Chapter III: Foreword: vii

CHAPTER I

EXPOSITORY NARRATIVE 1

_David Starr Jordan_ The Story of a Salmon 3
_William Stearns Davis_ A Medieval Wedding 11
_John Corbin_ A Day in an Oxford College 20
_Eileen Power_ The Peasant Bodo 28
Selected Bibliography of Expository Narrative 47

CHAPTER II

INCIDENTS 48

_Incidents from the Life of Lord Frederick Hamilton_ 49
_Marguerite Audoux_ The Fiancée 52
_Mark Twain_ Jim Wolf and the Cats 56
_Stewart Edward White_ The Hunting Trip 59
Selected Bibliography of Incidents 70

CHAPTER III

HISTORICAL NARRATIVE 71

_Thomas Babington Macaulay_ The Black Hole of
Calcutta 73

_James Anthony Froude_ The Marriage of Henry
and Anne Boleyn 78

_Francis Parkman_ The Hardihood of La Salle 83
Selected Bibliography of Historical Narrative 92

CHAPTER IV

HISTORICAL FICTION 94

_James Branch Cabell_ The Story of the Fox-Brush 96
Selected Bibliography of Historical Fiction 117

CHAPTER V

TALES AND LEGENDS 118

_Selma Lagerlöf_ In Nazareth 122
_William Canton_ The Song of the Minster 127
_Anatole France_ Juggler to Our-Lady 132
_James Stevens_ Paul Bunyon 139
_Selma Lagerlöf_ The Legend of the Christmas Rose 156
Selected Bibliography of Legends and Tales 175

CHAPTER VI

FAIRY TALES, ALLEGORIES, PARABLES AND FABLES 176

_Eleanor Farjeon_ The King’s Barn 179
_Oscar Wilde_ The Happy Prince 211
_Olive Schreiner_ Truth 222
_The Contributor’s Club_, “The Atlantic Monthly”
A Parable for Philanthropists 235
_Robert Louis Stevenson_ The Tadpole and the Frog 239
Selected Bibliography of Fairy Tales, Allegories,
Parables and Fables 239

CHAPTER VII

BIOGRAPHICAL NARRATIVE 241

_Llewelyn Powys_ Beau Nash 243
_Lytton Strachey_ Lady Hester Stanhope 248
_Stephen Chalmers_ The Beloved Physician 258
Selected Bibliography of Biographical Narrative 279

CHAPTER VIII

REMINISCENT NARRATIVE 280

_Ludwig Lewisohn_ My Fate 283
_Laura Spencer Portor_ The Photograph 287
_Lord Frederick Hamilton_ My Childhood 293
_Henry W. Nevinson_ Shrewsbury School 300
_Kenneth Grahame_ The Burglars 310
_Juliet Soskice_ The Kitchen 318
Selected Bibliography of Reminiscent Narrative 327

CHAPTER IX

NARRATIVES OF ADVENTURE 328

_R. B. Townshend_ Wild Justice 331
_Herbert Quick_ The Blizzard 352
_J. H. Rosny_ The Attack of the Tiger 364
_Pierre Loti_ The Storm 372
Selected Bibliography of Narratives of Adventure 379

CHAPTER X

NARRATIVES OF TRAVEL 381

_Julian Street_ The Departure 384
_Christopher Morley_ Up the Wissahickon 390
_Robert Louis Stevenson_ Travels with a Donkey
Our Lady of the Snows--Father Apollinaris 394
The Monks 399
Selected Bibliography of Narratives of Travel 406

CHAPTER XI

SKETCHES 407

_Robert Louis Stevenson_ The Lantern Bearers 408
_Felix Timmermans_ Kermis Morning 414
_Grace E. Polk_ The Forger 422
_John Galsworthy_ Quality 427
Selected Bibliography of Sketches 435

CHAPTER XII

STORIES 436

_H. C. Bunner_ A Sisterly Scheme 439
_Francis Buzzell_ Lonely Places 450
_Guy de Maupassant_ Two Friends 467
_Willa Cather_ The Sculptor’s Funeral 475
Selected Bibliography of Short Stories 494

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