Chapter III: Part 3

“WILLIE WYLD,” three volumes, Natural History Stories: “VOYAGE TO THE ISLAND OF ZANZIBAR,” “HUNTING BIG GAME IN AFRICA,“ ”LOST IN THE JUNGLES OF AFRICA.” By William James Morrison, with an introduction by Dr. P. P. Claxton, United States Commissioner of Education. Price, 60 cents a vol. Publishing House M. E. Church South, Nashville, Tenn.

The wide circulation these books have had prove the author’s position that a story need not be a fairy story to hold a child’s attention, but that Natural History has a marvelous story of its own to tell. While the books are instructive, yet the narrative holds the attention to the end. The plot is original and so is the method. Dr. Claxton says in his Introduction, “All people like stories of adventure, boys and girls most of all. Our ancestors told them about their camp fires, at night, in the long winter and on the meadows and in the openings of the great forests in the long twilights of the summer.

“Dr. Morrison has become known among modern story tellers for his realistic stories of adventure in which are interwoven valuable information of strange lands, peoples and animals. The stories in ‘Willie Wyld’ were first told by Dr. Morrison to the children of Nashville, in the Children’s Reading Room of the Public Library of that city, and have been written down as told, hence their freshness, simplicity and realism. I have just read them at a sitting without skipping a sentence, and I am sure many another child will want to do the same.” A helpful set of books for boys and girls.

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THE ALDINE SERIES OF READERS: The Primer, 32 cents; 1st Reader, 36 cents; 2d Reader, 42 cents; 3d Reader, 48 cents; 4th Reader, 65 cents; 5th Reader, 75 cents; 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th Grade Readers, 48 cents each.

LEARNING TO READ. A Teachers’ Manual, 60 cents. By Frank E. Spaulding, Superintendent of Schools, Newton, Mass., and Catherine T. Bryce, Supervisor of Primary Schools, Newton, Mass. Newson & Company, New York.

These Readers are based on the Aldine Method of Teaching Reading, as explained in “Learning to Read,”—A Manual for Teachers. Attractive as they undoubtedly are, with Miss Webb’s delightful illustrations and the excellent general arrangement of the material, they are far more important in the means employed to attract and hold the child’s attention; in the way in which they arouse the child’s interest and stimulate and direct the child’s thought. The Aldine Method in reading is in reality the Story Telling method of teaching the child to read.

Thus, learning to read by the Aldine Method, or the story-telling method, appeals to the child as real pleasure; he enters upon the undertaking with the enthusiasm of his play and his recreation. It is an enthusiasm which does not easily tire.

Any teacher who is interested in the art of story telling as a means of instruction for young children will surely be interested in the Aldine Readers.

Story Tellers’ Leagues

THE STORYTELLERS’ MAGAZINE publishes for the convenience of those interested in the story telling movement a finding list of Story Tellers’ Leagues throughout the United States. Correspondence is invited in order to supply omissions caused by lack of information so that the MAGAZINE may be made as complete as possible.

Leagues marked with a * publish Year Books.

The National Story Tellers’ League

HOME OFFICE: 27 West Twenty-third Street, New York

Officers

Richard T. Wyche, President
27 West 23d St., N. Y.

James H. Van Sickle, Vice President
Superintendent of Schools, Springfield, Mass.

R. M. Hodge, Secretary
552 West 113th St., N. Y.

W. H. Keister, Treasurer
Superintendent of Schools, Harrisonburg, Va.

ALABAMA

BIRMINGHAM

STORY TELLERS’ LEAGUE
————, _President_
————, _Cor. Secretary_
P. O. Address—Care J. H. Phillips, Supt. Birmingham Public Schools

MONTEVALLO

*ALABAMA GIRLS’ TECHNICAL INSTITUTE
STORY TELLERS’ LEAGUE
Miss Myrtle Brooke, _President_
————, _Cor. Secretary_
P. O. Address—Alabama Girls’ Technical Institute, Montevallo, Ala.

TUSCUMBIA

STORY TELLERS’ LEAGUE
Miss Rayner Tillman, _President_
————, _Cor. Secretary_
P. O. Address—Care Public Schools, Tuscumbia, Ala.

ARKANSAS

LITTLE ROCK

*STORY TELLERS’ LEAGUE
Miss Grace Boyce, _President_
Miss Dora Hooper, _Cor. Secretary_
P. O. Address—Care Superintendent City Schools, Little Rock, Ark.

