xii, 693 pages ; 24 cm Includes bibliographical references and index SECTION 1: PREFACE AND GENERAL INFORMATION. Literature for Children ; Literature in the Grades ; Story-Telling and Dramatization ; Courses of Study -- SECTION 2: MOTHER GOOSE JINGLES AND NURSERY RHYMES. A Cat Came Fiddling Out Of A Barn ; A Diller, A Dollar ; As I was going to St. Ives ; As I was going up Pippen Hill ; As I went to Booner ; As Tommy Snooks and Bessie Brooks ; A Swarm of bees in May ; Baa, Baa, Black Sheep ; Barber, Barber, Shave a Pig ; Birds of a feather flock together ; Bless you, Bless you, Burnie Bee ; Bobby Shafto's gone to sea ; Bow, Wow, Wow ; Bye, Baby Bunting ; Come when you're called ; Cross Patch ; Curly Locks, Curly Locks ; Dance, Little Baby ; Diddle, Diddle, Dumpling ; Ding, Dong, Bell ; Doctor Foster ; Eggs, Butter, Cheese, Bread ; For Every Evil Under The Sun ; Four-and-twenty Tailors ; Great A, Little A ; Hark, Hark ; Here Sits The Lord Mayor ; Here We Go Up, Up, Up ; Hey! Diddle, Diddle ; Hickery, Dickery, 6 and 7 ; Higgledy, Piggledy ; Hickory, Dickory, Dock ; Hogs in the garden ; Hot-Cross Bun ; Hub a dub dub ; Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall ; If all the sea were one sea ; If all the world was apple-pie ; If I'd as much money as I could spend ; If "ifs" and "ands" ; If wishes were horses ; I had a little pony ; I had a little hobby horse ; I have a little sister ; I'll tell you a story ; In marble walls as white as milk ; I went up one pair of stairs ; Jack and Jill went up the hill ; Jack be nimble ; Jack Sprat could eat no fat ; Knock at the door ; Ladybird, Ladybird, fly away home ; Little Boy Blue, Come Blow Your Horn ; Little girl, little girl, where have you been ; Little Jack Horner ; Little Jack Jingle ; Little Johnny Pringle ; Little Miss Muffet ; Little Nancy Etticoat ; Little Robin Redbreast ; Little Tommy Tucker ; Long Legs, crooked thighs ; Lucy Locket lost her pocket ; Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John ; Mistress Mary, quite contrary ; Multiplication is vexation ; Needles and pins ; Old King Cole ; Once I saw a little bird ; One for the money ; One misty, moisty morning ; 1,2,3,4,5 ; One, two ; Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, Baker's man ; Pease-porridge hot ; Peter, Peter, pumpkin-eater ; Peter Piper picked a peck ; Poor Old Robinson Crusoe ; Pussy-cat, pussy-cat, where have you been ; Pussy sits beside the fire ; Ride a cock-horse to Banbury-cross ; Ride, baby, ride ; Rocky-a-bye, baby ; Rock-a-bye, baby, thy cradle is green ; See a pin and pick it up ; See, saw, sacradown ; Show the little horse ; Sing a song of sixpence ; Star light, star bright ; The King of France went up the hill ; The Lion and the Unicorn ; The man in the moon ; The north wind doth blow ; The Queen of Hearts she made some tarts ; There was a crooked man ; There was a little boy went into a barn ; There was a man and he had naught ; There was a man in our town ; There was an old man ; There was an old woman, and what do you think ; There was an old woman lived under a hill ; There was an old woman of Leeds ; There was an old woman of Norwich ; There was an old woman tossed up in a basket ; There was an old woman who lived in a shoe ; There was an owl lived in an oak ; This is the way the ladies ride ; This little pig went to market ; Three blind mice ; Three wise man of Gotham ; To market, to market, to buy a fat pig ; Tom, tom, the piper's son ; Two-legs sat upon three-legs ; When a twister a-twisting ; "Willy boy, Willy boy, where are you going?" ; Milkweed Seeds ; An Anniversary ; Twink! Twink! ; A Was an Apple-Pie ; Tom Thumb's Alphabet ; Where Are You Going ; Molly and I ; London Bridge ; I Saw a Ship ; There Was an Old Woman ; Little Bo-Peep ; Cock A Doodle Doo ; Three Jovial Huntsmen ; There Was a little man ; Taffy ; Simple Simon ; A Farmer Went Trotting ; Tom