Abou Ben Adhem,414"A cat came fiddling out of a barn,"23Accumulative story;SeeStoriesAddison, J.,294"A diller, a dollar,"23Adler, F.,53,263Admetus and the Shepherd,337Adventures of Arthur,598Æsop,266-268,272,273-278,264Against Idleness and Mischief,407Age of Fable, The,339,343,338Aikin, J.,451Alden, R. M.,223Ali Baba, and the Forty Thieves,579Alice in Wonderland,405Allegory,292,294.See alsoFablesAllen-a-Dale,628Alnaschar,279,579Ancient Legends of Ireland,164Andersen, H. C.,179-203,79,134,381,390;appreciation of,172-173;work of,179Andersen's Best Fairy Tales,179,181Androcles,269Androcles and the Lion,270Anniversary, An,34Anxious Leaf, The,290Apologue,290,291.See alsoFableApple of Discord, The,332Arabian Nights' Entertainment, The,579,235,578,579Arab to His Favorite Steed, The,420Arthur and Sir Accalon,603Arthur, King,595-603,577,578,594Asbjörnsen, P.,122-128;work of,122"As I was going to St. Ives,"23"As I was going up Pippen Hill,"23"As I went to Bonner,"23Ass in the Lion's Skin, The,281"As Tommy Snooks and Bessie Brooks,"23"A swarm of bees in May,"23Autobiography;SeeBiographyAutobiography of Benjamin Franklin, The,646A Was an Apple-Pie,34"Baa, baa, black sheep,"23Babes in the Wood, The,39Baby Bye,373Bailey, C. S.,59Bain, R. N.,160Ballad,425,436,628,437,628Ballad of Nathan Hale, The,425Barbauld, A. L.,451"Barber, barber, shave a pig,"23Battle between the Fox and the Wolf, The,591Bears of Blue River, The,500Beaumont, Madame de,110Beauty and the Beast,110Beecher, H. W.,290Beowulf,577Beth Gêlert,436Betty's Ride, A Tale of the Revolution,496Beyond the Pasture Bars,520Bible, The,288,289Bibliography:(a). General;2-4;Bible as literature for children,3;collections of literature for children,2;dramatization,3;guides in teaching,2-3;historical development,2;interpretations of childhood,4;social and psychological backgrounds,4;story-telling,3.(b). Special;biography and hero stories,632;fables and symbolic stories,262;fairy stories, modern fantastic tales,170;fairy stories, traditional tales,52;Mother Goose and nursery rhymes,18;myths,302;nature literature,510;poetry,368;realistic stories,442;romance and legend,576.(c). Special reading for teachers;biography and hero stories,634;modern fairy stories,173;myths,305;nature literature,512;nursery rhymes,22;poetry,370;romance and legend,578.(d). Graded lists for children,12-14,679-686Bidpai; history of,264Big Bear, The,500Biographyand hero stories,635-676;discussion of,633-634;selection of,633-634;value of,633Bird Habits,549"Birds of a feather flock together,"23Blake, W.,400-401"Bless you, bless you, burnie bee,"23Blue Light, The,134,195Boats Sail on the Rivers,394"Bobby Shafto's gone to sea,"24Book of Golden Deeds, The,671Book of Legends, The,620,578Book of Nursery Rhymes21Book of the Dun Cow,162Books for children;SeeBibliographyBoots and His Brothers,125"Bow, wow, wow,"24Boyhood of Washington, The,642Boy's Life of Abraham Lincoln, The,655Boy's Song, A,389Braekstad, H. L.,128Bramble Is Made King, The,288Brandes, G.,179,180,196,203Breathes There the Man,424Brier Rose,142Brooks, E. S.,635Brown, T. E.,418Browne, F.,210,209Browning, R.,399,398Brown Thrush, The,374Bryant, S. C.,70Bryant, W. C.,417,416Buddhist