SECTION IPREFACE AND GENERAL INTRODUCTIONGeneral Bibliography2The Preface5General Introduction71.Literature for Children72.Literature in the Grades83.Story-Telling and Dramatization104.Courses of Study13SECTION IIMOTHER GOOSE JINGLES AND NURSERY RHYMESBibliography18Introductory19Mother Goose(Shorter rhymes):1.A cat came fiddling out of a barn232.A diller, a dollar233.As I was going to St. Ives234.As I was going up Pippen Hill235.As I went to Bonner236.As Tommy Snooks and Bessie Brooks237.A swarm of bees in May238.Baa, baa, black sheep239.Barber, barber, shave a pig2310.Birds of a feather flock together2311.Bless you, bless you, burnie bee2312.Bobby Shafto's gone to sea2413.Bow, wow, wow2414.Bye, baby bunting2415.Come when you're called2416.Cross patch2417.Curly locks, curly locks2418.Dance, little baby2419.Diddle, diddle, dumpling2420.Ding, dong, bell2421.Doctor Foster2422.Eggs, butter, cheese, bread2423.For every evil under the sun2424.Four-and-twenty tailors2525.Great A, little a2526.Hark, hark2527.Here sits the Lord Mayor2528.Here we go up, up, up2529.Hey! diddle, diddle2530.Hickery, dickery, 6 and 72531.Higgledy, Piggledy2532.Hickory, dickory, dock2533.Hogs in the garden2534.Hot-cross buns2635.Hub a dub dub2636.Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall2637.If all the sea were one sea2638.If all the world was apple-pie2639.If I'd as much money as I could spend2640.If "ifs" and "ands"2641.If wishes were horses2642.I had a little pony2643.I had a little hobby horse2644.I have a little sister2745.I'll tell you a story2746.In marble walls as white as milk2747.I went up one pair of stairs2748.Jack and Jill went up the hill2749.Jack be nimble2750.Jack Sprat could eat no fat2751.Knock at the door2752.Ladybird, ladybird, fly away home2753.Little boy blue, come blow your horn2754.Little girl, little girl, where have you been2755.Little Jack Horner2856.Little Jack Jingle2857.Little Johnny Pringle2858.Little Miss Muffet2859.Little Nancy Etticoat2860.Little Robin Redbreast2861.Little Tommy Tucker2862.Long legs, crooked thighs2863.Lucy Locket lost her pocket2864.Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John2865.Mistress Mary, quite contrary2866.Multiplication is vexation2867.Needles and pins2968.Old King Cole2969.Once I saw a little bird2970.One for the money2971.One misty, moisty morning2972.1, 2, 3, 4, 52973.One, two2974.Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, baker's man2975.Pease-porridge hot2976.Peter, Peter, pumpkin-eater3077.Peter Piper picked a peck3078.Poor old Robinson Crusoe3079.Pussy-cat, pussy-cat, where have you been3080.Pussy sits beside the fire3081.Ride a cock-horse to Banbury-cross3082.Ride, baby, ride3083.Rock-a-bye, baby3084.Rock-a-bye, baby, thy cradle is green3085.See a pin and pick it up3086.See, saw, sacradown3187.Shoe the little horse3188.Sing a song of sixpence3189.Star light, star bright3190.The King of France went up the hill3191.The lion and the unicorn3192.The man in the moon3193.The north wind doth blow3194.The Queen of Hearts she made some tarts3195.There was a crooked man3196.There was a little boy went into a barn3297.There was a man and he had naught3298.There was a man in our town3299.There was an old man32100.There was an old woman, and what do you think32101.There was an old woman lived under a hill32102.There was an old woman of Leeds32103.There was an old woman of Norwich32104.There was an old woman tossed up in a basket32105.There was an old woman who lived in a shoe33106.There was an owl lived in an oak33107.This is the way the ladies ride33108.This little pig went to market33109.Three blind mice33110.Three wise men of Gotham33111.To market, to market, to buy a fat pig33112.Tom, Tom, the piper's son33113.Two-legs sat upon three-legs33114.When a twister a-twisting34115."Willy