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

  
[title page]
  
TO THE STORY-TELLER
  
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  
CONTENTS
  
ILLUSTRATIONS

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GOOD STORIES FOR GREAT HOLIDAYS
  
THE FAIRY'S NEW YEAR GIFT BY EMILIE POULSSON [ADAPTED]
  
THE LITTLE MATCH GIRL BY HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN [TRANSLATED]
  
THE TWELVE MONTHS A SLAV LEGEND BY ALEXANDER CHODZKO [ADAPTED]
  
THE MAIL-COACH PASSENGERS BY HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN [ADAPTED]
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LINCOLN'S BIRTHDAY [FEBRUARY 12]
  
HE RESCUES THE BIRDS BY NOAH BROOKS [ADAPTED]
  
LINCOLN AND THE LITTLE GIRL BY CHARLES W. MOORES
  
TRAINING FOR THE PRESIDENCY BY ORISON SWETT MARDEN
  
WHY LINCOLN WAS CALLED “HONEST ABE” BY NOAH BROOKS
  
A STRANGER AT FIVE-POINTS [ADAPTED]
  
A SOLOMON COME TO JUDGMENT BY CHARLES W. MOORES
  
GEORGE PICKETT'S FRIEND BY CHARLES W. MOORES
  
LINCOLN THE LAWYER BY Z. A. MUDGE [ADAPTED]
  
THE COURAGE OF HIS CONVICTIONS [ADAPTED]
  
MR. LINCOLN AND THE BIBLE BY Z. A. MUDGE [ADAPTED]
  
HIS SPRINGFIELD FAREWELL ADDRESS
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SAINT VALENTINE'S DAY [FEBRUARY 14]
  
SAINT VALENTINE
  
A PRISONER'S VALENTINE BY MILLICENT OLMSTED [ADAPTED]
  
A GIRL'S VALENTINE CHARM AS TOLD BY HERSELF [FROM THE CONNOISSEUR, 1775]
  
MR. PEPYS HIS VALENTINE AS RELATED BY HIMSELF IN 1666 [ADAPTED]
  
CUPID AND PSYCHE BY JOSEPHINE PRESTON PEABODY THE ENCHANTED PALACE
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WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY [FEBRUARY 22]
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THREE OLD TALES BY M. L. WEEMS [ADAPTED]
 1. 
I. THE CHERRY TREE
 2. 
II. THE APPLE ORCHARD
 3. 
III. THE GARDEN-BED
  
YOUNG GEORGE AND THE COLT BY HORACE E. SCUDDER
  
WASHINGTON THE ATHLETE BY ALBERT F. BLAISDELL AND FRANCIS E. BALL
  
WASHINGTON'S MODESTY BY HENRY CABOT LODGE [ADAPTED]
  
WASHINGTON AT YORKTOWN BY HENRY CABOT LODGE
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RESURRECTION DAY [EASTER] [MARCH OR APRIL]
  
A LESSON OF FAITH BY MRS. ALFRED GATTY [ADAPTED]
  
A CHILD'S DREAM OF A STAR BY CHARLES DICKENS
  
THE LOVELIEST ROSE IN THE WORLD BY HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN [ADAPTED]
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MAY DAY [MAY 1]
  
BY HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN [ADAPTED]
  
FROM THE GERMAN]
  
THE WATER-DROP BY FRIEDRICH WILHELM CAROVÉ [ADAPTED FROM THE TRANSLATION BY SARAH AUSTIN]
  
THE SPRING BEAUTY AN OJIBBEWAY LEGEND BY HENRY R. SCHOOLCRAFT [ADAPTED]
  
THE FAIRY TULIPS ENGLISH FOLK-TALE
  
THE STREAM THAT RAN AWAY BY MARY AUSTIN [ADAPTED]
  
THE ELVES AN IROQUOIS LEGEND BY HARRIET MAXWELL CONVERSE [ADAPTED]
  
THE CAÑON FLOWERS BY RALPH CONNOR [ADAPTED]
  
CLYTIE, THE HELIOTROPE BY OVID [ADAPTED]
  
HYACINTHUS BY OVID [ADAPTED]
  
ECHO AND NARCISSUS BY OVID [ADAPTED]
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MOTHERS' DAY [SECOND SUNDAY IN MAY]
  
THE LARK AND ITS YOUNG ONES A HINDU FABLE BY P. V. RAMASWAMI RAJU [ADAPTED]
  
BY JAMES BALDWIN
  
QUEEN MARGARET AND THE ROBBERS BY ALBERT F. BLAISDELL [ADAPTED]
  
THE REVENGE OF CORIOLANUS BY CHARLES MORRIS [ADAPTED]
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MEMORIAL DAY [APRIL OR MAY] FLAG DAY [JUNE 14]
  
