Chapter EIGHTEEN: Does the Work of the Story-Teller Pay? (6)

At last, having paddled about long enough, Favosites thought of settling in life. So he looked around till he found a flat bit of shell that just suited him. Then he sat down upon it and grew fast, like old Holger Danske in the Danish myth, or Frederick Barbarossa in the German one. He did not go to sleep, however, but proceeded to make himself a home. He had no head, but between his shoulders he made an opening which would serve him for mouth and stomach. Then he put a whole row of feelers out, and commenced catching little worms and floating eggs and bits of jelly and bits of lime,—everything he could get,—and cramming them into his mouth. He had a great many curious ways, but the funniest of them all was what he did with the bits of lime. He kept taking them in, and tried to wall himself up inside with them, as a person would “stone a well,” or as though a man should swallow pebbles and stow them away in his feet and all around under the skin, till he had filled himself all full with them, as the man filled Jim Smiley’s frog.

Little Favosites became lonesome all alone in the bottom of that old ocean among so many outlandish neighbors. So one night, when he was fast asleep and dreaming as only a coral animal can dream, there sprouted out from his side, somewhere near where his sixth rib might have been if he had had any ribs, another little Favosites; and this one very soon began to eat worms and to wall himself up as if for dear life. Then from these two another and another little bud came out, and other little Favosites were formed. They all kept growing up higher and cramming themselves fuller and fuller of stone, till at last there were so many and they were so crowded together that there was not room for them to grow round, and so they had to become six-sided like the cells of a honeycomb. Once in a while some one in the company would feel jealous because the others got more of the worms, or would feel uneasy at sitting still so long and swallowing lime. Such a one would secede from the little union without even saying “good-by,” and would put on the airs of the grandmother Medusa, and would sail around in the water, opening and shutting its umbrella, at last laying more eggs, which for all we know may have hatched out into more Favosites.

So the old Favosites died, or ran away, or were walled up by the younger ones, and new ones filled their places, and the colony thrived for a long while, until it had accumulated a large stock of lime.

But one day there came a freshet in the Menominee River, or in some other river, and piles of dirt and sand and mud were brought down, and all the little Favosites’ mouths were filled with it. This they did not like, and so they died; but we know that the rock house they were building was not spoiled, for we have it here. But it was tumbled about a good deal in the dirt, and the rolling pebbles knocked the corners off, and the mud worked into the cracks, and its beautiful color was destroyed. There it lay in the mud for ages, till the earth gave a great, long heave that raised Wisconsin out of the ocean, and the mud around our little Favosites packed and dried into hard rock and closed it in. So it became part of the dry land, and lay embedded in the rocks for centuries and centuries, while the old-fashioned ferns grew above it, and whispered to it strange stories of what was going on above ground in the land where things were living.

Then the time of the first fishes came, and the other animals looked in wonder at them, as the Indians looked on Columbus. Some of them were like the little gar-pike of our river here, only much larger,—big as a stove pipe, and with a crust as hard as a turtle’s. Then there were sharks, of strange forms, and some of them had teeth like bowie knives, with tempers to match. And the time of the old fishes came and went, and many more times came and went, but still Favosites lay in the ground at Oconto.

Then came the long, hot, wet summer, when the mists hung over the earth so thick that you might have had to cut your way through them with a knife; and great ferns and rushes, big as an oak and tall as a steeple, grew in the swamps of Indiana and Illinois. Their green plumes were so long and so densely interwoven that the Man in the Moon might have fancied that the earth was feathering out. Then all about, huge reptiles, with jaws like the gates of doom and teeth like cross-cut saws, and little reptiles with wings like bats, crawled, and swam, and flew.

But the ferns died, and the reptiles died, and the rush trees fell in the swamps, and the Illinois and the Sangamon and the Wabash and all the other rivers covered them up. They stewed away under layers of clay and sand, till at last they turned into coal and wept bitter tears of petroleum. But all this while Favosites lay in the rocks in Wisconsin.

Then the mists cleared away, and the sun shone, and the grass began to grow, and strange animals came from somewhere or nowhere to feed upon it. There were queer little striped horses, with three or four hoofs on each foot, and no bigger than a Newfoundland dog, but as smart as ever you saw. There were great hairy elephants, with teeth like sticks of wood. There were hogs with noses so long that they could sit on their hind legs and root. And there were many still stranger creatures which no man ever saw alive. But still Favosites lay in the ground and waited.

And the long, long summer passed by, and the autumn, and the Indian summer. At last the winter came, and it snowed and snowed, and it was so cold that the snow did not go off till the Fourth of July. Then it snowed and snowed till the snow did not go off at all. And then it became so cold that it snowed all the time, till the snow covered the animals, and then the trees, and then the mountains. Then it would thaw a little, and streams of water would run over the snow. Then it would freeze again, and the snow would pack into solid ice. So it went on snowing and thawing and freezing, till nothing but snowbanks could be seen in Wisconsin, and most of Indiana was fit only for a skating rink. And the animals and plants which could get away, all went south to live, and the others died and were frozen into the snow.

So it went on for a great many years. I dare not tell you how long, for you might not believe me. Then the spring came, the south winds blew, and the snow began to thaw. Then the ice came sliding down from the mountains and hills and from the north toward the south. It went on, tearing up rocks, little and big, from the size of a chip to the size of a house, crushing forests as you would crush an eggshell, and wiping out rivers as you would wipe out a chalk mark. So it came pushing, grinding, thundering along,—not very fast, you understand, but with tremendous force, like a plow drawn by a million oxen, for a thousand feet of ice is very heavy. And the ice plow scraped over Oconto, and little Favosites was torn from the place where he had lain so long; but by good fortune he happened to fall into a crevice of the ice where he was not much crowded, else he would have been ground to powder and I should not have had this story to tell. And the ice melted as it slid along, and it made great torrents of water, which, as they swept onward, covered the land with clay and pebbles. At last the ice came to a great swamp overgrown with tamarack and balsam. It melted here; and all the rocks and stones and dirt it had carried—little Favosites and all—were dumped into one great heap.

It was a very long time after, and man had been created, and America had been discovered, and the War of the Revolution and the Civil War had all been fought to the end, and a great many things had happened, when one day a farmer living near Grand Chute, in Outagamie County, Wisconsin, was plowing up his clover field to sow to winter wheat. He picked up in the furrow a curious little bit of “petrified honeycomb,” a good deal worn and dirty, but still showing plainly the honey cells and the bee bread. Then he put it into his pocket and carried it home, and gave it to his boy Charley to take to the teacher and hear what he would say about it. And this is what he said.

LIST OF STORIES BY MONTHS FOR EACH GRADE

LIST OF STORIES BY MONTHS FOR EACH GRADE

FIRST GRADE

_September_

BRYANT, SARA CONE: The Gingerbread Man, The Whale and the
Elephant (_Stories to Tell to Children_).

COE, FANNY E.: Three Billy Goats Gruff (_First Book of Stories
for the Story-Teller_).

HEBER, ELIZABETH: Coming and Going (_A Child’s Story Garden_).

HOLBROOK, FLORENCE: How Flax Was Given to Men (_Book of Nature
Myths_).

LINDSAY, MAUD: Dust under the Rug, Giant Energy and Fairy Skill
(_Mother Stories_).

PERRAULT, CHARLES: Red Riding Hood (_Fairy Tales from
Perrault_).

SLY, W. R.: Boots and His Brothers (_World Stories Retold_).

_October_

ARNOLD, SARAH L.: Columbus, the Boy of Genoa (_Stepping Stones
to Literature—Book 3_).

BAILEY, C. S.: Bobby Squirrel’s Busy Day (_Story-Telling Time_).

BRYANT, SARA CONE: Little Jackal and the Camel (_Stories to
Tell to Children_).

COE, FANNY E.: The Boy and the Wolf, The Sun and the Wind
(_First Book of Stories for the Story-Teller_).

DILLINGHAM, E. T.: A Hallowe’en Story (_“Tell It Again”
Stories_).

GRIERSON, E. W.: The Smith and the Fairies (_Book of Celtic
Stories_).

LANG, ANDREW: The Witch (_Yellow Fairy Book_).

POTTER, BEATRIX: Squirrel Nutkin, Bunny Cottontail (_Squirrel
Nutkin_).

POULSSON, EMILIE: The Thrifty Squirrels (_In the Child’s
World_).

RHYS, ERNEST: The Witch That Was a Hare (_English Fairy Book_).

_November_

BAILEY, C. S.: The Kid Who Would Not Go (_Firelight Stories_).

CHADWICK, MARA L. PRATT-: Stones of the Pilgrim Babies
(_Stories of Colonial Children_).

COE, FANNY E.: Jack the Giant Killer, Tom Thumb (_First Book of
Stories for the Story-Teller_).

