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Title: Children's Literature
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WHEN ALL THE NOVELISTS AND SPINNERS OF ELABORATE FICTIONS HAVE BEEN READ AND JUDGED, WE SHALL FIND

THAT THE PEASANT AND THE NURSE ARE STILL UNSURPASSED AS MERE NARRATORS. THEY ARE THE GUARDIANS OF THAT
TREASURY OF LEGEND WHICH COMES TO US FROM THE VERY CHILDHOOD OF NATIONS; THEY AND THEIR TALES ARE THE
ABSTRACT AND BRIEF CHRONICLES, NOT OF AN AGE MERELY, BUT OF THE WHOLE RACE OF MAN. IT IS THEIRS TO KEEP
ALIVE THE GREAT ART OF TELLING STORIES AS A THING WHOLLY APART FROM AND INDEPENDENT OF THE ART OF WRITING
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children."

—C. B. TINKER, "In Praise of Nursery Lore," The Unpopular

Review, October-December, 1916.

CHILDREN'S
LITERATURE

A TEXTBOOK OF SOURCES FOR TEACHERS AND TEACHER-TRAINING

CLASSES

EDITED, WITH INTRODUCTIONS,

NOTES, AND BIBLIOGRAPHIES

[ii]

[iii]

BY

CHARLES MADISON CURRY

AND

ERLE ELSWORTH CLIPPINGER

Professors of Literature in the Indiana State Normal School

Emblem

RAND McNALLY & COMPANY
CHICAGO NEW YORK

Copyright, 1920, by

Rand MCNally & Company

Copyright, 1921, by

Rand MCNally & Company

All rights reserved

Made in U. S. A.

THE CONTENTS

SECTION I

PREFACE AND GENERAL INTRODUCTION

General Bibliography
2

The Preface
5

General Introduction
7

1.Literature for Children
7

2.Literature in the Grades
8

3.Story-Telling and Dramatization
10

4.Courses of Study
13

SECTION II

MOTHER GOOSE JINGLES AND NURSERY RHYMES

Bibliography
18

Introductory
19

[iv]

[v]

MOTHER GOOSE (Shorter rhymes):

