London Bridge | 36 | |
124. | I Saw a Ship | 36 |
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: | ||
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 |
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 | ||
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 | 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 | ||
Home Reading Lists by Grades | 679 | |
General Index | 687 |