DILLINGHAM, E. T., and EMERSON, A. P.: Gretchen and the Magic
Fiddle (_“Tell It Again” Stories_).

KEYES, ANGELA M.: Lazy Jack (_Stories and Story-Telling_).

OLCOTT, F. J.: The Ears of Wheat (_Good Stories for Great
Holidays_).

POULSSON, EMILIE: The Chestnut Boys, The Crane Express (_In the
Child World_).

WHITE, ELIZA O.: A Thanksgiving Dinner (_When Molly Was Six_).

A Thanksgiving at Hollywood, Grandmother’s Thanksgiving Story
(_Half a Hundred Stories_).

_December_

BAILEY, C. S., and LEWIS, C. M.: The Legend of the Christmas
Tree (_For the Children’s Hour_).

BRYANT, SARA CONE: The Golden Cobwebs (_How to Tell Stories to
Children_).

COE, FANNY E.: St. Christopher (_First Book of Stories for the
Story-Teller_).

DILLINGHAM, E. T., and EMERSON, A. P.: Santa Claus’ Helpers,
The Story of the Man in the Moon, The Kitten That Wanted to
Be a Christmas Present, A Christmas Legend (_“Tell It Again”
Stories_).

LINDSAY, MAUD: The Christmas Cake (_More Mother Stories_).

OLCOTT, F. J.: The Stranger Child (_Good Stories for Great
Holidays_).

SLY, W. R.: The Christmas Gift, The Wise Men and the Star, The
Shepherds and the Angels (_World Stories Retold_).

_January_

ÆSOP: The Bear and the Fowls (ADAMS: _Fables and Rhymes_).

ALDEN, R. M.: The Forest Full of Friends (_Why the Chimes
Rang_).

BAILEY, C. S.: The Travels of a Fox (_For the Story-Teller_).

LINDSAY, MAUD: Mrs. Tabby Gray (_Mother Stories_).

MACDONNELL, ANNE: Peter, the Stone Cutter (_Italian Fairy
Book_).

POULSSON, EMILIE: An All the Year Round Story, The Fairies’ New
Year’s Gift (_In the Child World_).

RICHARDS, L. E.: The Pig Brother (_The Pig Brother_).

SLY, W. R.: The Golden Goose, The Baby Brother in the Basket
Boat, The Flood and the Rainbow (_World Stories Retold_).

SLOSSON, MRS. A. T.: The Horse That Believed He’d Get There
(_Story-Telling Library_).

SOUTHEY, ROBERT: The Three Bears.

_February_

DILLINGHAM, E. T., and EMERSON, A. P.: Elaine’s Valentine
(_“Tell It Again” Stories_).

GROSS, H.: Lincoln and the Pig (_Lincoln’s Own Stories_).

LANG, ANDREW: East o’ the Sun and West o’ the Moon (_Blue Story
Book_).

LINDSAY, MAUD: Story of Gretchen.

NIXON-ROULET, MARY F.: The Sake Waterfall (_Japanese Folk
Stories_).

SLY, W. R.: The Children’s Friend, The Boy Who Lived in Church
(_World Stories Retold_).

WHITE, ELIZA O.: A Sunday Valentine (_When Molly Was Six_).

WIGGIN, K. D., and SMITH, N. A.: Little George Washington (_The
Story Hour_); Three Little Pigs (_Tales of Laughter_).

WILLISTON, TERESA P.: The Stolen Charm (_Japanese Fairy Tales_).

WILTSE, SARA: Jack and the Beanstalk (_Hero Folk of Ancient
Britain_).

_March_

ALDEN, R. M.: The Boy Who Discovered Spring (_Why the Chimes
Rang_).

ASBJØRNSEN, P. C.: Little Fred and His Fiddle (_Fairy Tales
from the Far North_).

BAILEY, C. S.: Why the Bear Sleeps All Winter (_Firelight
Stories_).

BRYANT, SARA CONE: The Jackal and the Alligator, Little Jack
Roll-a-Round (_How to Tell Stories to Children_).

GRIMM, JACOB: The Queen Bee, The Elves and the Shoemaker
(_German Household Tales_).

HALL, I. F., and LENNOX, E. D.: Easter Lily (_Red Letter Days_).

HOLBROOK, FLORENCE: Why the Sea Is Salt (_Book of Nature
Myths_).

JACOBS, JOSEPH: The Cat and the Mouse (_English Fairy Tales_).

KIPLING, RUDYARD: The Elephant’s Child, How the Rhinoceros Got
His Skin (_Just So Stories_).

POULSSON, EMILIE: A Wise Old Horse (_In the Child World_).

The Pink Knight (_Dumpy Books for Children_).

_April_

ANDERSEN, HANS CHRISTIAN: The Wild Swans (_Wonder Stories_).

BAILEY, C. S.: The Little Old Woman Who Went to the North Wind
(_Firelight Stories_).

BRYANT, SARA CONE: Why the Morning Glory Climbs, Why the
Evergreen Trees Keep Their Leaves (_How to Tell Stories to
Children_).

BRYCE, C. T.: The Little Slipper Orchid (_That’s Why Stories_).

HOLBROOK, FLORENCE: The First Humming Bird (_Book of Nature
Myths_).

JACOBS, JOSEPH: Mr. Vinegar (_English Fairy Tales_).

JOHNSON, CLIFTON: The Travels of a Fox (_Oak Tree Stories_).

LINDSAY, MAUD: The Little Gray Pony (_Mother Stories_).

OLCOTT, F. J.: The Loveliest Rose in the World (_Good Stories
for Great Holidays_).

SETON, ERNEST THOMPSON: Raggylug (BRYANT: _How to Tell Stories
to Children_).

_May_

ALDEN, R. M.: King’s Garden (_Why the Chimes Rang_).

ASBJØRNSEN, P. C.: Paper Tom (_The Fairy World_).

BAILEY, C. S., and LEWIS, C. M.: Hans and the Wonderful Flower,
The Legend of the Dandelion (_For the Children’s Hour_).

BLAKEWELL, E. S.: The Elder Tree Mother (_True Fairy Stories_).

BRYCE, C. T.: The Mountain Ash (_That’s Why Stories_).

JUDD, M. C.: How the Water Lily Came (_Wigwam Stories_).

KEYES, ANGELA M.: The Two Brothers (_Stories and
Story-Telling_).

LINDSAY, MAUD: The Closing Door (_Mother Stories_).

WIGGIN, K. D., and SMITH, N. A.: Pancake (_Tales of Laughter_).

A Story of the Flag (_Our Holidays Retold from St. Nicholas_).

_June_

BRYANT, SARA CONE: The Little Pink Rose (_How to Tell Stories
to Children_); Another Little Red Hen, The Blackberry Bush, The
Whale and the Elephant, The Jackal and the Camel (_Stories to
Tell to Children_).

CABOT, ELLA L.: Hans, the Shepherd Boy (_Ethics for Children_).

DILLINGHAM, E. T., and EMERSON, A. P.: The First Flag of the
United States (_Tell It Again_).

HALL, I. F., and LENNOX, E. D.: Flag Day (_Red Letter Days_).

SLY, W. R.: The Boy with His Lunch (_World Stories Retold_).

SECOND GRADE

_September_

ÆSOP: The Ant and the Grasshopper (ADAMS: _Fables and Rhymes_).

ANDERSEN, H. C.: The Flax (_Wonder Tales_).

BJÖRNSON, BJÖRNSTJERNE: Oeyvind and Marit (KEYES: _Stories and
Story-Telling_).

BRYANT, SARA CONE: The Sailor Man (_How to Tell Stories to
Children_).

GRIMM, JACOB: The Town Musicians, The Wolf and the Seven Little
Goats (_German Household Tales_).

HOLBROOK, F. E.: How Flax Was Given to Man (_Book of Nature
Myths_).

O’GRADY, ALICE: The Old Woman Who Lived in a Vinegar Bottle
(_The Story-Teller’s Book_).

SLY, W. R.: How a Happy Home Was Lost, The First Two Brothers
(_World Stories Retold_).

_October_

BALDWIN, JAMES: Wondering Jack (_Second Fairy Reader_).

BRYANT, SARA CONE: The Cat and the Parrot (_Best Stories to
Tell to Children_).

BRYCE, C. T.: The Raven (_That’s Why Stories_).

CABOT, ELLA L.: The Squirrel’s Devotion (_Ethics for Children_).

GRIMM, JACOB: Brier Rose (_German Household Tales_).

JACOBS, JOSEPH: Tom Tit Tot (_English Fairy Tales_).

KIPLING, RUDYARD: The Cat That Walked by Himself (_Just So
Stories_).

SLY, W. R.: The Ladder That Reached to Heaven, The Slave Boy
Who Became a Prince (_World Stories Retold_).