the Piper's Son ; When I was a little boy ; The babes in the wood ; For want of a nail ; A man of words ; Jemima ; Mother Hubbard and her dog ; The courtship, merry marriage, and picnic dinner of Cock Robin and Jenny Wren ; The burial of poor Cock Robin ; Dame Wiggins of Lee, and her seven wonderful cats ; This is the house that Jack built ; The egg in the nest ; Change about -- SECTION 3: FAIRY STORIES-TRADITIONAL TALES. The old woman and her pig ; Henny-Penny ; Teeny-Tiny ; The cat and the mouse ; The story of the three little pigs ; Titty mouse and Tatty mouse ; The story of the three bears ; The three sillies ; Lazy Jack ; The story of Mr. Vinegar ; Jack and the Beanstalk ; Tom Thumb ; Whittington and his cat ; Tom Tit Tot ; Little Red Riding Hood ; True History of Little Golden Hood ; Puss in boots ; Toads and Diamonds ; Cinderella, or the little glass slipper ; Drakestail ; Beauty and the beast ; Why the bear is stumpy-tailed ; The three billy-goats gruff ; The husband who was to mind the house ; Boots and his brothers ; The quern at the bottom of the sea ; The traveling musicians ; The blue light ; The elves and the shoemaker ; The fisherman and his wife ; Rose-bud ; Rumpelstiltskin ; Snow-White and Rose-Red -- The Lambikin ; Tit for Tat ; The Tiger, the Brahman, and the Jackal ; Pride Goeth before a Fall ; The Mirror of Matsuyama ; The Tongue-cut sparrow ; The straw ox ; Connla and the Fairy Maiden ; The horned women ; King O'Toole and his Goose -- SECTION 4: FAIRY STORIES-MODERN FANTASTIC TALES. A Four-Leaved clover / Abram S. Issacs ; The Rabbi and the Diadem / Abram S. Issacs ; Friendship / Abram S. Issacs ; True Charity / Abram S. Issacs ; An Eastern Garden / Abram S. Issacs ; The Lord Helpeth Man and Beast / Samuel Taylor Coleridge ; The Real Princess / Hans Christian Andersen ; The Emperor's New Clothes / Hans Christian Andersen ; The Nightingale / Hans Christian Andersen ; The Fir Tree / Hans Christian Andersen ; The Tinder Box / Hans Christian Andersen ; The Hardy Tin Soldier / Hans Christian Andersen ; The Ugly Duckling / Hans Christian Andersen ; The Story of Fairyfoot / Frances Browne ; The Happy Prince / Oscar Wilde ; The Knights of the Silver Shield / Raymond MacDonald Alden ; The Prince's Dream / Jean Ingelow ; Old Pips and the Dryad / Frank R. Stockton ; The King of the Golden River / John Ruskin -- SECTION 5: FABLES AND SMYBOLIC STORIES. The Shepherd's Boy ; The Lion and the Mouse ; The Crow and the Pitcher ; The Frog and the Ox ; The Frogs Desiring a King ; The Field Mouse and the Town Mouse ; The City Mouse and the Garden Mouse / Christina G. Rossetti ; The Country Mouse and the Town Mouse / Horace ; Androcles / Æsop ; Androcles and the Lion / Thomas Day ; The Wind and the Sun / Æsop ; The Goose with the Golden Eggs / Æsop ; The Hen with the Golden Eggs / La Fontaine ; The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing / Æsop ; The Hare and the Tortoise / Æsop ; The Miller, His Son, and their Ass / Æsop ; The Travelers and the Bear / Æsop ; The Lark and her young ones / Æsop ; The Old Man and his sons / Æsop ; The Fox and the Grapes / Æsop ; The Widow and the Hen / Æsop ; The Kid and the Wolf / Æsop ; The Man and the Satyr / Æsop ; The Dog and the Shadow / Æsop ; The Swallow and the Raven / Æsop ; Mercury and the Woodman / Æsop ; The Mice in Council / Æsop ; The Mountebank and the Countryman / Æsop ; The Milkmaid and her Pail / Æsop ; The Dairywoman and the pot of milk / La Fontaine ; The story of Alnaschar / From "The Arabian Nights" ; The Camel and the Pig / Bidpai (Indian Fables) ; The Ass in the Lion's Skin / Bidpai (Indian Fables) ; The Talkative Tortoise / Bidpai (Indian Fables) ; A Lion Tricked by a Rabbit / Bidpai (Indian Fables) ; The Cock and the Fox / Marie De France ; The Grasshopper and the Ant / La Fontaine ; The Cock, the Cat, and the Young Mouse / La Fontaine ; The Hare with Many