World Stories Retold for Modern Boys and Girls / One Hundred and Eighty-seven Five-minute Classic Stories for Retelling in Home, Sunday School, Children's Services, Public School Grades and "The Story-hour" in Public Libraries

William James Sly

PREFACE

TABLE OF CONTENTS

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Part I The Art of Story-Telling

Part II Stories to Tell

FOOTNOTES:

GLAD COMRADESHIP WITH THE GLADNESS OF A CHILD

WORLD STORIES
RETOLD
FOR
MODERN BOYS AND GIRLS

ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-SEVEN FIVE-MINUTE CLASSIC STORIES FOR
RETELLING IN HOME, SUNDAY-SCHOOL, CHILDREN’S SERVICES, PUBLIC
SCHOOL GRADES, AND “THE STORY-HOUR” IN PUBLIC LIBRARIES

With Practical Suggestions for Telling

BY
WILLIAM JAMES SLY, PH. D.
Director of Sunday-School and Young People’s Work, and Teacher
of Sunday-School Pedagogy in Colorado Woman’s College

PHILADELPHIA
THE GRIFFITH & ROWLAND PRESS
BOSTONST. LOUIS
CHICAGOTORONTO, CAN.

TO

Ellsworth

AND

THE HOSTS OF BOYS AND GIRLS SCATTERED
EVERYWHERE TO WHOM I HAVE TOLD
MANY OF THESE STORIES AND FROM
WHOM I HAVE RECEIVED WARM
APPRECIATION AND LOVE

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