boy, Willy boy, where are you going?"34Wilhelmina Seegmiller116.Milkweed Seeds34117.An Anniversary34118.Twink! twink!34Mother Goose(Longer rhymes)119.A Was an Apple-Pie34120.Tom Thumb's Alphabet35121.Where Are You Going35122.Molly and I35123.London Bridge36124.I Saw a Ship36125.There Was an Old Woman36126.Little Bo-Peep37127.Cock a Doodle Doo37128.Three Jovial Huntsmen37129.There Was a Little Man37130.Taffy38131.Simple Simon38132.A Farmer Went Trotting38133.Tom the Piper's Son38134.When I Was a Little Boy39135.The Babes in the Wood39136.The Fox and His Wife40137.For Want of a Nail40138.A Man of Words40139.Jemima41140.Mother Hubbard and Her Dog41141.The Courtship, Merry Marriage, and Picnic Dinner of Cock Robin and Jenny Wren42142.The Burial of Poor Cock Robin44143.Dame Wiggins of Lee, and Her Seven Wonderful Cats45144.This Is the House That Jack Built47145.The Egg in the Nest49146.Change About49SECTION IIIFAIRY STORIES—TRADITIONAL TALESBibliography52Introductory53English:147.The Old Woman and Her Pig56148.Henny-Penny58149.Teeny-Tiny59150.The Cat and the Mouse60151.The Story of the Three Little Pigs61152.Titty Mouse and Tatty Mouse63153.The Story of the Three Bears64154.The Three Sillies67155.Lazy Jack69156.The Story of Mr. Vinegar71157.Jack and the Beanstalk73158.Tom Thumb79159.Whittington and His Cat84160.Tom Tit Tot89French:161.Little Red Riding Hood92162.True History of Little Golden Hood94163.Puss in Boots97164.Toads and Diamonds100165.Cinderella, or the Little Glass Slipper102166.Drakestail106167.Beauty and the Beast110Norwegian:168.Why the Bear Is Stumpy-Tailed122169.The Three Billy-Goats Gruff123170.The Husband Who Was to Mind the House124171.Boots and His Brothers125172.The Quern at the Bottom of the Sea128German:173.The Traveling Musicians131174.The Blue Light134175.The Elves and the Shoemaker136176.The Fisherman and His Wife138177.Rose-Bud142178.Rumpelstiltskin144179.Snow-White and Rose-Red146Indian:180.The Lambikin150181.Tit for Tat151182.The Tiger, the Brahman, and the Jackal152183.Pride Goeth before a Fall154Japanese:184.The Mirror of Matsuyama156185.The Tongue-Cut Sparrow158Slavic:186.The Straw Ox160Irish:187.Connla and the Fairy Maiden162188.The Horned Women164189.King O'Toole and His Goose165SECTION IVFAIRY STORIES—MODERN FANTASTIC TALESBibliography170Introductory171Abram S. Isaacs190.A Four-Leaved Clover174I.The Rabbi and the Diadem174II.Friendship175III.True Charity175IV.An Eastern Garden176Samuel Taylor Coleridge191.The Lord Helpeth Man and Beast177Hans Christian Andersen192.The Real Princess179193.The Emperor's New Clothes180194.The Nightingale183195.The Fir Tree190196.The Tinder Box195197.The Hardy Tin Soldier200198.The Ugly Duckling203Frances Browne199.The Story of Fairyfoot209Oscar Wilde200.The Happy Prince217Raymond MacDonald Alden201.The Knights of the Silver Shield223Jean Ingelow202.The Prince's Dream227Frank R. Stockton203.Old Pipes and the Dryad233John Ruskin204.The King of the Golden River245SECTION VFABLES AND SYMBOLIC STORIESBibliography262Introductory263Æsop205.The Shepherd's Boy266206.The Lion and the Mouse266207.The Crow and the Pitcher266208.The Frog and the Ox267209.The Frogs Desiring a King267210.The Field Mouse and the Town Mouse268Christina G. Rossetti211.The City Mouse and the Garden Mouse268Horace212.The Country Mouse and the Town Mouse268Æsop213.Androcles269Thomas Day214.Androcles and the Lion270Æsop215.The Wind and the Sun272216.The Goose with the Golden Eggs272La Fontaine217.The Hen with the Golden Eggs272Æsop218.The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing273219.The Hare and the Tortoise273220.The Miller, His Son, and Their Ass274221.The Travelers and the Bear274222.The Lark and Her Young Ones275223.The Old Man and His Sons275224.The Fox and the Grapes276225.The Widow and the