Friends / John Gay ; The Musical Ass / Tomas Yriarte ; The Swan, the Pike, and the Crab / Ivan Krylov ; The Bramble Is Made King / From the Bible ; The Good Samaritan / From the Bible ; The Prodigal Son / From the Bible ; The Anxious Leaf / Henry Ward Beecher ; The Whistle / Benjamin Franklin ; The Ephemera / Benjamin Franklin ; The Vision of Mirzah / Joseph Addison ; The Discontented Pendulum / Jane Taylor ; Croesus and Solon / Leo Tolstoi SECTION 6: MYTHS. A Story of the Springtime / Grace H. Kupfer ; The Paradise of Children / Nathaniel Hawthorne ; The Miraculous Pitcher / Nathaniel Hawthorne ; The Narcissis / R.E. Francillion ; The Apple of Discord / R.E. Francillion ; Icarus and Daedalus / Josephine P. Peabody ; Admetus and the Shepherd / Josephine P. Peabody ; Midas / Thomas Bulfinch ; Phaëthon / Charles Mills Gayley ; Thor's Visit to Jötunheim / Thomas Bulfinch ; Odin's Search for Wisdom / Hamilton Wright Mabie ; How the Fenris Wolf was Chained / Ethel M. Wilmot-Buxton ; Frey / Anna and Eliza Keary ; The Death of Balder / Hamilton Wright Mabie -- SECTION 7: POETRY. The Three Little Kittens / Eliza Lee Follen ; The Moon / Eliza Lee Follen ; Runaway Brook / Eliza Lee Follen ; Ding Dong! Ding Dong! / Eliza Lee Follen ; The Little Kitty / Elizabeth Prentiss ; Mary had a little lamb / Sara J. Hale ; Baby Bye / Theodore Tilton ; The Brown Thrush / Lucy Larcom ; Thanksgiving Day / Lydia Maria Child ; Who Stole the Bird's Nest / Lydia Maria Child ; How the Leaves Came Down / "Susan Coolidge" ; They Didn't think / Phoebe Cary ; The Leak in the Dike / Phoebe Cary ; Whole Duty of Children / Robert Louis Stevenson ; The Cow / Robert Louis Stevenson ; Time to Rise / Robert Louis Stevenson ; Rain / Robert Louis Stevenson ; A Good Play / Robert Louis Stevenson ; The Lamplighter / Robert Louis Stevenson ; The Land of Nod / Robert Louis Stevenson ; The Land of Story-Books / Robert Louis Stevenson ; My Bed is a Boat / Robert Louis Stevenson ; My Shadow / Robert Louis Stevenson ; The Swing / Robert Louis Stevenson ; Where go the boats / Robert Louis Stevenson ; The Wind / Robert Louis Stevenson ; Windy Nights / Robert Louis Stevenson ; Spinning Top / Frank Dempster Sherman ; Flying Kite / Frank Dempster Sherman ; King Bell / Frank Dempster Sherman ; Daisies / Frank Dempster Sherman ; Wynken, Blynken, and Nod / Eugene Field ; The Sugar-Plum Tree / Eugene Field ; The Duel / Eugene Field ; The Treasures of the Wise Man / James Whitcomb Riley ; The Circus-Day Parade / James Whitcomb Riley ; The Raggedy Man / James Whitcomb Riley ; A Boy's Song / James Hogg ; The Spider and the Fly / Mary Howitt ; The Wind in a Frolic / William Howitt ; The Cow / Ann Taylor ; Meddlesome Matty / Ann Taylor ; " I Like Little Pussy" / Jane Taylor ; The Star / Jane Taylor ; Seldom or Never / Christina G. Rossetti ; An Emerald Is as Green as Grass / Christina G. Rossetti ; Boats Sail on the Rivers / Christina G. Rossetti ; A Diamond or a coal? / Christina G. Rossetti ; The Swallow / Christina G. Rossetti ; Who Has seen the wind? / Christina G. Rossetti ; Milking Time / Christina G. Rossetti ; The Peddler's Caravan / William Brighty Rands ; The Wonderful World / William Brighty Rands ; Good-Night and Good-Morning / Richard Monckton Milnes ; The Butterfly's Ball / William Roscoe ; Can you? / Author Unknown ; Pippa's Song / Robert Browning ; Little and Great / Charles Mackay ; Casabianca / Felicia Dorothea Hemans ; Three Things to Remember / William Blake ; The Lamb / William Blake ; The Shepherd / William Blake ; The Tiger / William Blake ; The Piper / William Blake ; Try Again / Eliza Cook ; The Owl and The Pussy-cat / Edward Lear ; The Table and the Chair / Edward Lear ; The Pobble Who Has No Toes / Edward Lear ; The Walrus and the Carpenter / "Lewis Carroll" ; A Strange Wild Song / "Lewis Carroll" ; Against Idleness and Mischief / Isaac Watts ; Famous Passages from