1.A cat came fiddling out of a barn
23

2.A diller, a dollar
23

3.As I was going to St. Ives
23

4.As I was going up Pippen Hill
23

5.As I went to Bonner
23

6.As Tommy Snooks and Bessie Brooks
23

7.A swarm of bees in May
23

8.Baa, baa, black sheep
23

9.Barber, barber, shave a pig
23

10.Birds of a feather flock together
23

11.Bless you, bless you, burnie bee
23

12.Bobby Shafto's gone to sea
24

13.Bow, wow, wow
24

14.Bye, baby bunting
24

15.Come when you're called
24

16.Cross patch
24

17.Curly locks, curly locks
24

18.Dance, little baby
24

19.Diddle, diddle, dumpling
24

20.Ding, dong, bell
24

21.Doctor Foster
24

22.Eggs, butter, cheese, bread
24

23.For every evil under the sun
24

24.Four-and-twenty tailors
25

25.Great A, little a

25

26.Hark, hark
25

27.Here sits the Lord Mayor
25

28.Here we go up, up, up
25

29.Hey! diddle, diddle
25

30.Hickery, dickery, 6 and 7
25

31.Higgledy, Piggledy
25

32.Hickory, dickory, dock
25

33.Hogs in the garden
25

34.Hot-cross buns
26

35.Hub a dub dub
26

36.Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall
26

37.If all the sea were one sea
26

38.If all the world was apple-pie
26

39.If I'd as much money as I could spend
26

40.If "ifs" and "ands"
26

41.If wishes were horses
26

42.I had a little pony
26

43.I had a little hobby horse
26

44.I have a little sister
27

45.I'll tell you a story
27

46.In marble walls as white as milk
27

47.I went up one pair of stairs
27

48.Jack and Jill went up the hill
27

49.Jack be nimble
27

50.Jack Sprat could eat no fat
27

51.Knock at the door
27

52.Ladybird, ladybird, fly away home
27

53.Little boy blue, come blow your horn
27

54.Little girl, little girl, where have you been
27

55.Little Jack Horner
28

56.Little Jack Jingle
28

57.Little Johnny Pringle
28

58.Little Miss Muffet
28

59.Little Nancy Etticoat
28

60.Little Robin Redbreast
28

61.Little Tommy Tucker
28

62.Long legs, crooked thighs
28

63.Lucy Locket lost her pocket
28

64.Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John
28

65.Mistress Mary, quite contrary
28

66.Multiplication is vexation
28

67.Needles and pins
29

68.Old King Cole
29

69.Once I saw a little bird
29

70.One for the money
29

71.One misty, moisty morning
29

72.1, 2, 3, 4, 5
29

73.One, two
29

74.Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, baker's man
29

75.Pease-porridge hot
29

76.Peter, Peter, pumpkin-eater
30

77.Peter Piper picked a peck
30

78.Poor old Robinson Crusoe
30

79.Pussy-cat, pussy-cat, where have you been
30

80.Pussy sits beside the fire
30

81.Ride a cock-horse to Banbury-cross
30

82.Ride, baby, ride
30

83.Rock-a-bye, baby
30

84.Rock-a-bye, baby, thy cradle is green
30

85.See a pin and pick it up
30

86.See, saw, sacradown
31

87.Shoe the little horse
31

88.Sing a song of sixpence
31

89.Star light, star bright
31

90.The King of France went up the hill
31

91.The lion and the unicorn
31

92.The man in the moon
31

93.The north wind doth blow
31

94.The Queen of Hearts she made some tarts
31

95.There was a crooked man
31

96.There was a little boy went into a barn
32

97.There was a man and he had naught
32

98.There was a man in our town
32

99.There was an old man
32

100.There was an old woman, and what do you think
32

101.There was an old woman lived under a hill
32

102.There was an old woman of Leeds
32

103.There was an old woman of Norwich
32

104.There was an old woman tossed up in a basket
32

105.There was an old woman who lived in a shoe
33

106.There was an owl lived in an oak
33

107.This is the way the ladies ride
33

108.This little pig went to market
33

109.Three blind mice
33

110.Three wise men of Gotham
33

111.To market, to market, to buy a fat pig
33

112.Tom, Tom, the piper's son
33

113.Two-legs sat upon three-legs
33

114.When a twister a-twisting
34

115."Willy boy, Willy boy, where are you going?"
34

WILHELMINA SEEGMILLER

116.Milkweed Seeds
34

117.An Anniversary
34

118.Twink! twink!
34

MOTHER GOOSE (Longer rhymes)

119.A Was an Apple-Pie
34

120.Tom Thumb's Alphabet
35

121.Where Are You Going
35

122.Molly and I
35

123.London Bridge
36

124.I Saw a Ship
36

[vi]

125.There Was an Old Woman
36

126.Little Bo-Peep
37

127.Cock a Doodle Doo
37

128.Three Jovial Huntsmen
37

129.There Was a Little Man
37

130.Taffy
38

131.Simple Simon
38

132.A Farmer Went Trotting
38

133.Tom the Piper's Son
38

134.When I Was a Little Boy
39

135.The Babes in the Wood
39

136.The Fox and His Wife
40

137.For Want of a Nail
40

138.A Man of Words
40

139.Jemima
41

140.Mother Hubbard and Her Dog
41

141.The Courtship, Merry Marriage, and Picnic Dinner of Cock Robin and Jenny Wren 42
142.The Burial of Poor Cock Robin
44

143.Dame Wiggins of Lee, and Her Seven Wonderful Cats
45

144.This Is the House That Jack Built
47

145.The Egg in the Nest
49

146.Change About
49

SECTION III

FAIRY STORIES—TRADITIONAL TALES

Bibliography
52

Introductory
53

ENGLISH:

