Good stories for great holidays : arranged for story-telling and reading aloud and for the children's own reading

NEW YEAR'S DAY [January 1]
THE FAIRY'S NEW YEAR GIFT: Emilie Poulsson, In the Child's World. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
THE LITTLE MATCH GIRE: Hans Christian Andersen, Stories and Tales. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
THE TWELVE MONTHS: Alexander Chodsvko, Slav Fairy Tales. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
THE MAIL-COACH PASSENGERS: Hans Christian Andersen, Fairy Tales. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
LINCOLN'S BIRTHDAY [February 10] HE RESCUES THE BIRDS: Noah Brooks, Abraham Lincoln. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
LINCOLN AND THE LITTLE GIRL: Charles W. Moores, Life of Abraham Lincoln for Boys and Girls . . . . 27
TRAINING FOR THE PRESIDENCY: Orison Swett Matden, Winning Out. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
WHY LINCOLN WAS CALLED “HONEST ABE”: Noah Brooks, Abraham Lincoln. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
A STRANGER AT FIVE-POINTS: Adapted . . . . . . . . . . . 31
A SOLOMON COME TO JUDGMENT: Charles W. Moores, Life of Abraham Lincoln for Boys and Girls . . . . 32
GEORGE PICKETT'S FRIEND: Charles W. Moores, Life of Abraham Lincoln for Boys and Girls. . . . . . . 33
LINCOLN THE LAWYER: Z. A. Mudge, The Forest Boy . . . . 34
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THE COURAGE OF HIS CONVICTIONS: Adapted. . . . . . . . . 35
MR. LINCOLN AND THE BIBLE: Z. A. Mudge, The Forest Boy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
HIS SPRINGFIELD FAREWELL ADDRESS . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
SAINT VALENTINE'S DAY [February 14]
SAINT VALENTINE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
A PRISONER'S VALENTINE: Millicent Olmsted, The Cosmopolitan Magazine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
A GIRL'S VALENTINE CHARM: The Connoisseur, 1775. . . . . 42
MR. PEPYS HIS VALENTINE: Samuel Pepys, Diary . . . . . . 43
CUPID AND PSYCHE: Josephine Preston Peabody, Old Greek Folk Stories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY [February 22] THREE OLD TALES: M. L. Weems, Life of George Washington, with Curious Anecdotes . . . . . . . . 59
YOUNG GEORGE AND THE COLT: Horace E. Scudder, George Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
WASHINGTON THE ATHLETE: Albert F. Blaisdell and Francis R. Ball, Hero Stories from American History . . . . . 64
WASHINGTON'S MODESTY: Henry Cabot Lodge, George Washington . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
WASHINGTON AT YORKTOWN: Henry Cabot lodge, George Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
RESURRECTION DAY [Easter Sunday] [March or April] A LESSON OF FAITH: Mrs. Alfred Gatty, Parables from Nature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
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A CHILD'S DREAM OF A STAR: Charles Dickens . . . . . . . 77
THE LOVELIEST ROSE IN THE WORLD: Band Christian Andersen, Stories and Tales. . . . . . . 82
MAY DAY [May 1] THE SNOWDROP: Hans Christian Andersen; Adapted by Bailey and Lewis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
THE THREE LITTLE BUTTERFLY BROTHERS: From the German . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
THE WATER DROP: Friedrich Wilhelm Carove, Story without an End, translated by Sarah Austin . . . . 92
THE SPRING BEAUTY: Henry R. Schoolcraft, The Myth of Hiawatha . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
THE FAIRY TULIPS: English Folk-Tale. . . . . . . . . . . 98
THE STREAM THAT RAN AWAY: Mary Austin, The Basket Woman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100
THE ELVES: Harriet Maxwell Converse, Myths and legends of the New York State Iroquois . . . . . .106
THE CANON FLOWERS: Ralph Connor, The Sky Pilot. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109
CLYTIE, THE HELIOTROPE: Ovid, Metamorphoses. . . . . . .110
HYACINTHUS: Ovid, Metamorphoses. . . . . . . . . . . . .112
ECHO AND NARCISSUS: Ovid, Metamorphoses. . . . . . . . .114
MOTHERS' DAY [Second Sunday in May] THE LARK AND ITS YOUNG ONES: P. V. Ramuswami Raju, Indian Fables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121
CORNELIA S JEWELS: James Baldwin, Fifty Famous Stories Retold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .122
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QUEEN MARGARET AND THE ROBBERS: Albert F. Blaisdell, Stories from English History. . . . . .124
THE REVENGE OF CORIOLANUS: Charles Morris, Historical Tales. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127