COLORADO

DENVER

STORY TELLERS’ LEAGUE
Miss Edwina Fallis, _President_
————, _Cor. Secretary_
P. O. Address—637 Franklin St., Denver, Col.

CONNECTICUT

HARTFORD

STORY TELLERS’ LEAGUE
Prof. E. P. St. John, _President_
Miss Ethel H. Wooster, _Secretary_
P. O. Address—Hartford School Religious Pedagogy, Hartford, Conn.

GEORGIA

ATHENS

“ROUND TABLE”
Prof. D. L. Earnest, _President_
Miss Janie Tharpe, _Cor. Secretary_
P. O. Address—State Normal, Athens, Ga.

ATLANTA

STORY TELLERS’ LEAGUE
Mr. George B. Hinman, _Hon. President_
Mrs. Charles Goodman, _President_
Mrs. Meta Barker, _Cor. Secretary_
P. O. Address—24 Park Lane, Ansley Park, Atlanta, Ga.

“JUST-SO” STORY TELLERS’ CLUB
Mr. Walter McElrath, _President_
Miss Meta Barker, _Secretary and Treasurer_
P. O. Address—68 East Avenue, Atlanta, Ga.

DALTON

STORY TELLERS’ LEAGUE
Mr. T. S. Lucas, _President_
————, _Cor. Secretary_
P. O. Address—Supt. City Schools, Dalton, Ga.

ILLINOIS

BLOOMINGTON

STORY TELLERS’ LEAGUE
Miss Frances E. Foote, _Hon. President_
Mrs. C. B. Hanson, _President_
Mrs. Perry B. Johnson, _Cor. Secretary_
P. O. Address—402 West Chestnut St., Bloomington, Ill.

CARBONDALE

STORY TELLERS’ LEAGUE
Miss Fadra R. Holmes, _President_
————, _Cor. Secretary_
P. O. Address—State Normal School, Carbondale, Ill.

CHICAGO

*STORY TELLERS’ LEAGUE. (Chicago Branch Natl. S. T. L.)
Miss Alice O’Grady, _President_
Miss Grace Hemingway, _Cor. Secretary_
P. O. Address—444 N. Oak Park Ave., Oak Park, Ill.

DECATUR

STORY CLUB
Miss Flora B. Smith, _President_
————, _Cor. Secretary_
P. O. Address—657 W. Main St., Decatur, Ill.

NORMAL

STORY TELLERS’ LEAGUE, Normal University
Frances E. Foote, _President_
Miss Ada Kreider, _Cor. Secretary_
P. O. Address—Normal University, Normal, Ill.

SPRINGFIELD

SANGAMON COUNTY STORY TELLERS’ LEAGUE
Miss Emma Grant, _President_
————, _Cor. Secretary_
P. O. Address, Care of Superintendent Schools, Springfield, Ill.

IOWA

DES MOINES

STORY TELLERS’ LEAGUE
Miss Jeanette Ezekiels, _President_
————, _Cor. Secretary_
P. O. Address—Kindergarten Dept., Drake University, Des Moines, Ia.

KANSAS

KANSAS CITY

STORY TELLERS’ LEAGUE
Miss Mary L. Dougherty, _President_
————, _Cor. Secretary_
P. O. Address—540 Oakland Ave., Kansas City, Kan.

TOPEKA

STORY TELLERS’ LEAGUE
Miss Linna E. Bresette, _President_
————, _Cor. Secretary_
P. O. Address—506 Polk St., Topeka, Kan.

KENTUCKY

COVINGTON

STORY TELLERS’ LEAGUE
Miss Lily Southgate, _President_
————, _Cor. Secretary_
P. O. Address—High School, Covington, Ky.

FORT THOMAS

STORY TELLERS’ LEAGUE
————, _President_
Miss Bessie J. White, _Cor. Secretary_
P. O. Address—Southgate Ave., Fort Thomas, Ky.

LOUISVILLE

STORY TELLERS’ LEAGUE
Miss Nannie Lee Frayser, _President_
————, _Cor. Secretary_
P. O. Address—University School, Louisville, Ky.

NEWPORT

CAMPBELL COUNTY STORY TELLERS’ LEAGUE
————, _President_
Miss Florence Savage, _Cor. Secretary_
P. O. Address—36 Home Ave., Newport, Ky.

