GIVING THANKS, 56

THE HARE AND THE HEDGEHOG, Grimm, 58

EPAMINONDAS, Southern Tale, 67

HOW BROTHER RABBIT FOOLED THE WHALE AND THE ELEPHANT, Southern Folk
Tale, 73

A CHRISTMAS WISH, Eugene Field, 79

THE CHRISTMAS BELLS, Old Tale Retold, 82

GOD BLESS THE MASTER OF THE HOUSE, Old English Rime, 89

SQUEAKY AND THE SCARE BOX, Georgene Faulkner, 90

THE GLAD NEW YEAR, Mary Mapes Dodge, 99

MAKING THE BEST OF IT, Frances M. Fox, 100

THE ANIMALS AND THE MIRROR, F.A.  Walker, 106

THE BARBER OF BAGDAD, Eastern Tale, 115

WINTER NIGHTS, Mary F. Butts, 122

LITTLE HOPE’S DOLL, Margaret Pumphrey, 123

NAHUM PRINCE, 130

THE LITTLE COOK’S REWARD, Mrs. L.A.  McCorkle, 134

ROCK-A-BY, HUSH-A-BY, LITTLE PAPOOSE, Charles Myall, 139

THE TAR WOLF, The Indian Tar-Baby Story, 140

THE RABBIT AND THE WOLF, Southern Indian Tale, 149

BLOCK CITY, Robert Louis Stevenson, 154

A GOOD PLAY, Robert Louis Stevenson, 155

THE MONKEY’S FIDDLE, African Tale, 156

THE THREE TASKS, Grimm, 163

THE WORLD’S MUSIC, Gabriel Setoun, 170

THE SLEEPING BEAUTY, Grimm, 172

THE UGLY DUCKLING, Hans Christian Andersen, 181

THE WHITE BLACKBIRD, Adapted from Alfred de Musset, 192

THE BROWN THRUSH, Lucy Larcom, 199

THE KING AND THE GOOSEHERD, Old Tale, 200

DONAL AND CONAL, Irish Tale, 206

WHO TOLD THE NEWS?, 212

THE BIRDS OF KILLINGWORTH, Adapted from Longfellow, 213

THE TRAILING ARBUTUS, Indian Legend, 218

HIDDEN TREASURE, Grimm, 223

THE LITTLE BROWN BROTHER, Emily Nesbit, 228

HOW THE FLOWERS GROW, Gabriel Setoun, 229

WISE MEN OF GOTHAM, Old English Story, 230

THE MILLER’S GUEST, English Ballad (adapted), 233

SADDLE TO RAGS, English Ballad (adapted), 239

THE ROCK-A-BY LADY, Eugene Field, 244

THE SAND MAN, Margaret Vandergrift, 246

A DICTIONARY, 249

SUGGESTIONS TO TEACHERS, 253

[Illustration:  Girl reading a book]

  Oh, for a nook and a story-book,
    With tales both new and old;
  For a jolly good book whereon to look
    Is better to me than gold.

—­OLD ENGLISH SONG.

[Illustration:  Country house]