_November_

BAILEY, C. S., and LEWIS, C. M.: The Mince Pie (_For the
Children’s Hour_).

BALDWIN, JAMES: Grumbling Peter (_Second Fairy Reader_).

BRYCE, C. T.: The Travelers and the Bear (_Fables from Afar_).

LINDSAY, MAUD: The Visit, The Turkey’s Nest (_More Mother
Stories_).

O’GRADY, ALICE: A Good Thanksgiving (_The Story-Teller’s Book_).

SCUDDER, H. E.: Diamonds and Toads (_Fables and Folk Stories_).

WIGGIN, K. D., and SMITH, N. A.: The First Thanksgiving (_The
Story Hour_).

Grandmother’s Thanksgiving, A Thanksgiving at Hollywood (_Half
a Hundred Stories_).

_December_

BRYANT, SARA CONE: Fulfilled, The Story of Jairus’ Daughter
(_How to Tell Stories to Children_).

BRYCE, C. T.: The Old Woman and the Crowbar (_Fables from
Afar_).

CABOT, ELLA L.: St. Francis of Assisi and the Wolf (_Ethics for
Children_).

HOLBROOK, FLORENCE: Why the Fox Has a White Tip on His Tail
(_Book of Nature Myths_).

O’GRADY, ALICE: Christmas Eve, Christmas Morning, The Christmas
Story, The Christmas Tree (_The Story-Teller’s Book_).

OLCOTT, F. J.: Little Wolf’s Wooden Shoes (_Good Stories for
Great Holidays_).

WIGGIN, K. D., and SMITH, N. A.: The First Christmas (_The
Story Hour_).

_January_

ASBJØRNSEN, P. C.: Little Fred and His Fiddle (_Fairy Tales
from the Far North_).

BRYANT, SARA CONE: The Little Match Girl (_Best Stories to Tell
to Children_).

BRYCE, C. T.: Why the Cat Washes after Eating, Why Turtles Stay
near Water (_That’s Why Stories_).

CABOT, ELLA L.: The Magic Mask (_Ethics for Children_).

PIERSON, C. D.: The Lamb with the Longest Tail (_Among the
Farmyard People_).

SCUDDER, H. E.: One Eye, Two Eyes, Three Eyes (_Fables and Folk
Stories_).

SLY, W. R.: The Elephant and the Tailor, The Story without an
End, The Flood and the Rainbow (_World Stories Retold_).

_February_

BALDWIN, JAMES: Saving the Birds (Lincoln), Going to Sea
(Washington) (_Fifty Famous People_).

KIPLING, RUDYARD: How the Camel Got His Hump (_Just So
Stories_).

OLCOTT, F. J.: The Cherry Tree, The Apple Orchard (_Good
Stories for Great Holidays_).

PIERSON, C. D.: The Story That Swallow Didn’t Tell (_Among the
Farmyard People_).

STODDARD, JOHN L.: The Story of St. Valentine (_Lectures—South
Tyrol_).

WIGGIN, K. D., and SMITH, N. A.: Little George Washington, Big
George Washington (_The Story Hour_).

_March_

BRYANT, SARA CONE: Little Tavwots (_How to Tell Stories to
Children_).

COOKE, FLORA J.: An Indian Story of the Mole (_Nature Myths_).

HOLBROOK, FLORENCE: Why the Evergreen Trees Never Lose Their
Leaves (_A Book of Nature Myths_).

O’GRADY, ALICE: Titty Mouse and Tatty Mouse, The Sheep and
the Pig That Built a House, The Straw Ox (_The Story-Teller’s
Book_).

OLCOTT, F. J.: The Little Tree That Longed for Leaves (_Good
Stories for Great Holidays_).

SLY, W. R.: Why Boys Take off Their Hats in Church (_World
Stories Retold_).

_April_

ÆSOP: The Fox and the Crow, The Jay and the Peacock (ADAMS:
_Fables and Rhymes_).

BAILEY, C. S., and LEWIS, C. M.: The Red-Headed Woodpecker
(_For the Children’s Hour_).

COOKE, FLORA J.: How the Robin’s Breast Became Red (_Nature
Myths_).

LINDSAY, MAUD: Out of the Nest (_More Mother Stories_).

PIERSON, C. D.: The Wonderful, Shiny Egg (_Among the Farmyard
People_).

SCUDDER, HORACE E.: The Jackdaw and the Doves (_Fables and Folk
Stories_).

SLY, W. R.: The Woman Who Shared Her Last Loaf (_World Stories
Retold_).

_May_

ANDERSEN, H. C.: The Snowdrop, The Little Butterfly Brothers,
The Water Drop (OLCOTT: _Good Stories for Great Holidays_).

BRYANT, SARA CONE: How Brother Rabbit Fooled the Whale (_Best
Stories to Tell to Children_).

COE, FANNY E.: The Story of the Anemone (_First Book of Stories
for the Story-Teller_).

HART, A. S., and STEVENS, E.: A Boy Who Won the Cross (_Romance
of the Civil War_).

HOLBROOK, FLORENCE: The Story of the First Butterflies (_Book
of Nature Myths_).

SLY, W. R.: The Prince Who Hated Spiders and Flies (_World
Stories Retold_).

_June_

BALDWIN, JAMES: The Boy and the Wolf, Another Bird Story,
Speaking a Piece (_Fifty Famous People_).

BRYANT, SARA CONE: Epaminondas and His Auntie (_How to Tell
Stories to Children_).

BRYCE, C. T.: The Four-Leaf Clover (_That’s Why Stories_).

GRIMM, JACOB: The Valiant Little Tailor, Snow White and the
Seven Dwarfs (_German Household Tales_).

O’GRADY, ALICE: The Hop-About Man (_The Story-Teller’s Book_).

PARTRIDGE, E. N. and G. E.: The Story of Harriet Ann, The Fox
and the Crab, The Fairy Bird (_Story-Telling in the Home and
School_).

THIRD GRADE

_September_

BALDWIN, JAMES: Coco (_Second Fairy Reader_); Writing a
Composition (Longfellow), The Whistle (Franklin), the Ettrick
Shepherd (James Hogg) (_Fifty Famous People_).

CABOT, ELLA L.: How Little Cedric Became a Knight, The Boy Who
Wanted to Learn Climbing Alone, Hans, the Shepherd Boy (_Ethics
for Children_).

GRIMM, JACOB: The Little Flower Pot, Snow White and Rose Red
(_German Household Tales_).

HOLBROOK, FLORENCE: Why the Peacock’s Tail Has a Thousand Eyes
(_A Book of Nature Myths_).

SLY, W. R.: The Flood of Waters (_World Stories Retold_).

_October_

BALDWIN, JAMES: The Garden of Delight (_Old Stories of the
East_); The Caliph and the Poet, Becos! Becos! Becos! (_Fifty
Famous People_).

BRYANT, SARA CONE: The Nightingale, The Burning of the Rice
Fields (_How to Tell Stories to Children_).

HARRISON, ELIZABETH: Christopher Columbus (_In Story Land_).

MILLER, MRS. H.: How the Crow Baby Was Punished (_True Bird
Stories_).

NIXON-ROULET, MARY F.: A Painter of Cats (_Japanese Folk
Stories_).

PUMPHREY, M. B.: The Jack o’ Lantern (_Pilgrim Stories_).

SCUDDER, HORACE E.: The Wolves and the Sheep (_Fables and Folk
Stories_).

The Story of Columbus (_Stepping Stones to Literature—Book 3_).

_November_

BAILEY, C. S., and LEWIS, C. M.: The Story of the First Corn,
Little Cosette (_The Children’s Hour_).

BALDWIN, JAMES: Sir Walter Raleigh (_Fifty Famous Stories
Retold_); A Lesson in Humility (Haroun-al-Raschid), Another
World Story (Israel Putnam), The Horseshoe Nails (_Fifty Famous
People_).

HOLBROOK, FLORENCE: How Fire Was Brought to the Indians (_Book
of Nature Myths_).

JORDAN, DAVID STARR: How the Flounder’s Mouth Got Twisted (_The
Book of Knight and Barbara_).

MACMANUS, SEUMAS: The Long Leather Bag (_Donegal Fairy Book_).

NIXON-ROULET, M. F.: The Goddess of Growing Things (_Japanese
Folk Stories_).

PUMPHREY, M. B.: The First Thanksgiving (_Pilgrim Stories_).

SCHAUFFLER, R. H.: Grandma’s Thanksgiving Story (_Book of
Thanksgiving_).

WIGGIN, K. D., and SMITH, N. A.: The First Thanksgiving Day
(_The Story Hour_).

_December_

ALDEN, R. M.: In the Great Walled Country (_Why the Chimes
Rang_).