BETSY ROSS AND THE FLAG BY HARRY PRINGLE FORD [ADAPTED]
  
THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER BY EVA MARCH TAPPAN [ADAPTED]
  
THE LITTLE DRUMMER-BOY BY ALBERT BUSHNELL HART [ADAPTED]
  
A FLAG INCIDENT BY M. M. THOMAS [ADAPTED]
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TWO HERO-STORIES OF THE CIVIL WAR BY BEN LA BREE [ADAPTED]
 1. 
I. BRAVERY HONORED BY A FOE
 2. 
II. THE BRAVERY OF RICHARD KIRTLAND
  
THE YOUNG SENTINEL BY Z. A. MUDGE [ADAPTED]
  
THE COLONEL OF THE ZOUAVES BY NOAH BROOKS [ADAPTED]
  
GENERAL SCOTT AND THE STARS AND STRIPES BY E. D. TOWNSEND [ADAPTED]
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INDEPENDENCE DAY [JULY 4]
  
THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE BY WASHINGTON IRVING
  
BY H. A. GUERBER
  
BY JAMES JOHONNOT [ADAPTED]
  
BY JOHN ANDREWS [ADAPTED]
  
BY JOHN ESTEN COOKE [ADAPTED]
  
THE CAPTURE OF FORT TICONDEROGA BY WASHINGTON IRVING [ADAPTED]
  
WASHINGTON AND THE COWARDS BY WASHINGTON IRVING [ADAPTED]
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LABOR DAY [FIRST MONDAY IN SEPTEMBER]
  
THE SMITHY A HINDU FABLE BY P. V. RAMASWAMI RAJU [ADAPTED]
  
BY THE BROTHERS GRIMM [TRANSLATED]
  
THE ELVES AND THE SHOEMAKER BY HORACE E. SCUDDER
  
THE HILLMAN AND THE HOUSEWIFE BY JULlANA HORATIA EWING [ADAPTED]
  
HOFUS THE STONE-CUTTER A JAPANESE LEGEND FROM THE RIVERSIDE THIRD READER [ADAPTED]
  
ARACHNE BY JOSEPHINE PRESTON PEABODY
  
THE METAL KING A GERMAN FOLE-TALE [ADAPTED]
  
THE CHOICE OF HERCULES BY XENOPHON [ADAPTED]
  
THE SPEAKING STATUE FROM GESTA ROMANORUM [ADAPTED]
  
THE CHAMPION STONE-CUTTER BY HUGH MILLER
  
BILL BROWN'S TEST BY CLEVELAND MOFFETT
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COLUMBUS DAY [OCTOBER 12]
  
BY JAMES BALDWIN [ADAPTED]
  
COLUMBUS AT LA RABIDA BY WASHINGTON IRVING [ADAPTED]
  
THE MUTINY BY A. DE LAMARTINE [ADAPTED]
  
THE FIRST LANDING OF COLUMBUS IN THE NEW WORLD BY WASHINGTON IRVING [ADAPTED]
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HALLOWEEN [OCTOBER 31]
  
THE OLD WITCH BY THE BROTHERS GRIMM [TRANSLATED]
  
BY MARY F. NIXON-ROULET [ADAPTED]
  
HANSEL AND GRETHEL BY THE BROTHERS GRIMM [ADAPTED]
  
BURG HILL'S ON FIRE A CELTIC FAIRY TALE BY ELIZABETH W. GRIERSON [ADAPTED]
  
THE KING OF THE CATS AN ENGLISH FOLK-TALE BY ERNEST RHYS
  
THE STRANGE VISITOR AN ENGLISH FOLK-TALE BY JOSEPH JACOBS
  
THE BENEVOLENT GOBLIN FROM GESTA ROMANORUM [ADAPTED]
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THANKSGIVING DAY [LAST THURSDAY IN NOVEMBER]
  
THE FIRST HARVEST-HOME IN PLYMOUTH BY W. DE LOSS LOVE, JR [ADAPTED]
  
THE MASTER OF THE HARVEST BY MRS. ALFRED GATTY [ADAPTED]
  
SAINT CUTHBERT'S EAGLE BY THE VENERABLE BEDE [ADAPED]
  
THE EARS OF WHEAT BY THE BROTHERS GRIMM [TRANSLATED]
  
HOW INDIAN CORN CAME INTO THE WORLD AN OJIBBEWAY LEGEND BY HENRY R. SCHOOLCRAFT [ADAPTED]
  
THE NUTCRACKER DWARF BY COUNT FRANZ POCCI [TRANSLATED]
  
THE PUMPKIN PIRATES A TALE FROM LUCIAN BY ALFRED J. CHURCH [ADAPTED]
  
