Produced by Mike LoughGOOD STORIES FOR GREAT HOLIDAYSARRANGED FOR STORYTELLING AND READING ALOUDAND FOR THE CHILDRENS OWN READINGBy Frances Jenkins OlcottIndex according to reading level is appendedTO THE STORYTELLERThis volume though intended also for the childrens own reading and forreading aloud is especially planned for storytelling The latter is adelightful way of arousing a gladsome holiday spirit and of showing theinner meanings of different holidays As stories used for this purposeare scattered through many volumes and as they are not always in theconcrete form required for storytelling I have endeavored to bringtogether myths legends tales and historical stories suitable toholiday occasionsThere are here collected one hundred and twenty stories for seventeenholidaysstories grave gay humorous or fanciful also some thatare spiritual in feeling and others that give the delicious thrillof horror so craved by boys and girls at Halloween time The rangeof selection is wide and touches all sides of wholesome boy and girlnature and the tales have the power to arouse an appropriate holidayspiritAs far as possible the stories are presented in their original formWhen however they are too long for inclusion or too loose instructure for storytelling purposes they are adaptedAdapted stories are of two sorts Condensed in which case a piece ofliterature is shortened scarcely any changes being made in the originallanguage Rewritten here the plot imagery language and style of theoriginal are retained as far as possible while the whole is mouldedinto form suitable for storytelling Some few stories are built up on aslight framework of original matterThus it may be seen that the tales in this volume have not been reducedto the necessarily limited vocabulary and uniform style of one editorbut that they are varied in treatment and language and are the productsof many mindsA glance at the table of contents will show that not only haveselections been made from modern authors and from the folklore ofdifferent races but that some quaint old literary sources have beendrawn on Among the men and books contributing to these pages are theGesta Romanorum Il Libro dOro Xenophon Ovid Lucian the VenerableBede William of Malmesbury John of Hildesheim William Caxton and themore modern Washington Irving Hugh Miller Charles Dickens and HenryCabot Lodge also those immortals Hans Andersen the Brothers GrimmHorace E Scudder and othersThe stories are arranged to meet the needs of storytelling in thegraded schools Readinglists showing where to find additional materialfor storytelling and collateral reading are added Grades in which therecommended stories are useful are indicatedThe number of selections in the volume as well as the referencesto other books is limited by the amount and character of availablematerial For instance there is little to be found for SaintValentines Day while there is an overwhelming abundance of finestories for the Christmas season Stories like Dickenss ChristmasCarol Ouidas Dog of Flanders and Hawthornes tales which are toolong for inclusion and would lose their literary beauty if condensedare referred to in the lists Volumes containing these stories may beprocured at the public libraryA subject index is appended This indicates the ethical historical andother subjectmatter of interest to the teacher thus making the volumeserviceable for other occasions besides holidaysIn learning her tale the storyteller is advised not to commit it tomemory Such a method is apt to produce a wooden or glib manner ofpresentation It is better for her to read the story over and over againuntil its plot imagery style and vocabulary become her own and thento retell it as Miss Bryant says simply vitally joyouslyCONTENTSNEW YEARS DAY January 1THE FAIRYS NEW YEAR GIFT Emilie Poulsson In the Childs WorldTHE LITTLE MATCH GIRL Hans Christian Andersen Stories and TalesTHE TWELVE MONTHS Alexander Chodsvko Slav Fairy TalesTHE MAILCOACH PASSENGERS Hans Christian Andersen Fairy TalesLINCOLNS BIRTHDAY February 10HE RESCUES THE BIRDS Noah Brooks Abraham LincolnLINCOLN AND THE LITTLE GIRL Charles W Moores Life of Abraham Lincolnfor Boys and GirlsTRAINING FOR THE PRESIDENCY Orison Swett Matden Winning OutWHY LINCOLN WAS CALLED HONEST ABE Noah Brooks Abraham LincolnA STRANGER AT FIVEPOINTS AdaptedA SOLOMON COME TO JUDGMENT Charles W Moores Life of Abraham Lincolnfor Boys and GirlsGEORGE PICKETTS FRIEND Charles W Moores Life of Abraham Lincoln forBoys and GirlsLINCOLN THE LAWYER Z A Mudge The Forest BoyTHE COURAGE OF HIS CONVICTIONS AdaptedMR LINCOLN AND THE BIBLE Z A Mudge The Forest BoyHIS SPRINGFIELD FAREWELL ADDRESS LincolnSAINT VALENTINES DAY February 14SAINT VALENTINESAINT VALENTINE Millicent OlmstedA GIRLS VALENTINE CHARM The Connoisseur 1775MR PEPYS HIS VALENTINE Samuel Pepys DiaryCUPID AND PSYCHE Josephine Preston Peabody Old Greek Folk StoriesWASHINGTONS BIRTHDAY February 22THREE OLD TALES M L Weems Life of George Washington with CuriousAnecdotesYOUNG GEORGE AND THE COLT Horace E Scudder     George WashingtonWASHINGTON THE ATHLETE Albert F Blaisdell and Francis R Ball HeroStories from American HistoryWASHINGTONS MODESTY Henry Cabot Lodge George WashingtonWASHINGTON AT YORKTOWN Henry Cabot lodge George WashingtonRESURRECTION DAY Easter Sunday March or AprilA LESSON OF FAITH Mrs Alfred Gatty Parables from NatureA CHILDS DREAM OF A STAR Charles DickensTHE LOVELIEST ROSE IN THE WORLD Hans Christian Andersen Stories andTalesMAY DAY May 1 THE SNOWDROP Hans Christian Andersen Adapted by Baileyand LewisTHE THREE LITTLE BUTTERFLY BROTHERS From the GermanTHE WATER DROP Friedrich Wilhelm Carove Story without an Endtranslated by Sarah AustinTHE SPRING BEAUTY Henry R Schoolcraft The Myth of HiawathaTHE FAIRY TULIPS English FolkTaleTHE STREAM THAT RAN AWAY Mary Austin The Basket WomanTHE ELVES Harriet Mazwell Converse Myths and legends of the New YorkState IroquoisTHE CANYON FLOWERS Ralph Connor The Sky PilotCLYTIE THE HELIOTROPE Ovid MetamorphosesHYACINTHUS Ovid MetamorphosesECHO AND NARCISSUS Ovid MetamorphosesMOTHERS DAY Second Sunday in MayTHE LARK AND ITS YOUNG ONES P V Ramuswami Raju Indian FablesCORNELIA S JEWELS James Baldwin Fifty Famous Stories RetoldQUEEN MARGARET AND THE ROBBERS Albert F Blaisdell Stories fromEnylish HistoryTHE REVENGE OF CORIOLANUS Charles Morris Historical TalesTHE WIDOW AND HER THREE SONSMEMORIAL DAY May 301 AND FLAG DAY June 14 Confederate Memorial Dayis celebrated in some States on April 26 and in others on May 10BETSY ROSS AND THE FLAG Harry Pringle FordTHE STAR SPANGLED BANNER Eva March Tappan Hero Stories from AmericanHistoryTHE LITTLE DRUMMERBOY Aloert Bushnell Hart The Romance