LOUISIANA

NEW ORLEANS

*STORY TELLERS’ LEAGUE
Miss Eleanor Payne, _President_
Miss Ida Barnett, _Cor. Secretary_
P. O. Address—1631 Octavia St., New Orleans, La.

SHREVEPORT

STORY TELLERS’ LEAGUE
Miss Pearl Fortson, _President_
————, _Cor. Secretary_
P. O. Address—High School, Shreveport, La.

MASSACHUSETTS

WORCESTER

STORY TELLERS’ CLUB
Miss Edna Collamore, _President_
Miss Mary Woodward, _Cor. Secretary_
P. O. Address—40 Merrick St., Worcester, Mass.

MICHIGAN

ADRIAN

*STORY TELLERS’ LEAGUE
Miss Nellie Stow, _President_
Miss Fanny Rich, _Cor. Secretary_
P. O. Address—Care Public Library, Adrian, Mich.

CALUMET

STORY TELLERS’ LEAGUE
Mrs. Robert Wetzel, _President_
Miss Ella Josey, _Cor. Secretary_
P. O. Address—Care C. & H. Library, Calumet, Mich.

DETROIT

STORY TELLERS’ LEAGUE
Miss Mary Conover, _President_
Miss Alice M. Alexander, _Cor. Secretary_
P. O. Address—Children’s Room, Public Library, Detroit, Mich.

MISSOURI

ST. JOSEPH

*ST. JOSEPH STORY TELLERS’ LEAGUE
Miss Martina Martin, _President_
Miss Georgiana Behne, _Cor. Secretary_
P. O. Address—209 North 18th Street, St. Joseph, Mo.

MISSISSIPPI

BLUE MOUNTAIN

STORY TELLERS’ LEAGUE
Miss Jennie Hardy, _President_
————, _Cor. Secretary_
P. O. Address—Blue Mountain College, Blue Mountain, Miss.

COLUMBUS

STORY TELLERS’ LEAGUE

Miss Rosa B. Knox, _President_
————, _Cor. Secretary_
P. O. Address—Normal Institute, Columbus, Miss.

MONTANA

BOZEMAN

STORY TELLERS’ LEAGUE
Mrs. R. J. Cunninghan, _President_
————, _Cor. Secretary_
P. O. Address—Bozeman, Mont.

DILLON

STORY TELLERS’ LEAGUE
Miss Florence Mayer, _President_
Miss Susie Karas, _Cor. Secretary_
P. O. Address—State Normal, Dillon, Mont.

HELENA

STORY TELLERS’ LEAGUE
Mr. J. W. Curtis, _President_
Miss Lucile Dyas, _Cor. Secretary_
P. O. Address—Care City Schools, Helena, Mont.

NEBRASKA

OMAHA

*STORY TELLERS’ LEAGUE
Mrs. C. W. Axtell, _President_
Miss Emma Rosicky, _Cor. Secretary_
P. O. Address—1015 William St., Omaha, Neb.

*WYCHE STORY TELLERS’ LEAGUE
Miss Ida M. Crowell, _President_
Miss Mary Krebs, _Cor. Secretary_
P. O. Address—1332 S. 25th Ave., Omaha, Neb.

LINCOLN

STORY TELLERS’ LEAGUE, Nebraska State Teachers’ Association
Miss Margaret Cleland, _President_
P. O. Address—2491 Q Street, Lincoln, Neb.

NEW YORK

NEW YORK CITY

KNICKERBOCKER STORY TELLERS’ LEAGUE
Mrs. E. D. Burt, _President_
Mrs. Anna P. Ball, _Cor. Secretary_
P. O. Address—500 West 121st Street, New York.

INFORMAL FIRESIDE STORY TELLING CIRCLE
Miss L. A. Palmer, _President_
Miss Charlotte Cornish, _Cor. Secretary_
P. O. Address—235 East 18th St., New York

STORY TELLERS’ LEAGUE, Y.W.C.A. Training School
————, _President_
————, _Cor. Secretary_
P. O. Address—113 East 34th Street, New York.

SYRACUSE

STORY TELLER’ LEAGUE
Miss Maude C. Stewart, _President_
————, _Cor. Secretary_
P. O. Address—Care Willard School, Syracuse, N. Y.

NORTH CAROLINA

WILSON

STORY TELLERS’ LEAGUE
Miss Daphne Carraway, _President_
Miss Florence Mayerberg, _Cor. Secretary_
P. O. Address—208 North Pine Street, Wilson, N. C.