BALDWIN, JAMES: Bruce and the Spider (_Fifty Famous Stories
Retold_); The Landlord’s Mistake (_Fifty Famous People_).

DICKINSON, A. D., and SKINNER, A. M.: A Little Girl’s Christmas
(_Children’s Book of Christmas Stories_).

HEBER, ELIZABETH: A Christmas Story, The First Christmas Tree
(_A Child’s Story Garden_).

JACOBS, JOSEPH: Cap o’ Rushes (_English Fairy Tales_).

JORDAN, DAVID STARR: The Boy That Whacked the Witched Toad
Stools (_The Book of Knight and Barbara_).

LINDSAY, MAUD: The Christmas Cake (_More Mother Stories_).

PARTRIDGE, E. N. and G. E.: Little Paulina’s Christmas
(_Story-Telling in the Home and School_).

Little Gretchen and the Wooden Shoe (_Storytellers’ Magazine_,
December, 1914).

The Christmas Visitor (_Storytellers’ Magazine_, December,
1913).

_January_

BALDWIN, JAMES: The Shepherd Boy Painter, Two Great Painters,
The King and the Bees, Our First Great Painter (_Fifty Famous
People_); Peter Woodland (_American Book of Golden Deeds_); The
Two Brothers (_Old Stories of the East_).

CABOT, ELLA L.: The Quails (_Ethics for Children_).

FARMER, J. F. V.: How Jean Found the Calf (_Boy and Girl
Heroes_).

GRIMM, JACOB: Old Sultan (_German Household Tales_).

HOLBROOK, FLORENCE: The Story of the First Moles (_A Book of
Nature Myths_).

PERRAULT, CHARLES: Beauty and the Beast (_Fairy Tales_).

SCUDDER, H. E.: The Stag at Stake (_Fables and Folk Stories_).

_February_

BALDWIN, JAMES: The Young Scout, The Lad Who Rode Sidesaddle
(_Fifty Famous People_).

BRYANT, SARA CONE: The Jackal and the Camel (_How to Tell
Stories to Children_).

CABOT, ELLA L.: Lincoln’s Unvarying Kindness (_Ethics for
Children_).

DAVIS, M. H., and CHOW-LEUNG: The Eagle and the Rice Birds
(_Chinese Fables and Folk Stories_).

HARRIS, J. C.: How Brer Bear’s Hair was Combed (_Little Mr.
Thimblefinger_).

HOLBROOK, FLORENCE: The Lantern and the Fan (_A Book of Nature
Myths_).

JACOBS, JOSEPH: Jack and the Golden Snuff Box (_English Fairy
Tales_).

OLCOTT, F. J.: George Washington and the Colt (_Good Stories
for Great Holidays_).

SCUDDER, HORACE E.: The Fair One with the Golden Locks (_The
Children’s Book_); The Four Bulls and the Lion (_Fables and
Folk Stories_); An Old Man and His Sons (_Fables and Folk
Stories_).

WILSON: The Virginia Boy (_Nature Study—Book 2_).

_March_

ANDERSEN, H. C.: The Loveliest Rose in the World (_Good Stories
for Great Holidays_).

BALDWIN, JAMES: The Whisperers, How a Prince Learned to Read,
Read and You Will Know, The Young Cupbearer (_Fifty Famous
People_).

CABOT, ELLA L.: The Broken Flower Pot (_Ethics for Children_).

HARRIS, J. C.: The Grandmother of the Dolls (_Little Mr.
Thimblefinger_).

HEBER, ELIZABETH: The Song of the Pine Tree (_A Child’s Story
Garden_).

JORDAN, DAVID STARR: Why the Parrot Was so Strong (_The Book of
Knight and Barbara_).

MILLER, MRS. H.: My First Bird (_True Bird Stories_).

OLCOTT, F. J.: A Lesson of Faith (_Good Stories for Great
Holidays_).

SLY, W. R.: The Generous Uncle and the Selfish Nephew (_World
Stories Retold_).

STEVENSON, MRS. E. S.: The White Hare (_Days and Deeds_).

WIGGIN, K. D., and SMITH, N. A.: The Emperor’s Bird’s Nest
(_The Fairy Ring_).

_April_

BALDWIN, JAMES: The Sons of the Caliph, The Boy and the Robbers
(_Fifty Famous People_); The Bell of Atri (_Fifty Famous
Stories Retold_).

BRYANT, SARA CONE: The Tailor and the Three Beasts (_Stories to
Tell to Children_).

COWLES, J. D.: The Queen’s Necklace (_The Art of
Story-Telling_).

DAVIS, M. H., and CHOW-LEUNG: The Mule and the Lion, The Fish
and the Flowers (_Chinese Fables and Folk Stories_).

FARMER, J. F. V.: A Brave Russian Girl (_Boy and Girl Heroes_).

LYMAN, EDNA: The Princess Moonbeam, The Boastful Bamboo, The
Mirror of Matsuyama (_Story-Telling: What to Tell and How to
Tell It_).

MILLER, MRS. H.: Doctor Dot, How the Dog Interfered (_True Bird
Stories_).

_May_

BALDWIN, JAMES: A Clever Slave, The Story of a Great Story,
The King and the Page, Why He Carried the Turkey, The Caliph
and the Gardener, Saved by a Dolphin, The General and the Fox
(_Fifty Famous People_).

DAVIS, M. H., and CHOW-LEUNG: The Wind, the Clouds, and the
Snow (_Chinese Fables and Folk Stories_).

JUDD, M. C.: The Legend of the Arbutus (_Wigwam Stories_).

JUDSON, K. B.: The Miser of Takhoma (_Myths and Legends of the
Pacific Northwest_).

LYMAN, EDNA: The White Hare and the Crocodiles, The Tongue-Cut
Sparrow (_Story-Telling: What to Tell and How to Tell It_).

NIXON-ROULET, MARY F.: Princess Moonbeam (_Japanese Folk
Stories_).

SCUDDER, HORACE E.: Clever Alice (_Fables and Folk Stories_).

SLY, W. R.: The Shepherd Boy Who Slew a Giant (_World Stories
Retold_).

_June_

BALDWIN, JAMES: The Cowherd Who Became a Poet, The Lover of
Men, The Charcoal Man and the King (_Fifty Famous People_).

BLUMENTHAL, VERRA X. K. DE: The Tsarevna Frog, Seven Simeons,
The Language of Birds (_Folk Tales from the Russian_).

ENGLISH, THOMAS: The Ax of Ranier, The Black Cat (_Fairy
Stories and Wonder Tales_).

GRIMM, JACOB: The Three Little Men in the Wood, The Three
Languages, The Little Farmer (_German Household Tales_).

NIXON-ROULET, M. F.: The Boastful Bamboo (_Japanese Folk
Stories_).

POULSSON, EMILIE: Knut Spelevink, The Princess Lindagull, Sikku
and the Trolls, Sampo Lappelil (_Top of the World Series_).

FOURTH GRADE

_September_

BALDWIN, JAMES: The Great Chief (_Old Stories of the East_);
The Charcoal Man and the King (_Fifty Famous People_).

BROWN, A. L., and BELL, J. M.: Why the White Bear Lives Alone
(_Tales of the Red Children_).

BRYANT, SARA CONE: The Castle of Fortune (_Stories to Tell to
Children_).

CABOT, ELLA L.: The Two Travelers (_Ethics for Children_).

CATHER, KATHERINE DUNLAP: Pan and His Pipes (_Pan and His Pipes
and Other Stories_).

GRIMM, JACOB: Six Soldiers of Fortune, The Little House in the
Wood, The Three Trades (_German Household Tales_).

LANG, ANDREW: The Fisherman and His Wife (_Green Fairy Book_).

RAMASWAMI, RAJU: The Hammer and the Anvil (_Indian Fables_).

DE LA RAMÉE, L.: The Nürnberg Stove (WIGGIN and SMITH: _The
Story Hour_).

_October_

BALDWIN, JAMES: The Master of the Nile (_Old Stories of the
East_); Partners (_American Book of Golden Deeds_); Which Was
King? (_Fifty Famous People_).

BRYANT, SARA CONE: Why the Water in Rivers Is Never Still (_How
to Tell Stories to Children_).

CABOT, ELLA L.: The Jack o’ Lantern (_Ethics for Children_).

CATHER, KATHERINE DUNLAP: The Tortoise That Gave the World
Music (_Pan and His Pipes and Other Stories_).

HARRIS, J. C.: The Witch of the Well (_Little Mr.
Thimblefinger_).

JACOBS, JOSEPH: Mr. Fox (_English Fairy Tales_).

LANG, ANDREW: The Story of Caliph Stork (_Green Fairy Book_).

MABIE, H. W.: The Badger’s Money (_Folk Tales Every Child
Should Know_).