147.The Old Woman and Her Pig
56

148.Henny-Penny
58

149.Teeny-Tiny
59

150.The Cat and the Mouse
60

151.The Story of the Three Little Pigs
61

152.Titty Mouse and Tatty Mouse
63

153.The Story of the Three Bears
64

154.The Three Sillies
67

155.Lazy Jack
69

156.The Story of Mr. Vinegar
71

157.Jack and the Beanstalk
73

158.Tom Thumb
79

159.Whittington and His Cat
84

160.Tom Tit Tot
89

FRENCH:

161.Little Red Riding Hood
92

162.True History of Little Golden Hood
94

163.Puss in Boots
97

164.Toads and Diamonds
100

165.Cinderella, or the Little Glass Slipper
102

166.Drakestail
106

167.Beauty and the Beast
110

NORWEGIAN:

168.Why the Bear Is Stumpy-Tailed
122

169.The Three Billy-Goats Gruff
123

170.The Husband Who Was to Mind the House
124

171.Boots and His Brothers
125

172.The Quern at the Bottom of the Sea
128

GERMAN:

173.The Traveling Musicians
131

174.The Blue Light
134

175.The Elves and the Shoemaker
136

176.The Fisherman and His Wife
138

177.Rose-Bud
142

178.Rumpelstiltskin
144

179.Snow-White and Rose-Red
146

[vii]

INDIAN:

180.The Lambikin
150

181.Tit for Tat
151

182.The Tiger, the Brahman, and the Jackal
152

183.Pride Goeth before a Fall
154

JAPANESE:

184.The Mirror of Matsuyama
156

185.The Tongue-Cut Sparrow
158

SLAVIC:

186.The Straw Ox
160

IRISH:

187.Connla and the Fairy Maiden
162

188.The Horned Women
164

189.King O'Toole and His Goose
165

SECTION IV

FAIRY STORIES—MODERN FANTASTIC TALES

Bibliography
170

Introductory
171

ABRAM S. ISAACS

190.A Four-Leaved Clover
174

I.The Rabbi and the Diadem
174

II.Friendship
175

III.True Charity
175

IV.An Eastern Garden
176

SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE

191.The Lord Helpeth Man and Beast
177

HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN

192.The Real Princess
179

193.The Emperor's New Clothes
180

194.The Nightingale
183

195.The Fir Tree
190

196.The Tinder Box
195

197.The Hardy Tin Soldier
200

198.The Ugly Duckling
203

FRANCES BROWNE

199.The Story of Fairyfoot
209

OSCAR WILDE

200.The Happy Prince
217

RAYMOND MACDONALD ALDEN

201.The Knights of the Silver Shield
223

JEAN INGELOW

202.The Prince's Dream
227

FRANK R. STOCKTON

203.Old Pipes and the Dryad
233

JOHN RUSKIN

204.The King of the Golden River
245

SECTION V

FABLES AND SYMBOLIC STORIES

Bibliography
262

Introductory
263

ÆSOP

205.The Shepherd's Boy
266

206.The Lion and the Mouse
266

207.The Crow and the Pitcher
266

208.The Frog and the Ox
267

209.The Frogs Desiring a King
267

210.The Field Mouse and the Town Mouse
268

CHRISTINA G. ROSSETTI

211.The City Mouse and the Garden Mouse
268

HORACE

212.The Country Mouse and the Town Mouse
268

[viii]

ÆSOP

213.Androcles
269

THOMAS DAY

214.Androcles and the Lion
270

ÆSOP

215.The Wind and the Sun
272

216.The Goose with the Golden Eggs
272

LA FONTAINE

217.The Hen with the Golden Eggs
272

ÆSOP

218.The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing
273

219.The Hare and the Tortoise
273

220.The Miller, His Son, and Their Ass
274

221.The Travelers and the Bear
274

222.The Lark and Her Young Ones
275

223.The Old Man and His Sons
275

224.The Fox and the Grapes
276

225.The Widow and the Hen
276

226.The Kid and the Wolf
276

227.The Man and the Satyr
276

228.The Dog and the Shadow
276

229.The Swallow and the Raven
276

230.Mercury and the Woodman
276

231.The Mice in Council
277

232.The Mountebank and Countryman
277

233.The Milkmaid and Her Pail
278

LA FONTAINE

234.The Dairywoman and the Pot of Milk
278

From "THE ARABIAN NIGHTS"

