[1]How to Tell Stories to Children.
[1]How to Tell Stories to Children.
[2]InHow to Tell Stories to Children, page 145.
[2]InHow to Tell Stories to Children, page 145.
[3]How to Tell Stories to Children.
[3]How to Tell Stories to Children.
[4]Nature Myths, Florence Holbrook.
[4]Nature Myths, Florence Holbrook.
[5]Favourite Greek Myths, Lilian S. Hyde.
[5]Favourite Greek Myths, Lilian S. Hyde.
[6]Legends of Greece and Rome, G.H. Kupfer.
[6]Legends of Greece and Rome, G.H. Kupfer.
[7]Folk Tales from Many Lands, Lilian Gask.
[7]Folk Tales from Many Lands, Lilian Gask.
[8]These riddles were taken from the Gaelic, and are charming examples of the naïve beauty of the old Irish, and of Dr Hyde's accurate and sympathetic modern rendering. FromBeside the Fire(David Nutt).
[8]These riddles were taken from the Gaelic, and are charming examples of the naïve beauty of the old Irish, and of Dr Hyde's accurate and sympathetic modern rendering. FromBeside the Fire(David Nutt).
[9]FromThe Ignominy of being Grown Up, by Dr. Samuel M. Crothers, in theAtlantic Monthlyfor July 1906.
[9]FromThe Ignominy of being Grown Up, by Dr. Samuel M. Crothers, in theAtlantic Monthlyfor July 1906.
[10]Adapted from the German of Robert Reinick'sMärchen-, Lieder-und Geschichtenbuch(Velhagen und Klasing, Bielefeld and Leipsic).
[10]Adapted from the German of Robert Reinick'sMärchen-, Lieder-und Geschichtenbuch(Velhagen und Klasing, Bielefeld and Leipsic).
[11]I have tried to give this story in the most familiar form; it varies a good deal in the hands of different story-tellers, but this is substantially the version I was "brought up on."
[11]I have tried to give this story in the most familiar form; it varies a good deal in the hands of different story-tellers, but this is substantially the version I was "brought up on."
[12]The four stories of the little Jackal, in this book, are adapted from stories inOld Deccan Days, by Mary Frere (John Murray), a collection of orally transmitted Hindu folk tales, which every teacher would gain by knowing. In the Hindu animal legends the Jackal seems to play the rôle assigned in Germanic lore to Reynard the Fox, and to "Bre'r Rabbit" in the negro stories of Southern America; he is the clever and humorous trickster who usually comes out of an encounter with a whole skin, and turns the laugh on his enemy, howevermighty he may be.
[12]The four stories of the little Jackal, in this book, are adapted from stories inOld Deccan Days, by Mary Frere (John Murray), a collection of orally transmitted Hindu folk tales, which every teacher would gain by knowing. In the Hindu animal legends the Jackal seems to play the rôle assigned in Germanic lore to Reynard the Fox, and to "Bre'r Rabbit" in the negro stories of Southern America; he is the clever and humorous trickster who usually comes out of an encounter with a whole skin, and turns the laugh on his enemy, howevermighty he may be.
[13]The following story of the two mice, with the similar fables ofThe Boy who cried Wolf,The Frog King, andThe Sunand the Wind, are given here with the hope that they may be of use to the many teachers who find the over-familiar material of the fables difficult to adapt, and who are yet aware of the great usefulness of the stories to young minds. A certain degree of vividness and amplitude must be added to the compact statement of the famous collections, and yet it is not wise to change the style-effect of a fable, wholly. I venture to give these versions, not as perfect models, of course, but as renderings which have been acceptable to children, and which I believe retain the original point simply and strongly.
[13]The following story of the two mice, with the similar fables ofThe Boy who cried Wolf,The Frog King, andThe Sunand the Wind, are given here with the hope that they may be of use to the many teachers who find the over-familiar material of the fables difficult to adapt, and who are yet aware of the great usefulness of the stories to young minds. A certain degree of vividness and amplitude must be added to the compact statement of the famous collections, and yet it is not wise to change the style-effect of a fable, wholly. I venture to give these versions, not as perfect models, of course, but as renderings which have been acceptable to children, and which I believe retain the original point simply and strongly.
[14]Based on Theodor Storm's story ofDer Kleine Häwelmann(George Westermann, Braunschweig). Very freely adapted from the German story.
[14]Based on Theodor Storm's story ofDer Kleine Häwelmann(George Westermann, Braunschweig). Very freely adapted from the German story.
[15]Adapted from two tales included in the records of the American Folk-Lore Society.
[15]Adapted from two tales included in the records of the American Folk-Lore Society.
[16]From Celia Thaxter'sStories and Poems for Children.