OLCOTT, F. J.: Shippeitaro, Burg’s Hill’s on Fire, The King of
Cats (_Good Stories for Great Holidays_).

_November_

ALDEN, R. M.: The Knights of the Silver Shield (_Why the Chimes
Rang_).

BALDWIN, JAMES: The Golden Tripod (_Fifty Famous People_).

CATHER, KATHERINE DUNLAP: The Holy Bird (_Story of Music in
China—Pan and His Pipes and Other Stories_).

DAUDET, ALPHONSE: The Last Lesson (_How to Tell Stories to
Children_).

HARRIS, J. C.: Brer Terrapin’s Fiddle String (_Little Mr.
Thimblefinger_).

HOWELLS, W. D.: Turkeys Turning the Tables (_Christmas Every
Day_).

JUDD, M. C.: The Marriage of Mondahmin (_Wigwam Stories_).

LANG, ANDREW: Rosanella (_Green Fairy Book_).

MACMANUS, SEUMAS: Manis, the Miller (_Donegal Fairy Tales_).

SCHAUFFLER, R. H. (Ed.): The First Thanksgiving Day in New
England, Jericho Bob, Ann Mary’s Two Thanksgivings, Polly’s
Thanksgiving (_Thanksgiving_).

SLY, W. R.: The Little Lame Prince (_World Stories Retold_).

ZITKALA-SA: The Badger and the Bear (_Old Indian Legends_).

_December_

ANDERSEN, H. C.: The Little Match Girl (_Fairy Tales_).

BRYANT, SARA CONE: Fulfilled (_How to Tell Stories to
Children_).

CATHER, KATHERINE DUNLAP: A Star and a Song, The Harp King
Alfred Played (_Pan and His Pipes and Other Stories_).

COOLIDGE: Little Roger’s Night in Church (SCHAUFFLER:
_Christmas_).

DAVIS, M. H., and CHOW-LEUNG: The Proud Fox and the Crab, How
the Moon Became Beautiful (_Chinese Fables and Folk Stories_).

DICKENS, CHARLES: The Christmas Goose at the Cratchits’
(SCHAUFFLER: _Christmas_).

DODGE, M. M.: The Festival of St. Nicholas (SCHAUFFLER:
_Christmas_).

MILLER, MRS. H.: Christmas in a Baggage Car, Lottie’s Christmas
Tree (_Kristy’s Rainy Day Picnics_).

OLCOTT, F. J.: The Christmas Cuckoo (_Good Stories for Great
Holidays_).

POULSSON, EMILIE: A Legend of Mercy (_Top of the World Series_).

STEIN, EVALEEN: Felix (_Troubadour Tales_).

_January_

CABOT, ELLA L., The Good Bishop, The Banyan Deer (_Ethics for
Children_).

CATHER, KATHERINE DUNLAP: Stephen, the Child Crusader (_Pan and
His Pipes and Other Stories_).

COWLES, J. D.: Robin Hood and Sir Richard at Lee, King Midas’
Ears (_The Art of Story-Telling_).

DAVIS, M. H., and CHOW-LEUNG: The Melon and the Professor
(_Chinese Fables and Folk Stories_).

FARMER, J. F. V.: Roland and the Jewel, David, the Brave
Shepherd Boy (_Boy and Girl Heroes_).

JUDD, M. C.: The Face of Manitou on the Rock (_Wigwam Stories_).

MACMANUS, SEUMAS: Conal, Donal, and Taig (_Donegal Fairy
Tales_).

PARTRIDGE, E. N. and G. E.: The Judgment Seat of Vikramaditya
(_Story-Telling in the Home and School_).

POULSSON, EMILIE: The Testing of the Two Knights (_Top of the
World Stories_).

_February_

BROWN, A. L., and BELL, J. M.: The Cleft Mountain (_Tales of
the Red Children_).

CABOT, ELLA L.: A Soldier’s Pardon, The Sympathy of Abraham
Lincoln (_Ethics for Children_).

CATHER, KATHERINE DUNLAP: When Knighthood Was in Flower (_Pan
and His Pipes and Other Stories_).

DAVIS, M. H., and CHOW-LEUNG: The Children and the Dog
(_Chinese Fables and Folk Stories_).

FARMER, J. F. V.: At the Ford of the Tribute (_Boy and Girl
Heroes_).

GRIMM, JACOB: Jorinda and Joringel (_German Household Tales_).

LANG, ANDREW: The War Horse of Alexander (_The Animal Story
Book_).

MOORE, CHARLES W.: A Backwoods Boyhood (_Abraham Lincoln_).

POULSSON, EMILIE: The Forest Witch (_Top of the World Stories_).

TAPPAN, EVA M.: Dolly Madison (_American Hero Stories_); How
Cats Came to Purr (_Cat Stories Retold from St. Nicholas_).

_March_

BOYESEN, H. H.: Thorwald and the Star Children (_Modern
Vikings_).

BRYANT, SARA CONE: The Dagada’s Harp (_Stories to Tell to
Children_).

CATHER, KATHERINE DUNLAP: The Violin Makers of Cremona (_Pan
and His Pipes and Other Stories_).

FARMER, J. F. V.: Noel Duval, How a Boy Saved a Queen, The
Sword of King Arthur (_Boy and Girl Heroes_).

KOROLENKO, Z.: Hot Cross Buns (_The Book of Easter_).

PARTRIDGE, E. N. and G. E.: Glooscap and the Great Wind Bird
(_Story-Telling in the Home and School_).

RAMASWAMI RAJU: The Workman and the Trees (_Indian Fables_).

SLY, W. R.: Grace Darling, The Slave Girl Who Helped a Great
Captain (_World Stories Retold_).

_April_

BLUMENTHAL, VERRA X. K. DE: Ivanoushka the Simpleton, Woe
Bogotir, Baba Yaga, Dimian the Peasant, The Golden Mountain
(_Folk Tales from the Russian_).

CATHER, KATHERINE DUNLAP: The Songs of Hiawatha (_Pan and His
Pipes and Other Stories_).

FARMER, J. F. V.: The Young Hannibal (_Boy and Girl Heroes_).

LANG, ANDREW: Cowper’s Hares (_The Animal Story Book_).

OLCOTT, F. J.: The Boy Who Became a Robin, The Quails, The
Greedy Geese (_Good Stories for Great Holidays_).

PARTRIDGE, E. N. and G. E.: The Ride of Paul Revere
(_Story-Telling in the Home and School_).

_May_

BALDWIN, JAMES: Androclus and the Lion (_Fifty Famous Stories
Retold_).

CATHER, KATHERINE DUNLAP: The Holy Grail (_Pan and His Pipes
and Other Stories_).

COWLES, J. D.: The Coming of Arthur (_The Art of
Story-Telling_).

DAVIS, M. H., and CHOW-LEUNG: The Thief and the Elephant,
The Hen and the Mountain Turtle (_Chinese Fables and Folk
Stories_).

HARRISON, ELIZABETH: The Story of Decoration Day (_In Story
Land_).

HOLBROOK, FLORENCE: The Story of the First Mocking Bird (_Book
of Nature Myths_).

OLCOTT, F. J.: The Wonder Tree, The Blue Jay (_Good Stories for
Great Holidays_).

STEVENSON, MRS. E. S.: The Origin of Memorial Day (_Days and
Deeds_).

A Rat Tale (_Cat Stories Retold from St. Nicholas_).

_June_

BROWN, A. J., and BELL, J. M.: The Story of Ithenhiels (_Tales
of the Red Children_).

FARMER, J. F. V.: Betty Lane (_Boy and Girl Heroes_).

PRICE, L. L.: The Legs of Duncan Ketcham (_Lads and Lassies of
Other Days_).

SLY, W. R.: The Emperor and the Goose Boy, Betsy Ross and
the Flag, How America was Named, The Fairy Godfather of the
Orchards (_World Stories Retold_).

TAPPAN, E. M.: The Star-Spangled Banner, A Flag Incident,
General Scott and the Stars and Stripes (_Good Stories for
Great Holidays_).

FIFTH GRADE

_September_

BALDWIN, JAMES: Ezekiel and Daniel (_American Book of Golden
Deeds_); The Forging of Balmung (_Hero Tales_).

BROWN, ABBIE F.: The Dwarf Giants (_In the Days of Giants_).

EASTMAN, C. A. and E.: The Buffalo and the Field Mouse (_Smoky
Day’s Wigwam Evenings_).

HARRIS, J. C.: Mr. Fox and Miss Goose (_Nights with Uncle
Remus_).

JACOBS, JOSEPH: Master of All Masters (_English Fairy Tales_).

JUDD, M. C.: Wampum, or Indian Money (_Wigwam Stories_).

KINGSLEY, CHARLES: How They Built the Good Ship Argo in Icolos
(_Greek Heroes_).