OHIO

CINCINNATI

*STORY TELLERS’ LEAGUE
Miss Pearl Carpenter, _President_
Miss L. O’Neill, _Cor. Secretary_
P. O. Address—2371 Fairview Ave., Cincinnati, O.

OXFORD

STORY TELLERS’ LEAGUE
Miss Annie Logan, _President_
————, _Cor. Secretary_
P. O. Address—Miami University, Oxford, O.

PIQUA

STORY TELLERS’ LEAGUE
Miss Jessie H. Masden, _President_
————, _Cor. Secretary_
P. O. Address—Schmidlapp Free Public Library, Piqua, O.

OKLAHOMA

PONCA CITY

STORY TELLERS’ LEAGUE
Miss Lenna Mead, _President_
Miss Roberta McCullough, _Cor. Secretary_
P. O. Address—Ponca City, Okla.

PENNSYLVANIA

PHILADELPHIA

STORY TELLERS’ LEAGUE
Prof. F. A. Child, _President_
Miss Helen D. Mills, _Cor. Secretary_
P. O. Address—Box 38, College Hall, University of Pennsylvania,
Philadelphia, Pa.

NORTH EAST

NORTH EAST STORY TELLERS’ CLUB
Miss Laura Selkregg, _President_
Miss Almeda Wells, _Cor. Secretary_
P. O. Address—140 W. Main St., North East, Pa.

SOUTH CAROLINA

TIMMONSVILLE

STORY TELLERS’ LEAGUE
Miss Annie W. Shuler, _President_
————, _Cor. Secretary_
P. O. Address—Box 247, Timmonsville, S. C.

TENNESSEE

HARRIMAN

STORY TELLERS’ LEAGUE
Miss Inez A. Ayers, _President_
————, _Cor. Secretary_
P. O. Address—Public Library, Harriman, Tenn.

NASHVILLE

*STORY TELLERS’ LEAGUE
Miss Elizabeth Oehmig, _President_
Miss Cornelia Barksdale, _Cor. Secretary_
P. O. Address—1207 Ordway Place, Nashville, Tenn.

TEXAS

SAN ANTONIO

MARK TWAIN STORY TELLERS’ LEAGUE
————, _President_
————, _Cor. Secretary_
P. O. Address—High School, San Antonio, Tex.

WACO

STORY TELLERS’ LEAGUE OF BAYLOR UNIVERSITY SUMMER SCHOOL
————, _President_
————, _Cor. Secretary_
P. O. Address—Care Prof. W. W. Pelham, Waco, Tex.

VIRGINIA

HARRISONBURG

STORY TELLERS’ LEAGUE
Prof. C. J. Heatwole, _President_
————, _Cor. Secretary_
P. O. Address—State Normal School, Harrisonburg, Va.

RICHMOND

STORY TELLERS’ LEAGUE
Miss Lucy Coleman, _President_
————, _Secretary_
P. 0. Address—13 North 5th Street, Richmond, Va.

WEST VIRGINIA

GLENVILLE

STORY TELLERS’ LEAGUE
Mr. Blaine Engle, _President_
————, _Cor. Secretary_
P. O. Address—State Normal School, Glenville, W. Va.

HINTON

STORY TELLERS’ LEAGUE
Mr. R. L. Cole, _President_
————, _Cor. Secretary_
P. O. Address—High School, Hinton, W. Va.

MORGANTOWN

BEOWULF STORY TELLERS’ CLUB
Mr. J. A. McRae, _President_
Miss Marian Tapp, _Cor. Secretary_
P. O. Address—West Virginia University, Morgantown, W. Va.

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS

STORY TELLERS’ LEAGUE
Mr. H. C. Bailey, _President_
Miss Bettie Dunbar, _Cor. Secretary_
P. O. Address—White Sulphur Springs, W. Va.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

In this list of books, Column I gives the price upon receipt of which the book named will be sent post-paid. Column II gives the price upon receipt of which the book named will be sent post-paid together with The Storytellers’ Magazine for one year. Remittances may safely be made by Money or Express Order or by draft on New York. All communications should be sent to The Storytellers’ Magazine, 27 West 23d Street, New York, giving the name of the book wanted; the date at which the subscription to The Storytellers’ Magazine should begin, and the name and full post-office address of the sender.