THE WIDOW AND HER THREE SONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . .132
MEMORIAL DAY [May 30] AND FLAG DAY [June 14] BETSY ROSS AND THE FLAG: Harry Pringle Ford. . . . . . .137
THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER: Eva March Tappan, Hero Stories from American History . . . . . . . .138
THE LITTLE DRUMMER-BOY: Albert Bushnell Hart, The Romance of the Civil War . . . . . . . . . . .141
A FLAG INCIDENT: M. M. Thomas, Captain Phil. . . . . . .146
TWO HERO-STORIES OF THE CIVIL WAR: Ben La Bree, Camp Fires of the Confederacy. . . . . . . . . . .148
THE YOUNG SENTINEL: Z. A. Mudge, The Forest Boy . . . .152
THE COLONEL OF THE ZOUAVES: Noah Brooks, Abraham Lincoln. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .153
GENERAL SCOTT AND THE STARS AND STRIPES: E. D. Townsend, Anecdotes of the Civil War . . . . . . .156
lNDEPENDENCE DAY [July 4] THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE: Washington Irving, Life of Washington . . . . . . . . . . . .169
THE SIGNING OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE: H. A. Guerber, The Story of the Thirteen Colonies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .160
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A BRAVE GIRL: James Johonnot, Stories of Heroic Deeds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .161
THE BOSTON TEA-PARTY: John Andrews, Letter to a friend written in 1773 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .164
A GUNPOWDER STORY: John Esten Cooke, Stories of the Old Dominion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .167
THE CAPTURE OF FORT TICONDEROGA: Washington Irving, Life of Washington . . . . . . . . . . . .171
WASHINGTON AND THE COWARDS: Washington Irving, Life of Washington . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .174
LABOR DAY [First Monday in September] THE SMITHY: P. V. Ramaswami Raju, Indian Fables. . . . .179
THE NAIL: The Brothers Grimm, German Household Tales. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .179
THE ELVES AND THE SHOEMAKER: Horace E. Scudder, Book of Fables and Folk Stories. . . . . . . . . .180
THE HILLMAN AND THE HOUSEWIFE: Juliana Horatia Ewing, Old Fashioned Fairy Tales . . . . . . . . .183
HOFUS THE STONE CUTTER, A JAPANESE LEGEND: The Riverside Third Reader . . . . . . . . . . . .186
ARACHNE: Josephine Preston Peabody, Old Greek Folk Stories. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .189
THE METAL KING: A German Folk-Tale . . . . . . . . . . .192
THE CHOICE OF HERCULES: Xenophon, Memorabilia of Socrates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .196
THE SPEAKING STATUE: Gesta Romanorum . . . . . . . . . .201
THE CHAMPION STONE CUTTER: Hugh Miller . . . . . . . . .204
BILL BROWN'S TEST: Cleveland Moffett, Careers of Danger and Daring. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .207
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COLUMBUS DAY [October 12] COLUMBUS AND THE EGG: James Baldwin, Thirty More Famous Stories Retold . . . . . . . . . . . .213
COLUMBUS AT LA RABIDA: Washington Irvine, Life of Christopher Columbus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .214
THE MUTINY: A. de Lamartine, Life of Columbus. . . . . .220
THE FIRST LANDING OF COLUMBUS IN THE NEW WORLD: Washington Irving, life of Christopher Columbus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .228
HALLOWEEN [October 31] THE OLD WITCH: The Brothers Grimm, German Household Tales. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .283
SHIPPEITARO: Mary F. Nixon-Roulet, Japanese Folk Stories and Fairy Tales. . . . . . . . . . . . . .234
HANSEL AND GRETHEL: The Brothers Grimm, German Household Tales. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .239
BURG HILL'S ON FIRE: Elizabeth W. Grierson, Children's Book of Celtic Stories . . . . . . . . . . . . . .250
THE KING OF THE CATS: Ernest Rhys, Fairy-Gold. . . . . .256
THE STRANGE VISITOR: Joseph Jacobs, English Fairy Tales. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .258
THE BENEVOLENT GOBLIN: Gesta Romanorum . . . . . . . . .261
THE PHANTOM KNIGHT OF THE VANDAL CAMP: Gesta Romanorum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .262
THANKSGIVING DAY [Last Thursday in November] THE FIRST HARVEST-HOME IN PLYMOUTH: W. De Loss Lore, Jr., The Fast and Thanksgiving Days of New England. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .269
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THE MASTER OF THE HARVEST: Mrs. Alfred Gatty, Parables from Nature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .272
SAINT CUTHBERT'S EAGLE: The Venerable Bede, Life and Miracles of Saint Cuthbert . . . . . . . . . .278