KIPLING, RUDYARD: Mowgli’s Brothers (_Jungle Book_).

Bessie’s Escape (_Panther Stories Retold from St. Nicholas_).

_October_

BALDWIN, JAMES: Columbus and the Egg (_Thirty More Famous
Stories_); The Tombs Angel (_American Book of Golden Deeds_).

EASTMAN, C. A. and E.: The Frogs and the Crane (_Smoky Day’s
Wigwam Evenings_).

HIGGINSON, T. W.: How Diego Mendez Got Food for Columbus
(_American Explorers_).

IRVING, WASHINGTON: Columbus at La Rabida (OLCOTT: _Good
Stories for Great Holidays_).

JACOBS, JOSEPH: The Field Boliauns (_Celtic Fairy Tales_).

KIPLING, RUDYARD: Kaa’s Hunting (_Jungle Book_).

LAMARTINE, DE: The Mutiny (OLCOTT: _Good Stories for Great
Holidays_).

MILLER, JOAQUIN: A Bear on Fire (_True Bear Stories_).

MOORE, CHARLES W.: Guanahani (_Christopher Columbus_).

Bertholde (_Stories of the Middle Ages Retold from St.
Nicholas_).

_November_

BALDWIN, JAMES: The Red Cross (_American Book of Golden Deeds_).

GRIMM, JACOB: The Robber Bridegroom, The Youth Who Could Not
Shiver nor Shake (_German Household Tales_).

KIPLING, RUDYARD: How Fear Came (_First Jungle Book_).

PUMPHREY, M. B.: The Indians and the Jack o’ Lantern, The Sword
of Miles Standish, The Voyage of the Mayflower, Water Babies
(_Pilgrim Stories_).

PYLE, HOWARD: How Robin Hood Became an Outlaw (_Some Merry
Adventures of Robin Hood_).

WARNER, C. D.: The Coming of Thanksgiving (_Being a Boy_).

An Old-Time Thanksgiving (_Indian Stories Retold from St.
Nicholas_).

The Story of the Sphinx (_Stories of the Ancient World Retold
from St. Nicholas_).

_December_

BALDWIN, JAMES: Damon and Pythias (_Fifty Famous Stories
Retold_).

KIPLING, RUDYARD: The Red Flower (_Jungle Book_).

OLCOTT, F. J.: The Thunder Oak (_Good Stories for Great
Holidays_).

PYLE, HOWARD: Robin Hood’s Adventure with the Tinker, The
Sheriff’s Shooting Match (_Some Merry Adventures of Robin
Hood_).

STEIN, EVALEEN: Felix (_Troubadour Tales_).

STOCKTON, FRANK R.: Christmas before Last (_The Bee Man of
Orn_).

WALSH, K.: St. Nicholas and the Robbers (_The Story of Santa
Claus_).

WILDE, OSCAR: The Star-Child (_The Happy Prince_).

How Uncle Sam Observes Christmas (_Our Holidays Retold from St.
Nicholas_).

The First Christmas Tree in New England (_Colonial Stories
Retold from St. Nicholas_).

_January_

BALDWIN, JAMES: The Bootblack from Ann Street (_American Book
of Golden Deeds_).

BRYANT, SARA CONE: The Red Thread of Courage (_How to Tell
Stories_).

CABOT, ELLA LYMAN: The Persian and His Three Sons (_Ethics for
Children_).

HARRIS, J. C.: Brer Fox Catches Brer Rabbit (_Nights with Uncle
Remus_).

HOLLAND, R. S.: The Boys of Devon (_Historic Boyhoods_).

KIPLING, RUDYARD: Tiger! Tiger! (_The Jungle Book_).

MILLER, JOAQUIN: Music-Loving Bears (_True Bear Stories_).

PYLE, HOWARD: Robin Hood Saves Will Sutley’s Life, The
Sheriff’s Visit to Robin Hood (_Some Merry Adventures of Robin
Hood_).

The Boyhood of Michelangelo (_Stories of the Middle Ages Retold
from St. Nicholas_).

_February_

BALDWIN, JAMES: Following the Surveyor’s Chain (_Fifty Famous
People_); The Great Law-Giver (_Old Stories of the East_).

BRYANT, SARA CONE: David and Goliath (_Stories to Tell to
Children_).

KIPLING, RUDYARD: Letting in the Jungle (_Second Jungle Book_).

OLCOTT, F. J.: Young George Washington and the Colt (_Good
Stories for Great Holidays_).

SCHAUFFLER, R. H.: Choosing Abe Lincoln Captain (_Lincoln’s
Birthday_).

TOMLINSON, EVERETT: How George Washington Was Made Commander in
Chief (_The War for Independence_).

A New Leaf from Washington’s Boy Life (_Colonial Stories Retold
from St. Nicholas_).

How Moses Was Emancipated (_Civil War Stories Retold from St.
Nicholas_).

_March_

BALDWIN, JAMES: The Story of Regulus (_Fifty Famous Stories
Retold_).

BRYANT, SARA CONE: Tarpeia (_How to Tell Stories to Children_).

CATHER, KATHERINE DUNLAP: When Mozart Raced with Marie
Antoinette (_Boyhood Stories_).

EASTMAN, C. A. and E.: The Falcon and the Duck (_Smoky Day’s
Wigwam Evenings_).

HARRIS, J. C.: How Brer Fox Was Too Smart (_Nights with Uncle
Remus_).

KIPLING, RUDYARD: Red Dog (_Second Jungle Book_).

PYLE, HOWARD: Robin Hood and His Men before Queen Eleanor
(_Some Merry Adventures of Robin Hood_).

SCHMIDT, CANON: The Easter Eggs.

The Fire Cat (_Panther Stories Retold from St. Nicholas_).

The General’s Easter Box (_Our Holidays Retold from St.
Nicholas_).

_April_

BALDWIN, JAMES: Ogier the Dane (_The Story of Roland_); Grace
Darling, Alfred the Great (_Fifty Famous Stories Retold_).

BOLTON, S. K.: Garibaldi (_Lives of Poor Boys Who Became
Famous_).

HARRIS, J. C.: Brer Rabbit’s Astonishing Prank (_Nights with
Uncle Remus_).

JACOBS, JOSEPH: Hudden and Dudden and Donald O’Neary (_Celtic
Fairy Tales_).

KIPLING, RUDYARD: The Spring Running (_Second Jungle Book_).

PYLE, HOWARD: Robin Hood and Guy of Gisbourne (_Some Merry
Adventures of Robin Hood_).

SETON, ERNEST THOMPSON: Monarch, the Big Bear of Tallac.

STOCKTON, FRANK R.: Old Pipes and the Dryad (LYMAN:
_Story-Telling, What to Tell and How to Tell It_).

_May_

BALDWIN, JAMES: The Man Whose Eye Was Open (_Old Stories of the
East_); La Salle (_The Discovery of the Old Northwest_); Ogier
and Roland Knighted, How Ogier Won Sword and Horse, A Roland
for an Oliver (_The Story of Roland_).

CATHER, KATHERINE DUNLAP: How a Boy Saved Lucerne, The Duty
That Wasn’t Paid.

OLCOTT, F. J.: The Legend of the Spring Beauty, The Fairy
Tulips, Two Hero Stories of the Civil War (_Good Stories for
Great Holidays_).

PYLE, HOWARD: The Death of Robin Hood (_Some Merry Adventures
of Robin Hood_).

_June_

BALDWIN, JAMES: How Ogier Refused a Kingdom (_The Story of
Roland_); William Tell (_Fifty Famous Stories Retold_); The
Heroine of Fort Henry (_American Book of Golden Deeds_).

BROOKS, E. S.: William the Conqueror (_Historic Boys_).

CABOT, ELLA LYMAN: Margaret of New Orleans (_Ethics for
Children_).

CATHER, KATHERINE DUNLAP: The Luck Boat of Lake Geneva.

OLCOTT, F. J.: General Scott and the Stars and Stripes (_Good
Stories for Great Holidays_).

SLY, W. J.: Betsy Ross and the Flag (_World Stories Retold_).

SIXTH GRADE

_September_

BROWN, ABBIE F.: The Giant Builder (_In the Days of Giants_).

CABOT, ELLA LYMAN: David and Jonathan (_Ethics for Children_).

JUDD, M. C.: The Legend of Niagara Falls (_Wigwam Stories_).

KIPLING, RUDYARD: Weland’s Sword (_Puck of Pook’s Hill_).

LANG, JEANIE: The Story of General Gordon.

OLCOTT, F. J.: Bill Brown’s Test, The Speaking Statue, The
Champion Stone Cutter (_Good Stories for Great Holidays_).

RAGOZIN, Z. A.: Beowulf Comes to Daneland (_Siegfried and
Beowulf_).

RHEAD, J. S.: The Story of the Fisherman (_Arabian Nights_).