235.The Story of Alnaschar
279

BIDPAI (Indian Fables)

236.The Camel and the Pig
280

237.The Ass in the Lion's Skin
281

238.The Talkative Tortoise
282

239.A Lion Tricked by a Rabbit
283

MARIE DE FRANCE

240.The Cock and the Fox
284

LA FONTAINE

241.The Grasshopper and the Ant
284

242.The Cock, the Cat, and the Young Mouse
285

JOHN GAY

243.The Hare with Many Friends
286

TOMAS YRIARTE

244.The Musical Ass
287

IVAN KRYLOV

245.The Swan, the Pike, and the Crab
287

From the BIBLE

246.The Bramble Is Made King
288

247.The Good Samaritan
289

248.The Prodigal Son
289

HENRY WARD BEECHER

249.The Anxious Leaf
290

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN

250.The Whistle
291

251.The Ephemera
292

JOSEPH ADDISON

252.The Vision of Mirzah
294

JANE TAYLOR

253.The Discontented Pendulum
297

LEO TOLSTOI

254.Croesus and Solon
299

SECTION VI

MYTHS

Bibliography
302

Introductory
303

GREEK AND ROMAN:
GRACE H. KUPFER

255.A Story of the Springtime
306

NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE

256.The Paradise of Children
309

257.The Miraculous Pitcher
319

R. E. FRANCILLON

258.The Narcissus
330

259.The Apple of Discord
332

JOSEPHINE P. PEABODY

260.Icarus and Daedalus
335

261.Admetus and the Shepherd
337

THOMAS BULFINCH

262.Midas
338

CHARLES MILLS GAYLEY

263.Phaëthon
340

NORSE:
THOMAS BULFINCH

264.Thor's Visit to Jötunheim
343

HAMILTON WRIGHT MABIE

265.Odin's Search for Wisdom
348

ETHEL M. WILMOT-BUXTON

266.How the Fenris Wolf was Chained
351

ANNA AND ELIZA KEARY

267.Frey
354

HAMILTON WRIGHT MABIE

268.The Death of Balder
360

SECTION VII

POETRY

Bibliography
368

Introductory
369

ELIZA LEE FOLLEN

269.The Three Little Kittens

371

270.The Moon
371

271.Runaway Brook
372

272.Ding Dong! Ding Dong!
372

ELIZABETH PRENTISS

273.The Little Kitty
372

SARA J. HALE

274.Mary Had a Little Lamb
372

THEODORE TILTON

275.Baby Bye
373

LUCY LARCOM

276.The Brown Thrush
374

LYDIA MARIA CHILD

277.Thanksgiving Day
375

278.Who Stole the Bird's Nest
375

"SUSAN COOLIDGE"

279.How the Leaves Came Down
377

PHOEBE CARY

280.They Didn't Think
377

281.The Leak in the Dike
378

ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON

282.Whole Duty of Children
381

283.The Cow
381

284.Time to Rise
381

285.Rain
381

286.A Good Play
382

287.The Lamplighter
382

288.The Land of Nod
382

289.The Land of Story-Books
382

[ix]

