former is more effective . . . .11

    CHAPTER I

  • THE PURPOSE OF STORY-TELLING IN SCHOOL
    Its immediate Advantages to the Teacher-Its ulti-mate Gifts to the Child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19

    CHAPTER II

  • SELECTION OF STORIES TO TELL
    The Qualities Children like, and why—Qualities necessary for Oral Delivery—Examples: The Three Bears, The Three Little Pigs, The Old Woman and her Pig—Suggestions as to the Type of Story especially useful in the several primary Grades— Selected List of familiar Fairy Tales. . . . . .43

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    CHAPTER III

  • ADAPTATION OF STORIES FOR TELLING
    How to make a long Story short—How to fill out a short Story—General Changes commonly desirable— Examples: The Nürnberg Stove, by Ouida; The King of the Golden River, by Ruskin; The Red Thread of Courage, The Elf and the Dormouse—Analysis of Method. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67

    CHAPTER IV

  • HOW TO TELL THE STORY
    Essential Nature of the Story—Kind of Appreciation necessary—Suggestions for gaining Mastery of Facts —Arrangement of Children—The Story-teller's Mood—A few Principles of Method, Manner and Voice, from the psychological Point of View. . .93

    CHAPTER V

  • SOME SPECIFIC SCHOOLROOM USES
    Exercise in Retelling—Illustrations cut by the Children as Seat-work—Dramatic Games—Influence of Games on Reading Classes. . . . . . . . . . 117

STORIES SELECTED AND ADAPTED FOR TELLING

    ESPECIALLY FOR KINDERGARTEN AND CLASS I.

  • Nursery Rhymes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
  • Five Little White Heads. . . . . . . . . . . . 134
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  • Bird Thoughts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
  • How we came to have Pink Roses . . . . . . . . 135
  • Raggylug . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
  • The Golden Cobwebs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
  • Why the Morning-Glory climbs . . . . . . . . . 142
  • The Story of Little Tavwots. . . . . . . . . . 143
  • The Pig Brother. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
  • The Cake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
  • The Pied Piper of Hamelin Town . . . . . . . . 149
  • Why the Evergreen Trees keep their Leaves in Winter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
  • The Star Dollars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
  • The Lion and the Gnat. . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

    ESPECIALLY FOR CLASSES II. AND III.

  • The Cat and the Parrot . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
  • The Rat Princess . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
  • The Frog and the Ox. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
  • The Fire-Bringer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
  • The Burning of the Ricefields. . . . . . . . . 179
  • The Story of Wylie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
  • Little Daylight. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
  • The Sailor Man . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
  • The Story of Jairus's Daughter . . . . . . . . 201

    ESPECIALLY FOR CLASSES IV. AND V.

  • Arthur and the Sword . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
  • Tarpeia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
  • The Buckwheat. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
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  • The Judgment of Midas. . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
  • Why the Sea is salt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
  • Billy Beg and his Ball . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
  • The Little Hero of Haarlem . . . . . . . . . . 233
  • The Last Lesson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
  • The Story of Christmas . . . . . . . . . . . . 243

    THE CHILD-MIND; AND HOW TO SATISFY IT

  • A short List of Books in which the Story-teller will find Stories not too far from the Form in which they are needed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
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