I. Story Telling

Column I Column II
Price Price
at which Book of Book and
will be sent THE STORYTELLERS’
post-paid MAGAZINE for
one year
Book and
STORYTELLERS’
BRYANT, Sara Cone.—How to Tell Stories MAGAZINE
to Children, 1.00 Combined $1.65
Stories to Tell Children. 1.00 1.65
HOUGHTON, Louise.—Telling Bible Stories 1.25 ” 1.85
KEYES.—Stories and Story-Telling. 1.25 ” 1.85
LYMAN, Edna.—Story-Telling: What to
Tell and How to Tell It 0.75 ” 1.55
PARTRIDGE, E. N. & G. P.—Story-Telling
in School and Home. 1.25 ” 1.75
WYCHE, R. T.—Some Great Stories and
How to Tell Them. 1.00 1.55

II. Bible Stories

BUNYAN.—Pilgrim’s Progress. 1.00 ” 1.65
CHISHOLM.—Stories from The Old Testament. 0.50 ” 1.30
CHURCH.—Story of the Last Days of
Jerusalem. 1.25 ” 1.85
HODGES.—Saints and Heroes. 1.35 ” 1.95
KELMAN.—Stories from the Life of Christ. 0.50 ” 1.30
PENDLETON.—In Assyrian Tents. 0.75 ” 1.55
SHEPARD.—Young Folks Josephus. 1.25 ” 1.85
SIVITER.—Nehe, Story of Nehemiah. 1.50 ” 2.10
TOLSTOI.—Where Love Is—There is God Also. 0.35 ” 1.25

III. Epics, Romances and Classic Tales

ARNOLD.—Sohrab and Rustem. 0.25 ” 1.15
BALDWIN.—Story of Roland. 1.50 ” 2.10
BALDWIN.—Story of Siegfried. 1.50 ” 2.10
CARPENTER.—Hellenic Tales. 0.60 ” 1.45
CHURCH.—Odyssey for Boys and Girls. 1.50 ” 2.10
CHURCH.—Stories of Charlemagne. 1.75 ” 2.25
CHURCH.—Stories of Homer. 1.25 ” 1.85
CRAWFORD.—Tr. the Kalevala, the National
Epic of Finland. 3.00 ” 3.50
DARTON.—Tales of the Canterbury Pilgrims. 1.50 ” 2.10
DARTON.—Wonder-book of Old Romance. 1.50 ” 2.10
DAVIDSON.—A Knight Errant—Story of
Amadis of Gaul. 1.75 ” 2.25
HAVELL.—Stories from Don Quixote. 1.50 ” 2.10
HIGGINSON.—Tales of the Enchanted
Islands of the Atlantic 1.50 ” 2.10
HOLBROOK.—Northland Heroes. 0.35 ” 1.25
HULL.—The Boy’s Cuchulain-Irish Hero
Legends. 1.50 ” 2.10
IRVING.—Tales from the Alhambra. 0.60 ” 1.40
LANG, A.—Book of Romance. 1.60 ” 2.15
LANG, Andrew.—”Tales of Troy and
Greece.” 1.00 ” 1.65
LANG, L. B.—Red Book of Heroes. 1.60 ” 2.15
LANIER.—The Boy’s King Arthur. 2.00 ” 2.45
MABIE.—Heroes Every Child Should
Know. 0.50 ” 1.30
MACLEOD.—Book of King Arthur, etc.
(Inexpensive edition.) 1.00 ” 1.65
MACLEOD.—Book of King Arthur and His
Noble Knights. 1.50 ” 2.10
MACLEOD.—Stories from the Faerie Queene 1.50 ” 2.10
MCSPADDEN.—Stories from Wagner. 0.50 ” 1.30
MCSPADDEN.—Stories from Chaucer. 0.50 ” 1.30
MARSHALL.—Stories of Beowulf. 0.50 ” 1.30
MARSHALL.—Stories of Childe Roland. 0.50 ” 1.30
MARSHALL.—Story of William Tell. 0.50 ” 1.30
MORRIS.—Story of Sigurd the Volsung. 2.00 ” 2.45
PALMER.—Tr. Odyssey of Homer. 1.00 ” 1.65
PYLE.—Story of King Arthur and his Knights. 2.00 ” 2.45
PYLE.—Story of Launcelot and his Companions.2.00 ” 2.45
PYLE.—Some Merry Adventures of Robin
Hood. (Condensed) 0.50 ” 1.30
PYLE.—Merry Adventures of Robin Hood 3.00 ” 3.30
RAGOZIN.—Frithj and Roland. 1.25 ” 1.85
RAGOZIN.—Siegfried and Beowulf. 1.25 ” 1.85
ROYDE-SMITH.—Una and the Red Cross Knight.2.50 ” 2.85
TEGNER.—Frithiof’s Saga. 1.25 ” 1.85
TINKER.—Beowulf. Tr. by Tinker. 1.00 ” 1.65
WILMOT-BUXTON.—Stories of Persian Heroes. 1.50 ” 2.10
WILSON.—The Story of the Cid. 1.25 ” 1.85