290.My Bed Is a Boat
383

291.My Shadow
383

292.The Swing
383

293.Where Go the Boats
384

294.The Wind
384

295.Windy Nights
384

FRANK DEMPSTER SHERMAN

296.Spinning Top
384

297.Flying Kite
385

298.King Bell
385

299.Daisies
385

EUGENE FIELD

300.Wynken, Blynken, and Nod
385

301.The Sugar-Plum Tree
386

302.The Duel
387

JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY

303.The Treasures of the Wise Man
387

304.The Circus-Day Parade
388

305.The Raggedy Man
389

JAMES HOGG

306.A Boy's Song
389

MARY HOWITT

307.The Spider and the Fly
390

WILLIAM HOWITT

308.The Wind in a Frolic
391

ANN TAYLOR

309.The Cow
392

310.Meddlesome Matty
392

JANE TAYLOR

311."I Like Little Pussy"
393

312.The Star
394

CHRISTINA G. ROSSETTI

313.Seldom or Never
394

314.An Emerald Is as Green as Grass
394

315.Boats Sail on the Rivers
394

316.A Diamond or a Coal?
395

317.The Swallow
395

318.Who Has Seen the Wind?
395

319.Milking Time
395

WILLIAM BRIGHTY RANDS

320.The Peddler's Caravan
395

321.The Wonderful World
396

RICHARD MONCKTON MILNES

322.Good-Night and Good-Morning
396

WILLIAM ROSCOE

323.The Butterfly's Ball
397

AUTHOR UNKNOWN

324.Can You?
398

ROBERT BROWNING

325.Pippa's Song
399

CHARLES MACKAY

326.Little and Great
399

FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS

327.Casabianca
399

WILLIAM BLAKE

328.Three Things to Remember
400

329.The Lamb
401

330.The Shepherd
401

331.The Tiger
401

332.The Piper
401

ELIZA COOK

333.Try Again
402

EDWARD LEAR

334.The Owl and the Pussy-Cat
403

335.The Table and the Chair
404

[x]

336.The Pobble Who Has No Toes
404

"LEWIS CARROLL"