Hen276226.The Kid and the Wolf276227.The Man and the Satyr276228.The Dog and the Shadow276229.The Swallow and the Raven276230.Mercury and the Woodman276231.The Mice in Council277232.The Mountebank and Countryman277233.The Milkmaid and Her Pail278La Fontaine234.The Dairywoman and the Pot of Milk278From "The Arabian Nights"235.The Story of Alnaschar279Bidpai(Indian Fables)236.The Camel and the Pig280237.The Ass in the Lion's Skin281238.The Talkative Tortoise282239.A Lion Tricked by a Rabbit283Marie de France240.The Cock and the Fox284La Fontaine241.The Grasshopper and the Ant284242.The Cock, the Cat, and the Young Mouse285John Gay243.The Hare with Many Friends286Tomas Yriarte244.The Musical Ass287Ivan Krylov245.The Swan, the Pike, and the Crab287From theBible246.The Bramble Is Made King288247.The Good Samaritan289248.The Prodigal Son289Henry Ward Beecher249.The Anxious Leaf290Benjamin Franklin250.The Whistle291251.The Ephemera292Joseph Addison252.The Vision of Mirzah294Jane Taylor253.The Discontented Pendulum297Leo Tolstoi254.Croesus and Solon299SECTION VIMYTHSBibliography302Introductory303Greek and Roman:Grace H. Kupfer255.A Story of the Springtime306Nathaniel Hawthorne256.The Paradise of Children309257.The Miraculous Pitcher319R. E. Francillon258.The Narcissus330259.The Apple of Discord332Josephine P. Peabody260.Icarus and Daedalus335261.Admetus and the Shepherd337Thomas Bulfinch262.Midas338Charles Mills Gayley263.Phaëthon340Norse:Thomas Bulfinch264.Thor's Visit to Jötunheim343Hamilton Wright Mabie265.Odin's Search for Wisdom348Ethel M. Wilmot-Buxton266.How the Fenris Wolf was Chained351Anna and Eliza Keary267.Frey354Hamilton Wright Mabie268.The Death of Balder360SECTION VIIPOETRYBibliography368Introductory369Eliza Lee Follen269.The Three Little Kittens371270.The Moon371271.Runaway Brook372272.Ding Dong! Ding Dong!372Elizabeth Prentiss273.The Little Kitty372Sara J. Hale274.Mary Had a Little Lamb372Theodore Tilton275.Baby Bye373Lucy Larcom276.The Brown Thrush374Lydia Maria Child277.Thanksgiving Day375278.Who Stole the Bird's Nest375"Susan Coolidge"279.How the Leaves Came Down377Phoebe Cary280.They Didn't Think377281.The Leak in the Dike378Robert Louis Stevenson282.Whole Duty of Children381283.The Cow381284.Time to Rise381285.Rain381286.A Good Play382287.The Lamplighter382288.The Land of Nod382289.The Land of Story-Books382290.My Bed Is a Boat383291.My Shadow383292.The Swing383293.Where Go the Boats384294.The Wind384295.Windy Nights384Frank Dempster Sherman296.Spinning Top384297.Flying Kite385298.King Bell385299.Daisies385Eugene Field300.Wynken, Blynken, and Nod385301.The Sugar-Plum Tree386302.The Duel387James Whitcomb Riley303.The Treasures of the Wise Man387304.The Circus-Day Parade388305.The Raggedy Man389James Hogg306.A Boy's Song389Mary Howitt307.The Spider and the Fly390William Howitt308.The Wind in a Frolic391Ann Taylor309.The Cow392310.Meddlesome Matty392Jane Taylor311."I Like Little Pussy"393312.The Star394Christina G. Rossetti313.Seldom or Never394314.An Emerald Is as Green as Grass394315.Boats Sail on the Rivers394316.A Diamond or a Coal?395317.The Swallow395318.Who Has Seen the Wind?395319.Milking Time395William Brighty Rands320.The Peddler's Caravan395321.The Wonderful World396Richard Monckton Milnes322.Good-Night and Good-Morning396William Roscoe323.The Butterfly's Ball397Author Unknown324.Can You?398Robert Browning325.Pippa's Song399Charles Mackay326.Little and Great399Felicia Dorothea Hemans327.Casabianca399William Blake328.Three Things to Remember400329.The Lamb401330.The Shepherd401331.The Tiger401332.The Piper401Eliza Cook333.Try Again402Edward Lear334.The Owl and the Pussy-Cat403335.The Table and the Chair404336.The Pobble Who Has No Toes404"Lewis Carroll"337.The Walrus and the Carpenter405338.A Strange Wild Song406Isaac