TOLSTOÏ, LEO: Truth is Mighty and Will Prevail (CABOT: _Ethics
for Children_).

_October_

GRIMM, JACOB: The Godfather (_German Household Tales_).

HARRIS, J. C.: Brer Rabbit Takes Exercise (_Nights with Uncle
Remus_).

HAWTHORNE, NATHANIEL: Pandora (_Wonder-Book_).

IRVING, WASHINGTON: The Discovery of Land (_Life of Christopher
Columbus_).

PERRY, E. L., and BEEBE, KATHERINE: George Rogers Clark (_Four
American Pioneers_).

RAGOZIN, Z. A.: The Combat with Grendel (_Siegfried and
Beowulf_).

RHEAD, J. S.: Abou Mohammed the Lazy (_Arabian Nights_).

TOLSTOÏ, LEO: Where Love Is, There God Is Also (CABOT: _Ethics
for Children_).

All Hallow Eve Myths (_Our Holidays Retold from St. Nicholas_).

For additional Columbus Day material see “The Son of Columbus”
by Mollie Elliot Seawell.

_November_

BRADLEY, WILL: Hans the Wise, Nip and Tuck (_The Wonder Box_).

BROWN, ABBIE F.: The Magic Apples (_In the Days of Giants_).

HARRIS, J. C.: Brer Wolf Says Grace (_Nights with Uncle
Remus_).

OLCOTT, F. J.: The Ears of Wheat, How Indian Corn Came into the
World (_Good Stories for Great Holidays_).

PUMPHREY, M. B.: Samoset, The Treaty of Peace, The Little
Captives (_Pilgrim Stories_).

RAGOZIN, Z. A.: Grendel Avenged, Beowulf Returns to His Own
Land (_Siegfried and Beowulf_).

RHEAD, J. S.: Abou Hassan the Wag (_Arabian Nights_).

_December_

DICKENS, CHARLES: Christmas at Fezziwig’s Warehouse
(SCHAUFFLER: _Christmas_).

DYER, WALTER: The Baby Camel That Walked to Jesus.

LAGERLÖF, SELMA: The Holy Night (_Christ Legends_).

PUMPHREY, M. B.: The Christmas Candle (_Pilgrim Stories_).

RAGOZIN, Z. A.: Beowulf’s Victory and Death (_Siegfried and
Beowulf_).

RICE, ALICE HEGAN: Betty’s Best Christmas (_St. Nicholas_,
December, 1916).

SKINNER, CHARLES M.: The Legend of the Mountain Ash (_Myths of
Plants, Trees, and Flowers_).

TOLSTOÏ, LEO: Evil Allures but Good Endures (CABOT: _Ethics for
Children_).

WALSH, K.: St. Nicholas and the Slave Boy (_The Story of Santa
Claus_).

_January_

BRADLEY, WILL: Snip and Stitch (_The Wonder Box_).

CABOT, ELLA LYMAN: A Lesson for Kings (_Ethics for Children_).

EGGLESTON, EDWARD: The Troublesome Burglars (_Strange Stories
from History_).

JUDD, M. C.: How Indians Came to Know Medicine Plants (_Wigwam
Stories_).

MACLEOD, R.: A Great Feast and a Great Battle, The Marriage of
Guinevere and Arthur and the Founding of the Round Table (_King
Arthur and His Noble Knights_).

SLY, W. R.: The Golden Scepter in the Palace of the Lily
(_World Stories Retold_).

STEVENSON, MRS. E. S.: A New Year’s Talk (_Days and Deeds_).

STONE, G. L.: The Legend of the Oak (_Trees in Prose and
Poetry_).

A Chinese New Year in California (_Our Holidays Retold from St.
Nicholas_).

A Spanish Tale (_Fairy Stories Retold from St. Nicholas_).

_February_

BROOKS, E. S.: The Clary Grove Boys (_Abraham Lincoln_).

EGGLESTON, EDWARD: Young Washington in the Woods, How a
Scullion Became a Sculptor (_Strange Stories from History_).

GALLAGHER, J. E.: Lincoln’s Good Memory of Names (_Best Lincoln
Stories_).

MACLEOD, R.: King Arthur and Sir Accalon, How King Arthur
Fought with a Giant (_King Arthur and His Noble Knights_).

MOORE, CHARLES W.: Lincoln and the Unjust Client (_Abraham
Lincoln_).

OLCOTT, F. J.: Washington at Yorktown (_Good Stories for Great
Holidays_).

_March_

BALDWIN, JAMES: King Richard and Blondel (_Thirty More Famous
Stories_).

BRADLEY, WILL: The Master Makes a Bargain (_The Wonder Box_).

EGGLESTON, EDWARD: The Prince Who Could Not Stay Dead (_Strange
Stories from History_).

HAUFF, WILHELM: The Peddler and the Powder (_Caravan Tales_).

HOLLAND, R. S.: Daniel Boone (_Historic Boyhoods_).

MACLEOD, R.: Sir Brune, Sir Ivaine (_King Arthur and His Noble
Knights_).

MARDEN, O. S.: How the Children Saved Hamburg (_Winning Out_).

PRICE, L. L.: Abraham and Isaac (_Wandering Heroes_).

_April_

BALDWIN, JAMES: As Rich as Crœsus (_Thirty More Famous
Stories_).

BROWN, ABBIE F.: Saint Kentigern and the Robin (_Book of Saints
and Friendly Beasts_).

DICKENS, CHARLES: A Child’s Dream of a Star (OLCOTT: _Good
Stories for Great Holidays_).

EGGLESTON, EDWARD: The Story of Catherine (_Strange Stories
from History_).

HAUFF, WILHELM: The Mystic Word (_Caravan Tales_).

HOLLAND, R. S.: Lafayette, the Boy of Versailles (_Historic
Boyhoods_).

MACLEOD, R.: Sir Balin, Sir Gareth the Kitchen Boy (_King
Arthur and His Noble Knights_).

PRICE, L. L.: Joseph (_Wandering Heroes_).

_May_

ANDERSEN, H. C.: The Daisy (_Wonder Stories Told to Children_).

EGGLESTON, EDWARD: The Sad Story of a Boy King (_Strange
Stories from History_).

GILBERT, ARIADNE: Beloved of Men and Dogs (_More than
Conquerors_).

HAUFF, WILHELM: The Captive Owl (_Caravan Tales_).

HAWTHORNE, NATHANIEL: The Pomegranate Seeds (_Tanglewood
Tales_).

MACLEOD, R.: Sir Launcelot and His Friends, Sir Tristram,
How Sir Tristram Came to Camelot (_King Arthur and His Noble
Knights_).

STEVENSON, MRS. E. S.: The Origin of Memorial Day (_Days and
Deeds_).

_June_

BALDWIN, JAMES: Webster and the Woodchuck (_Thirty More Famous
Stories_); Cornelia’s Jewels (_Fifty Famous Stories_).

HAUFF, WILHELM: The Hall of Sorcerers (_Caravan Tales_).

JORDAN, DAVID STARR: The Story of a Salmon.

JUDSON, KATHARINE B.: Why the Sierra Nevada is Higher than the
Coast Range (_Myths of California and the Old Southwest_).

MACLEOD, R.: The Quest of the Holy Grail, The Death of King
Arthur (_King Arthur and His Noble Knights_).

PRICE, L. L.: Moses (_Wandering Heroes_).

SEVENTH GRADE

_September_

AUSTIN, MARY: The Basket Woman.

BRADISH, SARAH P.: Sigmund Wins the Sword (_Old Norse Stories_).

BROWN, ABBIE F.: St. Bridget and the King’s Wolf (_Book of
Saints and Friendly Beasts_).

CABOT, ELLA LYMAN: The Risks of a Fireman’s Life (_Ethics for
Children_).

MARDEN, O. S.: The Blacksmith’s Boy (_Winning Out_).

PRICE, L. L.: Prince Siddârtha (_Wandering Heroes_).

RHEAD, J. S.: The Voyages of Sindbad the Sailor (_Arabian
Nights_).

STEVENSON, MRS. E. S.: History of Labor Day (_Days and Deeds_).

WARMAN, CY: Jack Farley’s Flying Switch (_Short Rails_).

_October_

BRADISH, SARAH P.: Sigmund and Sinfiotli, The Death of Sigmund
(_Old Norse Heroes_).

HOLLAND, R. S.: Peter the Great, the Boy of the Kremlin
(_Historic Boyhoods_).

MOORE, CHARLES W.: In Search of the Grand Khan, The Garden of
Eden (_Christopher Columbus_).

PRICE, L. L.: The First Battle of Cyrus the Great (_Wandering
Heroes_).

RHEAD, J. S.: Coga Hassan (_Arabian Nights_).

