Project Gutenberg's eText of The Art of the Story-Teller
by Marie L. Shedlock
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About this eBook
- Author
- Shedlock, Marie L., 1854-1935
- Title
- The Art of the Story-Teller
- Credits
- This etext was created by Doug Levy, _literra scripta manet_
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- LB: Education: Theory and practice of education
- Subject
- Children's stories -- Bibliography
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 5957
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/5957
- Release Date
- June 1, 2004
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.THE ART OF THE STORY-TELLER
- 2.by Marie L. Shedlock — PREFACE — CONTENTS — PART I — THE ART OF STORY-TELLING — PART II — THE STORIES — PART III — INTRODUCTION — PART I — THE ART OF THE STORY-TELLER. — CHAPTER I — THE DIFFICULTIES OF THE STORY — CHAPTER II — THE ESSENTIALS OF THE STORY — CHAPTER III — THE ARTIFICES OF STORY-TELLING — CHAPTER IV — ELEMENTS TO AVOID IN THE SELECTION OF MATERIAL — CHAPTER V — ELEMENTS TO SEEK IN CHOICE OF MATERIAL — CHAPTER VI — HOW TO OBTAIN AND MAINTAIN THE EFFECT OF THE STORY — CHAPTER VII — QUESTIONS ASKED BY TEACHERS — PART II — THE STORIES — STURLA, THE HISTORIAN[50] — A SAGA — THE LEGEND OF ST. CHRISTOPHER — ARTHUR IN THE CAVE — HAFIZ, THE STONE-CUTTER — TO YOUR GOOD HEALTH — THE PROUD COCK — SNEGOURKA — THE WATER NIXIE — THE BLUE ROSE — THE TWO FROGS — THE WISE OLD SHEPHERD — THE FOLLY OF PANIC — THE TRUE SPIRIT OF A FESTIVAL DAY — FILIAL PIETY — THREE STORIES FROM HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN[53] — THE SWINEHERD — THE NIGHTINGALE — THE PRINCESS AND THE PEA — PART III — LIST OF STORIES — CLASSICAL STORIES — EAST INDIAN STORIES — MYTHS, LEGENDS, AND FAIRY TALES — STORIES FROM GRIMM AND ANDERSEN — STORIES FROM THE FAIRY BOOK SERIES — STORIES ILLUSTRATING COMMON-SENSE RESOURCEFULNESS AND HUMOR — STORIES DEALING WITH THE SUCCESS OF THE YOUNGER CHILD — STORIES FROM THE LIVES OF THE SAINTS — MODERN STORIES — BOOKS SUGGESTED TO THE STORY-TELLER AND BOOKS REFERRED TO IN THE LIST OF STORIES — FOOTNOTES — NOTE OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT
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