THE EARS OF WHEAT: The Brothers Grimm, German Household Tales. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .279
HOW INDIAN CORN CAME INTO THE WORLD: Henry R. Schoolcraft, The Myth of Hiawatha. . . . . . . . .280
THE NUTCRACKER DWARF: Count Franz Pocci, Für Fröhliche Kinder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .285
THE PUMPKIN PIRATES, A TALE FROM LUCIAN: Alfred J. Church, The Greek Gulliver. . . . . . . . . . .287
THE SPIRIT OF THE CORN: Harriet Mazwell Converse, Myths and Legends of the New York State Iroquois .290
THE HORN OF PLENTY: Ovid, Metamorphoses. . . . . . . . .292
CHRISTMAS DAY [December 25] LITTLE PICCOLA: Celia Thazter, Stories and Poems for Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .299
THE STRANGER CHILD, A LEGEND: Count Franz Pocci, Für Fröhliche Kinder. . . . . . .301
SAINT CHRISTOPHER: William Caxton, Golden Legend . . . .305
THE CHRISTMAS ROSE, AN OLD LEGEND: Lizzie Deas, Flower Favourites. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .310
THE WOODEN SHOES OF LITTLE WOLFF: François Coppée. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .311
THE PINE TREE: Hans Christian Andersen, Wonder Stories. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .317
THE CHRISTMAS CUCKOO: Frances Browne, Granny's Wonderful Chair. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .331
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THE CHRISTMAS FAIRY OF STRASBURG, A GERMAN FOLK-TALE: J. Stirling Coyne, Illustrated London News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .342
THE THREE PURSES, A LEGEND: William S. Walsh, Story of Santa Klaus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .347
THE THUNDER OAK, A SCANDINAVIAN LEGEND: William S. Walsh and Others. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .349
THE CHRISTMAS THORN OF GLASTONBURY, A LEGEND OF ANCIENT BRITAIN: William of Malmesbury and Others . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .351
THE THREE KINGS OF COLOGNE, A LEGEND OF THE MIDDLE AGES: John of Hildesheim, Modernized by H. S. Morris. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .354
ARBOR DAY THE LITTLE TREE THAT LONGED FOR OTHER LEAVES: Friedrich Rückert . . . . . . . . . . . . . .366
WHY THE EVERGREEN TREES NEVER LOSE THEIR LEAVES: Florence Holbrook, Book of Nature Myths. .367
WHY THE ASPEN QUIVERS: Old legend. . . . . . . . . . . .370
THE WONDER TREE: Friedrich Adolph Krummacher, Parables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .371
THE PROUD OAK TREE: Old Fable. . . . . . . . . . . . . .373
BAUCIS AND PHILEMON: H. P. Maskell, Francis Storr, Half-a-Hundred Hero Tales. . . . . . . . . . . . .374
THE UNFRUITFUL TREE: Friedrich Adolph Krummacher, Parables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .378
THE DRYAD OF THE OLD OAK: James Russell Lowell, Rhœcus [a poem]. . . . . . . . . .379
DAPHNE: OVID, Metamorphoses. . . . . . . . . . . .383
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BIRD DAY THE OLD WOMAN WHO BECAME A WOODPECKER: Phœbe Cary, A Legend of the Northland [poem] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .389
THE BOY WHO BECAME A ROBIN: Henry R. Schoolcraft, The Myth of Hiawatha . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .390
THE TONGUE-CUT SPARROW: A. B. Mitford, Tales of Old Japan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .393
THE QUAILS, A LEGEND OF THE JATAKA: Riverside Fourth Reader. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .397
THE MAGPIE'S NEST: Joseph Jacobs, English Fairy Tales. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .399
THE GREEDY GEESE: Il Libro d'Oro . . . . . . . . . . . .401
THE KING OF THE BIRDS: The Brothers Grimm, German Household Tales. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .404
THE DOVE WHO SPOKE TRUTH: Abbie Farwell Brown, The Curious Book of Birds. . . . . . . . . . . . .407
THE BUSY BLUE JAY: Olive Thorne Miller, True Bird Stories. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .411
BABES IN THE WOODS: John Burroughs, Bird Stories from Burroughs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .416
THE PRIDE OF THE REGIMENT: Harry M. Kieffer, The Recollections of a Drummer Boy . . . . . . . . . .420
THE MOTHER MURRE: Dallas Lore Sharp, Summer. . . . . . .423
REFERENCE LISTS FOR STORY-TELLING AND COLLATERAL READING. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .429
SUBJECT INDEX. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .447
INDEX OF TITLES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .455
INDEX OF AUTHORS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .459

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