Birth Stories,282,283,281Bulfinch, T.,339,343Burgess, T. W.515,514Burial of Poor Cock Robin, The,44Butterfly's Ball, The,397"Bye, baby bunting,"24Byron, Lord,416Camel and the Pig, The,281Canby, H. S.,496Can You,398Carroll, L.,405Cary, P.,377,378Casabianca,400Cat and the Mouse, The,60Celtic Fairy Tales,162Cervantes-Saavedra, M. de,607,606Change About,49Child, L. M.,375Children's Book, The,642Children's Literature;SeeLiteratureChild's Guide to Reading, A,8Christmas stories,505Cinderella,102Circus-Day Parade, The,388City Mouse and the Garden Mouse, The,268Classic Myths in English Literature and Art,340Cock a Doodle Doo,37Cock and the Fox, The,284Cock Robin,42,44Cock, the Cat, and the Young Mouse, The,285Cole, H.,586,591,578Coleridge, S. T.,178Collins, Wm.,425Collins, W. L.,285"Come when you're called,"24Concord Hymn,424Connla and the Fairy Maiden,162Cook, E.,402Coolidge, S.,377Cossack Fairy Tales,160Country Mouse and the Town Mouse, The,269Course of Study,8,9,10,13-16,512,577,633-634Courtship of Cock Robin and Jenny Wren,42Cow, The,381Cow, The,392Cox, R.,112Craik, D. M.;SeeMulockMulockCroesus and Solon,299Crossing the Bar,414"Cross patch,"24Crow and the Pitcher, The,266"Curly locks! curly locks!"24Daffodils,419Dairywoman and the Pot of Milk, The,278Daisies,385Dame Wiggins of Lee and Her Seven Wonderful Cats,45,245"Dance, little baby, dance up high,"24Darius Green and His Flying Machine,432,336Dasent, G. W.,122-125Day Is Done, The,410Day, T.,270,456,270Death of Balder, The,360Destruction of Sennacherib, The,416Diamond, or a Coal, A,394Didactic period,443"Diddle, diddle, dumpling, my son John,"24"Ding, dong, bell,"24Ding Dong! Ding Dong!372Discontented Pendulum, The,297"Doctor Foster,"24Doctor, The,64Dodgson, C. L.;SeeCarroll, L.Dog and the Shadow, The,276Don Quixote,607-618,577Doyle, F. H.,427Drakestail,107Dramatization,11-12,190Droll,or noodle story,63,71,150;defined,67Duel, The,387Dulcken, H. W.,190-203,179Edgeworth, M.,459,458Egg in the Nest, The,49"Eggs, butter, cheese, bread,"24Eldorado,415Elves and the Shoemaker, The,137Emerald Is as Green as Grass, An,394Emerson, R. W.,424,423Emperor's New Clothes, The,181English Fairy and Folk Tales,67,84English Fairy Tales,58,61,73Evenings at Home,451Ewing, J. H.,478,381,477Eyes, and No Eyes,451Fables,266-289;discussion of,263-265;defined264;presentation of,264-265;selection of,264,284;use in school,264;symbolistic and allegorical stories,290-300;Æsopic,266ff.;Biblical,288ff.;Buddhistic,281ff.;English,270,286;French,273,278,284,285;Indian,281;Roman,269;Russian,287;Sanskrit,283;Spanish,287Fables of Æsop, The,266,267,269,278Fairy Book, The,73,80Fairy Scene in a Wood, A,423Fairy stories:discussion of,171-173;(a) Modern fantastic tales,174-260;some qualities of,172.(b) Traditional or folk tales,56-168;discussion of,53-55,56;how to use,55;vs. myths,303;English,56-92;French,92-122;Gaelic,162-164;German,131-150;Indian,150-156;Irish,164-168;Japanese,156-159;Norse,122-131;Russian,160-162Falcon, The,429Famous Passages from Dr. Watts,408Fanciful Tales,234Farmer Went Trotting, A,38Field, E.,385-387Field, W. T.,21Field Mouse and the Town Mouse, The,268Fir Tree, The,190Fisherman and His Wife, The,138Flying Kite,385