IV. Fables, Myths, Heroes and Folk Lore

ÆSOP’S FABLES.—Ed. by Joseph Jacobs. 1.50 ” 2.10
ANDERSEN.—Wonder Stories. 1.00 ” 1.65
AUSTIN.—The Basket Woman—Ute Indian Tales. 1.50 ” 2.10
BALDWIN.—Story of the Golden Age. 1.50 ” 2.10
BALDWIN.—Wonder-book of Horses. 0.75 ” 1.60
BLUMENTHAL.—Folk Tales from the Russians 0.60 ” 1.45
BRADISH.—Old Norse Stories. 0.45 ” 1.28
BROWN.—In the Days of Giants. 1.10 ” 1.85
BRYCE.—Fables from Afar. 0.45 ” 1.28
Short Stories for Little Folks. 0.35 ” 1.20
BRYCE.—That’s Why Stories. 0.45 ” 1.28
DASENT.—Popular Tales from the Norse. 2.50 ” 2.85
GRIFFIS.—The Fire-Fly’s Lovers, Japanese
Folk Tales. 1.00 ” 1.65
GRIMM.—Household Stories. Tr. by Crane. 1.00 ” 1.70
HAWTHORNE.—Wonderbook and Tanglewood Tales. 1.00 ” 1.70
HARRIS.—Uncle Remus and His Friends. 1.50 ” 2.10
HARRIS.—Uncle Remus, His Songs and Sayings. 2.00 ” 2.45
KINGSLEY.—Heroes of Greek Fairy Tales. 1.00 ” 1.65
KUPFER.—Legends of Greece and Rome. 0.75 ” 1.60
LAGERLÖF.—Swedish Folk Tales. 1.50 ” 2.10
LANG, Andrew.—True Story Book. 2.00 ” 2.45
MABIE.—Norse Stories Retold from The Eddas. 1.25 ” 1.75
PEABODY.—Old Greek Folk Stories. 0.25 ” 1.15
RAMASWAMI, Raju.—Indian Fables. 1.50 ” 2.10
ROULET-NIXON.—Japanese Folk Stories
and Fairy Tales. 0.40 ” 1.25
SCUDDER.—Children’s Book. 2.50 ” 2.85
STORR.—Half-a-Hundred Hero Tales. 1.35 ” 1.95
WIGGIN & SMITH.—Tales of Laughter. 1.35 ” 1.95
WIGGIN & SMITH.—Tales of Wonder. 1.50 ” 1.95
ZITKALA-SA.—Old Indian Legends. 0.60 ” 1.40

V. Fairy Tales—Old and New

ANDERSEN.—Fairy Tales. Tr. by Mrs. Lucas. 2.50 ” 2.85
ANDERSEN.—Fairy Tales. Vol. I. 0.40 ” 1.25
Vol. II. 0.40 ” 1.25
ANDERSEN.—Stories and Tales. 0.30 ” 1.20
ASBJORNSEN.—Fairy Tales from the Far
North (Burt). 1.00 ” 1.65
BALDWIN.—Fairy Stories and Fables. 0.35 ” 1.25
BAIN.—Russian Fairy Tales. 0.00 ” 1.65
BAIN.—Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales. 0.00 ” 1.65
CARY.—Fairy Legends of the French
Provinces. 0.60 ” 1.45
CHISHOLM.—In Fairy Land. 3.00 ” 3.30
COMPTON.—American Indian Fairy Tales. 1.50 ” 2.10
CRAIK.—The Fairy Book. 0.50 ” 1.30
DOLE.—Russian Fairy Book. 2.00 ” 2.45
GRIMM.—Fairy Tales. Tr. by Mrs. Lucas.
Ill. by Arthur Rackham. 1.50 ” 2.10
JACOBS.—Celtic Fairy Tales. 1.00 ” 1.65
JACOBS.—More Celtic Fairy Tales. 1.25 ” 1.85
JACOBS.—English Fairy Tales. 1.00 ” 1.65
JACOBS.—More English Fairy Tales. 1.25 ” 1.85
JACOBS.—Indian Fairy Tales. 1.00 ” 1.65
LANG, Andrew.—Blue True Story Book. 2.00 ” 2.45
LANG, Andrew.—Crimson Fairy Book. 1.60 ” 2.15
MACDONNELL.—Italian Fairy Book. 1.35 ” 1.90
OZAKI.—Japanese Fairy Book. 1.50 ” 2.10
RHYS.—Fairy Gold. 0.70 ” 1.55
WILLISTON.—Japanese Fairy Tales. 0.75 ” 1.55