THE SPIRIT OF THE CORN AN IROQUOIS LEGEND BY HARRIET MAXWELL CONVERSE [ADAPTED]
  
THE HORN OF PLENTY BY OVID [ADAPTED]
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CHRISTMAS DAY [DECEMBER 25]
  
LITTLE PICCOLA AFTER CELIA THAXTER
  
THE STRANGER CHILD A LEGEND BY COUNT FRANZ POCCI [TRANSLATED]
  
SAINT CHRISTOPHER A GOLDEN LEGEND ENGLISHED BY WILLIAM CAXTON [ADAPTED]
  
THE CHRISTMAS ROSE AN OLD LEGEND BY LIZZIE DEAS [ADAPTED]
  
THE WOODEN SHOES OF LITTLE WOLFF BY FRANÇOIS COPPÉE [ADAPTED]
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THE PINE TREE BY HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN [TRANSLATED]
 1. 
I WHEN IT WAS LITTLE
 2. 
II CHRISTMAS IN THE WOODS
 3. 
III CHRISTMAS IN THE HOUSE
 4. 
IV IN THE ATTIC
 5. 
V OUT OF DOORS AGAIN
  
THE CHRISTMAS CUCKOO BY FRANCES BROWNE [ADAPTED]
  
THE CHRISTMAS FAIRY OF STRASBURG A GERMAN FOLK-TALE BY J. STIRLING COYNE [ADAPTED]
  
THE THREE PURSES A LEGEND BY WILLIAM S. WALSH [ADAPTED]
  
THE THUNDER OAK A SCANDINAVIAN LEGEND WILLIAM S. WALSH AND OTHER SOURCES
  
THE CHRISTMAS THORN OF GLASTONBURY A LEGEND OF ANCIENT BRITAIN ADAPTED FROM WILLIAM OF MALMESBURY AND OTHER SOURCES
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THE THREE KINGS OF COLOGNE : A LEGEND OF THE MIDDLE AGES BY JOHN OF HILDESHEIM-MODERNIZED BY H. S. MORRIS [ADAPTED]
 1. 
THE STAR
 2. 
THE CHILD
 3. 
HOW THEY CAME TO COLOGNE
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ARBOR DAY
  
THE LITTLE TREE THAT LONGED FOR OTHER LEAVES BY FRIEDRICH RÜCHERT [TRANSLATED]
  
WHY THE EVERGREEN TREES NEVER LOSE THEIR LEAVES BY FLORENCE HOLBROOK
  
WHY THE ASPEN QUIVERS OLD LEGEND
  
THE WONDER TREE BY FRIEDRICH ADOLPH KRUMMACHER [ADAPTED]
  
[TRANSLATED]
  
BAUCIS AND PHILEMON
  
THE UNFRUITFUL TREE BY FRIEDRICH ADOLPH KRUMMACHER
  
THE DRYAD OF THE OLD OAK BY JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL [ADAPTED]
  
DAPHNE BY OVID [ADAPTED]
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BIRD DAY
  
THE OLD WOMAN WHO BECAME A WOODPECKER BY PHŒBE CARY [ADAPTED]
  
THE BOY WHO BECAME A ROBIN AN OJIBBEWAY LEGEND BY HENRY R. SCHOOLCRAFT [ADAPTED]
  
THE TONGUE-CUT SPARROW BY A. B. MITFORD [ADAPTED]
  
THE QUAILS A LEGEND OF THE JATAKA FROM THE RIVERSIDE FOURTH READER
  
THE MAGPIE'S NEST BY JOSEPH JACOBS
  
THE GREEDY GEESE FROM IL LIBRO D'ORO [ADAPTED]
  
THE KING OF THE BIRDS BY THE BROTHERS GRIMM [TRANSLATED]
  
THE DOVE WHO SPOKE TRUTH BY ABBIE FARWELL BROWN
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THE BUSY BLUE JAY BY OLIVE THORNE MILLER [ADAPTED]
 1. 
I
 2. 
II
  
BABES IN THE WOODS BY JOHN BURROUGHS
  
THE PRIDE OF THE REGIMENT BY HARRY M. KIEFFER [ADAPTED]
  
THE MOTHER MURRE BY DALLAS LORE SHARP

  
REFERENCE LISTS FOR STORY-TELLING AND COLLATERAL READING
  
INDEXES
  
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ILLUSTRATIONS

  • THE BOYS LOOKED IN WONDER [Page 4]Frontispiece
  • GOD BLESS THE STAR. . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
  • SHE THOUGHT IT WAS HANSEL'S FINGER. . . . .248
  • DREW OFF THE WOODEN SHOE. . . . . . . . . .314
  • From drawings by Clara M. Burd.
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