STEVENSON, R. L.: Black Andie’s Tale of Tod Lapraik (_David
Balfour_).

STEVENSON, MRS. E. S.: The History of Hallowe’en.

_November_

ABBOTT, J. S. C.: The Humanity and Self-Denial of Miles
Standish. The Visit of Samoset (_Miles Standish_).

BALDWIN, JAMES: John Gutenberg and the Voices, The First
Printer (_Thirty More Famous Stories_).

BRADISH, SARAH P.: Regin’s Story, Forging the Sword (_Old Norse
Heroes_).

CATHER, KATHERINE DUNLAP: Jacopo, the Little Dyer (_Boyhood
Stories of Famous Men_).

HOLLAND, R. S.: Frederick the Great, the Boy of Potsdam
(_Historic Boyhoods_).

PRICE, L. L.: The Khan of the Silver Crown (_Wandering Heroes_).

_December_

AUSTIN, MARY: The Christmas Tree (_The Basket Woman_).

BRADISH, SARAH P.: Brynhild (_Old Norse Heroes_).

LAGERLÖF, SELMA: The Wise Men’s Well (_Christ Legends_).

OLCOTT, F. J.: The Three Kings of Cologne (_Good Stories for
Great Holidays_).

RHEAD, J. S.: Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp (_Arabian Nights_).

RICHARDS, LAURA E.: Tomorrow (_The Golden Windows_).

WALSH, K.: St. Nicholas and the Three Purses (_The Story of
Santa Claus_).

WIGGIN, K. D.: The Ruggles’ Christmas Dinner (_The Birds’
Christmas Carol_).

_January_

BALDWIN, JAMES: King John and Prince Arthur (_Thirty More
Famous Stories_).

BOUTET DE MONVEL, L. M.: The Story of Joan of Arc (_Joan of
Arc_).

BRADISH, SARAH P.: Sigurd and the Niblungs, The Wooing of
Brynhild, The Death of Sigurd (_Old Norse Stories_).

HOLLAND, R. S.: John Paul Jones, the Boy of the Atlantic
(_Historic Boyhoods_).

LAGERLÖF, SELMA: The Animals’ New Year’s Eve (_The Further
Adventures of Nils_).

OLCOTT, F. J.: The Twelve Months (_Good Stories for Great
Holidays_).

PRICE, L. L.: Clovis the Frank (_Wandering Heroes_).

RHEAD, J. S.: Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (_Arabian Nights_).

_February_

BALDWIN, JAMES: King John and the Magna Charta (_Thirty More
Famous Stories_).

DRAKE, S. A.: The Washington Elm (_New England Legends_).

GILBERT, ARIADNE: The Matterhorn of Men (_More than
Conquerors_).

HOLLAND, R. S.: Mozart the Boy of Salzburg, George Washington
the Boy of the Old Dominion (_Historic Boyhoods_).

LODGE, HENRY CABOT: He Resigns His Commission (_George
Washington_, Vol. I, page 338).

OLCOTT, F. J.: The Courage of His Convictions (_Good Stories
for Great Holidays_).

PRICE, L. L.: The Dwarf of Attila the Hun (_Wandering Heroes_).

SCHAUFFLER, R. H.: Anecdotes and Stories (_Washington’s
Birthday_).

TAPPAN, EVA M.: A Winter at Valley Forge (_American Hero
Stories_).

WHIPPLE, WAYNE: Lincoln’s First Dollar, A Feat of Mercy and
Strength (_The Story Life of Lincoln_).

_March_

BALDWIN, JAMES: Frederick Barbarossa (_Thirty More Famous
Stories_).

BROWN, ABBIE F.: Saint Wartburg and Her Goose (_Book of Saints
and Friendly Beasts_).

GILBERT, ARIADNE: Beethoven, the Deaf Musician (_More than
Conquerors_).

HAWTHORNE, NATHANIEL: The Liberty Tree (_Grandfather’s Chair_).

JACOBS, JOSEPH: The Dream of Owen Mulready (_More Celtic Fairy
Tales_).

PRICE, L. L.: The Saga of the Land of Grapes (_Wandering
Heroes_).

STEVENSON, MRS. E. S.: What Easter Is (_Days and Deeds_).

WIGGIN, K. D., and SMITH, NORA A.: The Lion, the Fox, and the
Story-Teller (_Talking Beast Fables from India_).

_April_

AUSTIN, MARY: The Merry-go-Round (_The Basket Woman_).

BALDWIN, JAMES: The Man in the Iron Mask (_Thirty More Famous
Stories_).

BROWN, ABBIE F.: Gerasimus and the Lion (_Book of Saints and
Friendly Beasts_).

BURROUGHS, JOHN: The Downy Woodpecker (_Bird Stories_).

HARRIS, J. C.: Why the Hawk Catches Chickens (_Uncle Remus and
His Friends_).

HOLLAND, R. S.: Horatio Nelson, the Boy of the Channel Fleet
(_Historic Boyhoods_).

JACOBS, JOSEPH: Jack, the Cunning Thief (_More Celtic Fairy
Tales_).

KOROLENKO, Z.: The Procession of Passion Week in Seville (_The
Book of Easter_).

PRICE, L. L.: Godwin and Knut (_Wandering Heroes_).

SETON, ERNEST THOMPSON: Arnaux, the Chronicle of a Homing
Pigeon (_Animal Heroes_).

_May_

AUSTIN, MARY: The Coyote Spirit and the Weaving Woman (_The
Basket Woman_).

BALDWIN, JAMES; Hannibal, the Boy of Carthage (_Thirty More
Famous Stories_).

DYER, WALTER A.: The Opening of the Eyes of Jasper (_The Richer
Life_).

HARRIS, J. C.: Brer Bear and the Honey (_Uncle Remus and His
Friends_).

HAWTHORNE, NATHANIEL: The May Pole at Merry Mount (_Twice Told
Tales_).

HOLLAND, R. S.: Robert Fulton, the Boy of Conestoga (_Historic
Boyhoods_).

LANSING, M. F.: Godfrey, a Knight of the Crusades (_Page,
Esquire, and Knight_).

PARTRIDGE, E. N. and G. E.: The Boy Abraham (_Story-Telling in
the Home and School_).

SCUDDER, HORACE E.: The Monk and the Bird (LYMAN:
_Story-Telling: What to Tell and How to Tell It_).

_June_

BALDWIN, JAMES: Friar Bacon and the Brazen Head (_Thirty More
Famous Stories_).

GILBERT, ARIADNE: The Star Showers Baby (_More than
Conquerors_).

HARRIS, J. C.: Why Brer Bull Growls and Grumbles (_Uncle Remus
and His Friends_).

HOLLAND, R. S.: Andrew Jackson, the Boy of the Carolinas
(_Historic Boyhoods_).

JORDAN, DAVID STARR: Agassiz at Penikese, A Cuban Fisherman,
How the Trout Came to California, The Story of a Strange Land,
The Fate of Icodorum (_Science Stories_).

LANSING, M. F.: St. George and the Dragon (_Page, Esquire, and
Knight_).

PHELPS, E. S.: David and Jonathan (_David and Jonathan_).

SLY, W. R.: The Heroine of Gettysburg, The Man Who Wrote
“America,” Jenny Lind, Singer (_World Stories Retold_).

The Story of the Star-Spangled Banner (_St. Nicholas_, June,
1914).

EIGHTH GRADE

_September_

BROOKS, E. S.: Helena of Britain (_Historic Girls_).

CATHER, KATHERINE DUNLAP: The Boy of Cadore, The Joyous
Vagabond (_Boyhood Stories of Famous Men_).

CHAPIN, ANNA ALICE: Parsifal, a Knight of the Grail (_The Story
of Parsifal_).

DYER, WALTER A.: The Vision of Anton the Clockmaker (_The
Richer Life_).

HOLLAND, R. S.: Napoleon Bonaparte (_Historic Boyhoods_).

MACMANUS, SEUMAS: Billy Beg and His Bull (_In Chimney Corners_).

RENNINGER, E. D.: Rustem, the Wonder Child, Rustem, the Young
Warrior (_The Story of Rustem_).

_October_

DICKENS, CHARLES: The Speaking Rat (_The Uncommercial
Traveller_).

IRVING, WASHINGTON: The First Landing of Columbus in the New
World, The Building of the Fortress La Navidad, Reception of
Columbus by the Spanish Court at Barcelona, Columbus and His
Brothers Arrested and Sent to Spain, The Death of Columbus
(_Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus_); The Devil and Tom
Walker (_Tales of a Traveller_).

RENNINGER, E. D.: The Seven Labors of Rustem, Rustem the
Pehliva (_The Story of Rustem_). (Omit the romance in this last
tale.)

STEVENSON, R. L.: The Bottle Imp (_Island Nights’
Entertainments_).

_November_