337.The Walrus and the Carpenter
405

338.A Strange Wild Song
406

ISAAC WATTS

339.Against Idleness and Mischief
407

340.Famous Passages from Dr. Watts
408

HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW

341.The Skeleton in Armor
408

342.The Day Is Done
410

343.A Psalm of Life
411

CHARLES KINGSLEY

344.The Three Fishers
412

345.The Sands of Dee
412

ALFRED TENNYSON

346."What Does Little Birdie Say?"
413

347.Sweet and Low
413

348.The Poet's Song
413

349.Crossing the Bar
414

LEIGH HUNT

350.Abou Ben Adhem
414

JOAQUIN MILLER

351.For Those Who Fail
415

EDGAR ALLAN POE

352.Eldorado
415

GEORGE GORDON, LORD BYRON

353.The Destruction of Sennacherib
416

WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT

354.To a Waterfowl
416

355.The Planting of the Apple-Tree
417

THOMAS EDWARD BROWN

356.My Garden
418

WILLIAM WORDSWORTH

357.Daffodils
419

358.The Solitary Reaper
419

CAROLINE ELIZABETH NORTON

359.The Arab to His Favorite Steed
420

ROBERT SOUTHEY

360.The Inchcape Rock
421

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

361.Over Hill, Over Dale
423

362.A Fairy Scene in a Wood
423

RALPH WALDO EMERSON

363.Fable
424

364.Concord Hymn
424

SIR WALTER SCOTT

365.Breathes There the Man
424

OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES

366.Old Ironsides
425

WILLIAM COLLINS

367.How Sleep the Brave
425

AUTHOR UNKNOWN

368.The Ballad of Nathan Hale
425

SIR FRANCIS HASTINGS DOYLE

369.The Red Thread of Honor
427

RUDYARD KIPLING

370.Recessional
428

WILLIAM ERNEST HENLEY

371.Invictus
429

JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL

372.The Falcon
429

373.The Shepherd of King Admetus
430

SIR WILLIAM SCHENCK GILBERT

374.The Yarn of the Nancy Bell
430

JOHN TOWNSEND TROWBRIDGE

375.Darius Green and His Flying Machine
432

WILLIAM ROBERT SPENCER

376.Beth Gêlert
436

AUTHOR UNKNOWN

377.King John and the Abbot of Canterbury
437

SECTION VIII

REALISTIC STORIES

Bibliography
442

Introductory
443

OLIVER GOLDSMITH

378.The Renowned History of Little Goody Two-Shoes
445

DR. JOHN AIKIN AND MRS. LETITIA BARBAULD

379.Eyes, and No Eyes
451

THOMAS DAY

380.The Good-Natured Little Boy
456

MARIA EDGEWORTH

381.Waste Not, Want Not
458

JULIANA HORATIA EWING

382.Jackanapes
478

HENRY SEIDEL CANBY

383.Betty's Ride
496

CHARLES MAJOR

384.The Big Bear
500

"O. HENRY"

385.The Gift of the Magi
505

SECTION IX

NATURE LITERATURE

Bibliography
510

Introductory
511

BEATRIX POTTER

386.The Tale of Peter Rabbit
513

THORNTON WALDO BURGESS

387.Johnny Chuck Finds the Best Thing in the World
514

ALBERT BIGELOW PAINE

388.Mr. 'Possum's Sick Spell
516

DALLAS LORE SHARP

389.Wild Life in the Farm-Yard
520

VERNON L. KELLOGG

390.The Vendetta
524

SEWELL FORD

391.Pasha, the Son of Selim
527

"OUIDA" (LOUISA DE LA RAMÉE)

392.Moufflou
534

OLIVE THORNE MILLER

393.Bird Habits: I. Where He Sleeps II. His Travels
548

ERNEST THOMPSON SETON

394.The Poacher and the Silver Fox
551

DAVID STARR JORDAN

395.The Story of a Salmon
556

RUDYARD KIPLING

396.Moti Guj—Mutineer
562

CHARLES G. D. ROBERTS

397.Last Bull
566

SECTION X

ROMANCE CYCLES AND LEGEND

Bibliography
576

Introductory
577

From ARABIAN NIGHTS

398.Ali Baba, and the Forty Thieves
579

"FELIX SUMMERLEY"
Reynard the Fox

[xi]

399.How Bruin the Bear Sped with Reynard the Fox
586

400.The Battle Between the Fox and the Wolf
591

SIR THOMAS MALORY
King Arthur and His Round Table

401.How Arthur Became King
594

402.A Tourney with the French
597

403.Adventures of Arthur
598

MAUDE RADFORD WARREN

404.Arthur and Sir Accalon
603

CERVANTES-SAAVEDRA, MIGUEL DE
405-411.Stories from Don Quixote

I.Dreams and Shadows
606

II.Preparing for the Quest
608

III.The Quest Begins
610

IV.The Knightly Vigil
613

V.On Honor's Field
615

VI.The Return Home
617

VII.The Battle with the Windmills
618

HORACE E. SCUDDER

412.The Proud King
620

EVA MARCH TAPPAN

413.Robin and the Merry Little Old Woman
623

AUTHOR UNKNOWN

414.Allen-a-Dale
628

SECTION XI

BIOGRAPHY AND HERO STORIES

Bibliography
632

Introductory
633

ELBRIDGE S. BROOKS

415.How Columbus Got His Ships
635

HORACE E. SCUDDER

416.The Boyhood of Washington
642

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN

417.The Autobiography
645

HELEN NICOLAY

418.Lincoln's Early Days
655

ANNA HOWARD SHAW

419.In the Western Wilderness
662

CHARLOTTE M. YONGE

420.The Pass of Thermopylae
671

SECTION XII

HOME READING LIST AND GENERAL INDEX

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SECTION I

PREFACE AND GENERAL INTRODUCTION

SELECTED GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHY

I. GENERAL COLLECTIONS OF CHILDREN'S LITERATURE

Tappan, Eva March, The Children's Hour. 10 vols.

Neilson, William Patten, and others, The Junior Classics. 10 vols.