[16]From Celia Thaxter'sStories and Poems for Children.
[17]By William Allingham.
[17]By William Allingham.
[18]Adapted from the verse version, by Horace E. Scudder, which follows this as an alternative.
[18]Adapted from the verse version, by Horace E. Scudder, which follows this as an alternative.
[19]A Negro nonsense tale from the Southern States of America.
[19]A Negro nonsense tale from the Southern States of America.
[20]From Louisa M. Alcott'sLife, Letters and Journals.
[20]From Louisa M. Alcott'sLife, Letters and Journals.
[21]From Celia Thaxter'sStories and Poems for Children.
[21]From Celia Thaxter'sStories and Poems for Children.
[22]Adapted from the facts given in the German ofDie Zehn FeeninMärchen und Erzählungen, Zweiter Teil, by H.A. Guerber.
[22]Adapted from the facts given in the German ofDie Zehn FeeninMärchen und Erzählungen, Zweiter Teil, by H.A. Guerber.
[23]Adapted from the story as told inFables and Folk Tales from an Eastern Forest, by Walter Skeat.
[23]Adapted from the story as told inFables and Folk Tales from an Eastern Forest, by Walter Skeat.
[24]FromThe Singing Leaves, by Josephine Preston Peabody.
[24]FromThe Singing Leaves, by Josephine Preston Peabody.
[25]Adapted from Hans Christian Andersen.
[25]Adapted from Hans Christian Andersen.
[26]I have always been inclined to avoid, in my work among children, the "how to make" and "how to do" kind of story; it is too likely to trespass on the ground belonging by right to its more artistic and less intentional kinsfolk. Nevertheless, there is a legitimate place for the instruction-story. Within its own limits, and especially in a school use, it has a real purpose to serve, and a real desire to meet. Children have a genuine taste for such morsels of practical information, if the bites are not made too big and too solid. And to the elementary teacher, from whom so much is demanded in the way of practical instruction, I know that these stories are a boon. They must be chosen with care, and used with discretion, but they need never be ignored. I venture to give some little stories of this type, which I hope may be of use in the schools where country life and country work is an unknown experience to the children.
[26]I have always been inclined to avoid, in my work among children, the "how to make" and "how to do" kind of story; it is too likely to trespass on the ground belonging by right to its more artistic and less intentional kinsfolk. Nevertheless, there is a legitimate place for the instruction-story. Within its own limits, and especially in a school use, it has a real purpose to serve, and a real desire to meet. Children have a genuine taste for such morsels of practical information, if the bites are not made too big and too solid. And to the elementary teacher, from whom so much is demanded in the way of practical instruction, I know that these stories are a boon. They must be chosen with care, and used with discretion, but they need never be ignored. I venture to give some little stories of this type, which I hope may be of use in the schools where country life and country work is an unknown experience to the children.
[27]Very freely adapted from one of theFables of Bidpai.
[27]Very freely adapted from one of theFables of Bidpai.
[28]Adapted from Longfellow's poem.
[28]Adapted from Longfellow's poem.
[29]Adapted from H.A. Guerber'sMärchen und Erzählungen(D.C. Heath & Co.).
[29]Adapted from H.A. Guerber'sMärchen und Erzählungen(D.C. Heath & Co.).
[30]A shortened version of the familiar tale.
[30]A shortened version of the familiar tale.
[31]An Italian folk tale.
[31]An Italian folk tale.
[32]FromBeside the Fire, Douglas Hyde (David Nutt).
[32]FromBeside the Fire, Douglas Hyde (David Nutt).
[33]Adapted from the German ofDer Faule und der Fleissige, by Robert Reinick.
[33]Adapted from the German ofDer Faule und der Fleissige, by Robert Reinick.
[34]From the text of the Revised Version of the Old Testament, with introduction and slight interpolations, changes of order, and omissions.
[34]From the text of the Revised Version of the Old Testament, with introduction and slight interpolations, changes of order, and omissions.
[35]Adapted, with quotations, from the poem inThe Hidden Servants, by Francesca Alexander.
[35]Adapted, with quotations, from the poem inThe Hidden Servants, by Francesca Alexander.
[36]Adapted from the poem by Phœbe Gary, inA Treasury of Verse, Part I., M.G. Edgar.
[36]Adapted from the poem by Phœbe Gary, inA Treasury of Verse, Part I., M.G. Edgar.
[37]From the German of Hedwig Levi.
[37]From the German of Hedwig Levi.
[38]By Rev. Albert E. Sims.
[38]By Rev. Albert E. Sims.
Transcriber's notes:All wordsunderlinedin the original were presumed. The text was not clear enough to make them out definitively.Marchen changed to Märchen to fit rest of text.Punctuation normalized.