Watts339.Against Idleness and Mischief407340.Famous Passages from Dr. Watts408Henry Wadsworth Longfellow341.The Skeleton in Armor408342.The Day Is Done410343.A Psalm of Life411Charles Kingsley344.The Three Fishers412345.The Sands of Dee412Alfred Tennyson346."What Does Little Birdie Say?"413347.Sweet and Low413348.The Poet's Song413349.Crossing the Bar414Leigh Hunt350.Abou Ben Adhem414Joaquin Miller351.For Those Who Fail415Edgar Allan Poe352.Eldorado415George Gordon, Lord Byron353.The Destruction of Sennacherib416William Cullen Bryant354.To a Waterfowl416355.The Planting of the Apple-Tree417Thomas Edward Brown356.My Garden418William Wordsworth357.Daffodils419358.The Solitary Reaper419Caroline Elizabeth Norton359.The Arab to His Favorite Steed420Robert Southey360.The Inchcape Rock421William Shakespeare361.Over Hill, Over Dale423362.A Fairy Scene in a Wood423Ralph Waldo Emerson363.Fable424364.Concord Hymn424Sir Walter Scott365.Breathes TheretheMan424Oliver Wendell Holmes366.Old Ironsides425William Collins367.How Sleep the Brave425Author Unknown368.The Ballad of Nathan Hale425Sir Francis Hastings Doyle369.The Red Thread of Honor427Rudyard Kipling370.Recessional428William Ernest Henley371.Invictus429James Russell Lowell372.The Falcon429373.The Shepherd of King Admetus430Sir William Schenck Gilbert374.The Yarn of the Nancy Bell430John Townsend Trowbridge375.Darius Green and His Flying Machine432William Robert Spencer376.BethGêlert436Author Unknown377.King John and the Abbot of Canterbury437SECTION VIIIREALISTIC STORIESBibliography442Introductory443Oliver Goldsmith378.The Renowned History of Little Goody Two-Shoes445Dr. John Aikin and Mrs. Letitia Barbauld379.Eyes, and No Eyes451Thomas Day380.The Good-Natured Little Boy456Maria Edgeworth381.Waste Not, Want Not458Juliana Horatia Ewing382.Jackanapes478Henry Seidel Canby383.Betty's Ride496Charles Major384.The Big Bear500"O. Henry"385.The Gift of the Magi505SECTION IXNATURE LITERATUREBibliography510Introductory511Beatrix Potter386.The Tale of Peter Rabbit513Thornton Waldo Burgess387.Johnny Chuck Finds the Best Thing in the World514Albert Bigelow Paine388.Mr. 'Possum's Sick Spell516Dallas Lore Sharp389.Wild Life in the Farm-Yard520Vernon L. Kellogg390.The Vendetta524Sewell Ford391.Pasha, the Son of Selim527"Ouida" (Louisa de la Ramée)392.Moufflou534Olive Thorne Miller393.Bird Habits: I. Where He Sleeps II. His Travels548Ernest Thompson Seton394.The Poacher and the Silver Fox551David Starr Jordan395.The Story of a Salmon556Rudyard Kipling396.Moti Guj—Mutineer562Charles G. D. Roberts397.Last Bull566SECTION XROMANCE CYCLES AND LEGENDBibliography576Introductory577FromArabian Nights398.Ali Baba, and the Forty Thieves579"Felix Summerley"Reynard the Fox399.How Bruin the Bear Sped with Reynard the Fox586400.The Battle Between the Fox and the Wolf591Sir Thomas MaloryKing Arthur and His Round Table401.How Arthur Became King594402.A Tourney with the French597403.Adventures of Arthur598Maude Radford Warren404.Arthur and Sir Accalon603Cervantes-Saavedra, Miguel de405-411.Stories fromDon QuixoteI.Dreams and Shadows606II.Preparing for the Quest608III.The Quest Begins610IV.The Knightly Vigil613V.On Honor's Field615VI.The Return Home617VII.The Battle with the Windmills618Horace E. Scudder412.The Proud King620Eva March Tappan413.Robin and the Merry Little Old Woman623Author Unknown414.Allen-a-Dale628SECTION XIBIOGRAPHY AND HERO STORIESBibliography632Introductory633Elbridge S. Brooks415.How Columbus Got His Ships635Horace E. Scudder416.The Boyhood of Washington642Benjamin Franklin417.The Autobiography645Helen Nicolay418.Lincoln's Early Days655Anna Howard Shaw419.In the Western Wilderness662Charlotte M. Yonge420.The Pass of Thermopylae671SECTION XIIHOME READING LIST AND GENERAL INDEXHome Reading Lists by Grades679General Index687