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Sylvester, Charles H., Journeys through Bookland. 10 vols.

Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, and others, The Young Folks' Library. 30 vols.

Mabie, Hamilton Wright, After School Library. 12 vols.

Scudder, Horace E., The Children's Book. [Best single-volume collection for early grades.]

Barnes, Walter, Types of Children's Literature.

II. HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT

Darton, F. J. Harvey, "Children's Books," in Cambridge History of English Literature, VOL. XI, CHAP. XVI. [BEST BRIEF

account of development in England. Elaborate bibliography.]

TASSIN, ALGERNON, "BOOKS FOR CHILDREN," IN
Cambridge History of American Literature, VOL. II, CHAP. VII. [BEST

account of American development. Extended bibliography.]

FIELD, MRS. E. M., The Child and His Book. THE HISTORY AND PROGRESS OF CHILDREN'S LITERATURE IN ENGLAND. [STOPS WITH

1826.]

MOSES, MONTROSE J., Children's Books and Reading. [DEALS WITH BOTH ENGLISH AND AMERICAN SIDE. BOOK-LISTS AND

bibliographies.]

Ashton, John, Chapbooks of the Eighteenth Century.

Halsey, Rosalie V., Forgotten Books of the American Nursery.

Welsh, Charles, A Bookseller of the Last Century. [John Newbery.]

"Godfrey, Elizabeth," English Children in the Olden Time.

Earle, Florence Morse, Child Life in Colonial Days.

III. GUIDES IN TEACHING

1. SPECIFIC PEDAGOGY

Barnes, Walter, English in the Country School.

CARPENTER, G. R., BAKER, F. T., AND SCOTT, F. N.,
The Teaching of English. [PP. 155-187, "LITERATURE IN THE

Elementary Schools," by Professor Baker.]

Chubb, Percival, The Teaching of English.

Cox, John Harrington, Literature in the Common School.

BARRON, JULIA S., BACON, CORINNE, AND DANA, J. C.,
Course of Study for Normal School Pupils on Literature for

Children. [A syllabus.]

Hosic, James Fleming, The Elementary Course in English.

MacClintock, Porter Lander, Literature in the Elementary School.

McMurry, Charles A., Special Method in Reading in the Grades.

Welch, John S., Literature in the School: Aims, Methods, and Interpretations.

2. MORE GENERAL AND INSPIRATIONAL

Bates, Arlo, Talks on the Teaching of Literature.

Bennett, Arnold, Literary Taste and How to Form It.

Colby, J. Rose, Literature and Life in School.

Kerfoot, J. B., How to Read.

Lee, Gerald Stanley, The Child and the Book.

Quiller-Couch, Sir Arthur, On the Art of Reading. [Children's Literature.]

Scudder, Horace E., Literature in the Schools.

Smith, C. Alphonso, What Can Literature Do for Me?

Woodberry, George E., The Appreciation of Literature. The Heart of Man.

3. GUIDES TO BOOKS FOR CHILDREN

Arnold, Gertrude W., A Mother's List of Books for Children.

Field, Walter Taylor, Fingerposts to Children's Reading.

Hunt, Clara W., What Shall We Read to the Children?

Lowe, Orton, Literature for Children.

Macy, John, A Child's Guide to Reading.

Moore, Annie Carroll, Roads to Childhood.

Olcott, Frances Jenkins, The Children's Reading.

One Thousand Good Books for Children. [CLASSIFIED AND GRADED LIST PREPARED BY NATIONAL CONGRESS OF MOTHERS'

LITERATURE COMMITTEE, ALICE M. JORDAN, CHAIRMAN. ISSUED BY U. S. BUREAU OF EDUCATION, WASHINGTON, D. C.,
as Home Education Circular No. 1.]

Stevens, David Harrison, The Home Guide to Good Reading.

IV. BOOKS ON STORY-TELLING

Allison, S. B., and Perdue, H. A., The Story in Primary Education.