VI. History, Biography, Travel and Adventure

ABBOTT.—Daniel Boone. 1.25 ” 1.85
Christopher Carson, Known as Kit
Carson. 1.25 ” 1.85
ABBOTT.—David Crockett. 1.25 ” 1.85
AMBROSI.—When I was a Girl in Italy. 0.75 ” 1.55
BARNES.—Yankee Ships and Yankee Sailors. 0.50 ” 1.30
BOLTON.—Lives of Poor Boys Who Became
Famous. 1.50 ” 2.10
BOYESEN.—Boyhood in Norway. 1.25 ” 1.85
BROOKS.—Story of Marco Polo. 1.50 ” 2.10
BROOKS.—True Story of Christopher Columbus. 1.50 ” 2.10
BUTTERWORTH.—Zigzag Journeys around
the World. Per vol. 1.50 ” 2.10
CARPENTER.—Asia. 0.60 ” 1.45
CARPENTER.—South America. 0.60 ” 1.45
CHURCH.—Stories of the East from Herodotus. 1.25 ” 1.85
CUSTER (Mrs).—Boy General. Story of
the Life of Major-General George
A. Custer. 0.50 ” 1.40
DANA.—Two Years Before the Mast
(University). 1.00 ” 1.65
DU CHAILLU.—Country of the Dwarfs. 1.25 ” 1.85
Lost in the Jungle. 1.25 ” 1.85
My Apingi Kingdom. 1.25 ” 1.85
Stories of the Gorilla Country. 1.25 ” 1.85
Wild Life Under The Equator. 1.25 ” 1.85
DUTTON.—Little Stories of Germany. 0.40 ” 1.25
GARLAND.—Boy Life on the Prairie. 1.50 ” 2.10
GIBSON.—In Eastern Wonder-Lands. 1.50 ” 2.10
GOLDING.—Story of David Livingston. 0.50 ” 1.30
HAWTHORNE.—Biographical Stories. 0.25 ” 1.15
JENKS.—Boy’s Book of Explorations. 2.00 ” 2.45
JOHNSTON AND SPENCER.—Ireland’s Story 1.40 ” 2.05
KINGSLEY.—Westward Ho! 0.60 ” 1.45
KNOX.—Boy Travellers in Great Britain
and Ireland. 2.00 ” 2.45
MABIE.—Heroines Every Child Should Know. 0.50 ” 1.30
MCMANUS.—Our Little Hindu Cousin. 0.60 ” 1.40
MACGREGOR.—Story of France. 2.50 ” 2.85
PARKMAN.—Oregon Trail. 0.40 ” 1.25
ROOSEVELT AND LODGE.—Hero Tales
from American History. 1.50 ” 2.10
ROOSEVELT.—Ranch Life and the Hunting
Trail. 2.50 ” 2.85
SCHWATKA.—Children of the Cold. 1.25 ” 1.85
STARR.—American Indians. 0.45 ” 1.30
TAPPAN.—Story of the Greek People. 1.50 ” 2.00
Story of the Roman People. 1.50 ” 2.00
VAN BERGEN.—Story of Russia. 0.65 ” 1.50
WHITE.—The Magic Forest. 0.50 ” 1.30
YOUNGE.—Book of Golden Deeds. 1.00 ” 1.55

STORIES FOR CHILDREN

=TWO LITTLE RUNAWAYS= (_Just Published_)

Adapted and revised by MELVIN HIX and WALTER L. HERVEY. Illustrated. 95 pp. 30 cents.

Snappy and Spitfire are a dog and a cat who become dissatisfied with their surroundings and decide to run away. Their various adventures make an amusing and interesting book for children. It was designed particularly to be used at that important stage when children are ready to begin the independent practice of the most delightful of all arts, the art of finding stories in books. The simplicity of plot and general content are admirably suited to the needs and abilities of six-year-old readers.