Dr. Watts / Isaac Watts ; The Skeleton in Armor / Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ; The Day is Done / Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ; A Psalm of Life / Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ; The Three Fishers / Charles Kingsley ; The Sands of Dee / Charles Kingsley ; " What Does Little Birdie Say? " / Alfred Tennyson ; Sweet and Low / Alfred Tennyson ; The Poet's Song / Alfred Tennyson ; Crossing the Bar / Alfred Tennyson ; Abou Ben Adhem / Leigh Hunt ; For Those Who Fail / Joaquin Miller ; Eldorado / Edgar Allen Poe ; The Destruction of Sennacherib / George Gordon, Lord Bryon ; To a Waterfowl / William Cullen Byrant ; The Planting of the Apple-tree / William Cullen Byrant ; My Garden / Thomas Edward Brown ; Daffodils / William Wordsworth ; The Solitary Reaper / William Wordsworth ; The Arab to His Favorite Steed / Caroline Elizabeth Norton ; The Inchcape Rock / Robert Southey ; Over Hill, Over Dale / William Shakespeare ; A Fairy Scene in a wood / William Shakespeare ; Fable / Ralph Waldo Emerson ; Concord Hymn / Ralph Waldo Emerson ; Breathes There the Man / Sir Walter Scott ; Old Ironsides / Oliver Wendell Holmes ; How Sleep The Brave / William Collins ; The Ballad of Nathan Hale / Author Unknown ; The Red Thread of Honor / Sir Francis Hastings Doyle ; Recessional / Rudyard Kipling ; Invictus / William Ernest Henley ; The Falcon / James Russell Lowell ; The Shepherd of King Admetus / James Russell Lowell ; The Yarn of the Nancy Bell / Sir William Schenck Gilbert ; Darius Green and his Flying Machine / John Townsend Trowbridge ; Beth Gelert / William Robert Spencer ; King John and the Abbot of Canterbury SECTION 8: REALISTIC STORIES. The Renowned History of Little Goody Two-Shoes / Oliver Goldsmith ; Eyes, and No Eyes / Dr. John Aikin and Mrs. Letitia ; The Good-Natured Little Boy / Thomas Day ; Waste Not, Want not / Maria Edgeworth ; Jackanapes / Juliana Horatia Ewing ; Betty's Ride / Henry Seidel Canby ; The Big Bear / Charles Major ; The Gift of the Magi / "O. Henry" -- SECTION 9: NATURE LITERATURE. The Tale of Peter Rabbit / Beatrix Potter ; Johnny Chuck Finds the Best Thing in the World / Thornton Waldo Burgess ; Mr. 'Possum's Sick Spell / Albert Bigelow Paine ; Wild Life in the Farm-Yard / Dallas Lore Sharp ; The Vendetta / Vernon L. Kellogg ; Pasha, the son of Selim / Sewell Ford ; Moufflou / "Ouida" (Louisa De La Ramée) ; Bird Habits: I. Where He Sleeps II. His Travels / Olive Thorne Miller ; The Poacher and the Silver Fox / Ernest Thompson Seton ; The Story of a Salmon / David Starr Jordan ; Moti Guj-Mutineer / Rudyard Kipling ; Last Bull / Charles G.D. Roberts -- SECTION 10: ROMANCE CYCLES AND LEGEND. Ali Baba, and the Forty Theives / From Arabian Nights ; How Bruin the Bear Sped with Reynard the Fox / "Felix Summerley" ; The Battle Between the Fox and the Wolf / "Felix Summerley" ; How Arthur Became King / Sir Thomas Malory ; A Tourney with the French / Sir Thomas Malory ; Adventures of Arthur / Sir Thomas Malory ; Arthur and Sir Accalon / Maude Radford Warren ; Dreams and Shadows / Cervantes-Saavedra, Miguel De ; Preparing for the Quest / Cervantes-Saavedra, Miguel De ; The Quest Begins / Cervantes-Saavedra, Miguel De ; The Knightly Vigil / Cervantes-Saavedra, Miguel De ; On Honor's Field / Cervantes-Saavedra, Miguel De ; The Return Home / Cervantes-Saavedra, Miguel De ; The Battle with the Wind-mills / Cervantes-Saavedra, Miguel De ; The Proud King / Horace E. Scudder ; Robin and the Merry Little Old Woman / Eva March Tappan ; Allen-a-Dale / Author Unknown -- SECTION 11: BIOGRAPHY AND HERO STORIES. How Columbus Got His Ships / Elbridge S. Brooks ; The Boyhood of Washington / Horace E. Scudder ; The Autobiography / Benjamin Franklin ; Lincoln's Early Days / Helen Nicolay ; In the Western Wilderness / Anna Howard Shaw ; The Pass of Thermopylae / Charlotte M. Yonge