Bailey, Carolyn Sherman, For the Story-Teller.

Bryant, Sarah Cone, How to Tell Stories to Children. Stories to Tell to Children. [Introduction.]

Cather, Katherine D., Educating by Story-Telling.

Cowles, Julia D., The Art of Story-Telling.

Cross, Allen, and Statler, Nellie M., Story-Telling for Upper Grades.

Forbush, William B., Manual of Stories.

Horne, H. H., Story-Telling, Questioning, and Studying.

Keyes, Angela M., Stories and Story-Telling.

Kready, Laura F., A Study of Fairy Tales. [Chap. iii, "The Telling of Fairy Tales."]

Lindsay, Maud, The Story-Teller for Little Children.

Lyman, Edna, Story Telling: What to Tell and How to Tell It.

McMurry, Charles A., Special Method in Reading in the Grades.

Moore, Annie C., Article "Story-Telling," Cyclopedia of Education. [Ed. Monroe.]

Partridge, Emelyn N., and George E., Story-Telling in the School and Home.

Shedlock, Marie L., The Art of the Story-Teller.

St. John, Edward Porter, Stories and Story-Telling in Moral and Religious Education.

Wiltse, Sara E., The Place of the Story in Early Education.

Wyche, Richard Thomas, Some Great Stories and How to Tell Them.

V. ON DRAMATIZATION

BRIGGS, T. H., AND COFFMAN, L. D., Reading in Public Schools. [CHAP. X, "DRAMATIC READING," AND CHAP. XXIII,

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"Dramatics."]

Curtis, Elnora W., The Dramatic Instinct in Education.

Finlay-Johnson, Harriet, The Dramatic Method of Teaching.

Gesell, Arnold L., and Beatrice C., The Normal Child and Primary Education. [Chapter on "Dramatic Expression."]

Herts, Alice M., The Children's Educational Theatre.

Nixon, Lillian E., Fairy Tales a Child Can Read and Act.

VI. THE BIBLE AS LITERATURE FOR CHILDREN

Moulton, Richard Green, A Short Introduction to the Literature of the Bible.

THE SIMPLEST AND BEST DISCUSSION FOR TEACHERS OF THE BIBLE AS LITERATURE. THE BOOKS THAT FOLLOW ARE GOOD SOURCES FOR

story material from the Bible.

Baldwin, James, Old Stories from the East.

Hodges, George, The Garden of Eden. The Castle of Zion. When the King Came.

Houghton, Louise Seymour, Telling Bible Stories.

MOULTON, RICHARD GREEN,
Bible Stories: Old Testament. Bible Stories: New Testament. [TWO VOLUMES OF The

Modern Reader's Bible for Children. The only variations from the text are by omissions.]

Olcott, Frances Jenkins, Bible Stories to Read and Tell.

Smith, Nora Archibald, Old, Old Tales from the Old, Old Book.

Stewart, Mary, "Tell Me a True Story."

VII. SOME INTERPRETATIONS OF CHILDHOOD

Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, The Story of a Bad Boy.

Du Bois, Patterson, Beckonings from Little Hands.

Gilson, Roy Rolfe, In the Morning Glow.

Grahame, Kenneth, Dream Days. The Golden Age.

Howells, William Dean, A Boy's Town.

Kelly, Myra, Little Citizens.

Larcom, Lucy, A New England Girlhood.

Loti, Pierre, The Story of a Child.

Martin, George Madden, Emmy Lou, Her Book and Heart.

Masters, Edgar Lee, Mitch Miller.

Pater, Walter, The Child in the House.

Shute, Henry A., The Real Diary of a Real Boy.

Smith, William Hawley, The Evolution of Dodd.

Stuart, Ruth McEnery, Sonny.

Walpole, Hugh, Jeremy.

Warner, Charles Dudley, On Being a Boy.

White, William Allen, The Court of Boyville.

VIII. SOCIAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL BACKGROUND

Addams, Jane, Youth and Our City Streets.

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