INDIAN SKETCHES

By CORNELIA STEKETEE HULST. Illustrated. 120 pages. 60 cents.

New material, drawn from the beautiful and heroic stories of the Northwest Territory, has been worked up with the aim of presenting the Indian in a much pleasanter and fairer light than is usual in literature. Social and racial customs, the dances of the various seasons, etc., are described. Parents and teachers of younger children will find these “Sketches” interesting and historically accurate.

IN OLDEST ENGLAND

By GEORGE PHILIP KRAPP. Illustrated. 173 pp. 60 cents.

A collection of well-chosen stories which represent old English life. Tales of adventure, accounts of battles, vivid descriptions of their homes and dress, all serve to make real this distant period. The story of the beginnings of the English people up to the Norman Conquest is given, and the heroic characters of those times are brought to view in a setting altogether new.

THE MAGIC SPEECH FLOWER

By MELVIN HIX. Illustrated. 179 pp. 35 cents.

This is the story of a little boy who was kind to animals, and, because of his goodness to them, gained the power to understand and to speak the speech of the animal folk. Thus he hears from them all about their habits and they tell him many interesting legends of the woods. Most of the stories are new and they are told in simple language which can be read by children of eight or nine years of age.

HISTORICAL PLAYS OF COLONIAL DAYS

By LOUISE E. TUCKER and ESTELLE L. RYAN. Twenty-six plays. With full-page Frontispiece. 163 pp. 65 cents.

This book makes history real by lifting it into a dramatic presentation faithfully reproducing people and events in colonial times in America. It teaches history in its pleasantest form. All of the plays have been acted over and over again by children nine or ten years old. They also immensely enjoy reading the plays without acting. The average time required to give each of the plays is about fifteen minutes.

Fairy and Other Story Books by Andrew Lang.

All Sorts of Stories Book _By Mail_, $1.75; _Net_ $1.60
Animal Story Book 2.00
Animal Story Book Reader .50
Arabian Nights 2.00
Blue Fairy Book 2.00
Book of Princes and Princesses _By Mail_, $1.75; _Net_ 1.60
Book of Romance _By Mail_, $1.75; _Net_ 1.60
Book of Saints and Heroes _By Mail_, $1.75; _Net_ 1.60
Brown Fairy Book _By Mail_, $1.75; _Net_ 1.60
Crimson Fairy Book _By Mail_, $1.75; _Net_ 1.60
Green Fairy Book 2.00
Grey Fairy Book 2.00
Lilac Fairy Book _By Mail_, $1.75; _Net_ 1.60
My Own Fairy Book 2.00
Olive Fairy Book _By Mail_, $1.75; _Net_ 1.60
Orange Fairy Book _By Mail_, $1.75; _Net_ 1.60
Pink Fairy Book 2.00
Red Book of Animal Stories 2.00
Red Book of Heroes _By Mail_, $1.75; _Net_ 1.60
Red Book of Romance _By Mail_, $1.75; _Net_ 1.60
Red Fairy Book 2.00
Red True Story Book 2.00
True Story Book 2.00
Violet Fairy Book _By Mail_, $1.75; _Net_ 1.60
Yellow Fairy Book 2.00

LONGMANS, GREEN, & CO., Publishers
Fourth Avenue and 30th Street, New York

LEARNING TO READ

BY THE

Story Telling System

“Every primary teacher should be able to tell a story to children effectively; this is an accomplishment almost indispensable in her art. If you, as a teacher, have never told a story, begin at once.” Thus write the authors of

The Aldine Readers
in
“LEARNING TO READ”

A Manual for Teachers

Rhymes, introduced by appropriate stories, furnish the most effective means of acquiring an initial stock of “sight words.”

The story with which the teacher introduces each rhyme is not a mere device for making a hard task easy for the child.

The story _does_ serve this purpose, but it does much more than that.

It arouses the child’s interest; it attracts and hold the child’s attention; it stimulates and directs the child’s thought; in short, the told story does for the child what the printed story must do later. By teaching the child to listen well, the teacher is preparing him to read well.

Story tellers use the Aldine Method, because learning to read in this way appeals to the child as a real pleasure; he enters upon the undertaking with the enthusiasm of his play and recreation.

=Do YOU use the ALDINE METHOD OF READING?=

If not the publishers will welcome an opportunity to tell you all about it.

NEWSON & COMPANY, Publishers
Boston NEW YORK Chicago