World Stories Retold

About this eBook

Author

Sly, William James, 1867-1940

Title

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

Credits

Produced by MFR, David E. Brown, for Emmy and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

LB: Education: Theory and practice of education

Subject

Storytelling

Category

Text

eBook-No.

55786

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/55786

Release Date

October 21, 2017

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.WORLD STORIES RETOLD
2. 2.PREFACE
3. 3.TABLE OF CONTENTS
4. 4.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
5. 5.Part I The Art of Story-Telling
6. 6.I VALUE OF STORIES — STORIES IN THE HOME — THE FATHER AS STORY-TELLER — STORIES IN THE SUNDAY-SCHOOL — STORIES IN CHURCH SERVICES FOR CHILDREN [1] — STORIES IN THE KINDERGARTEN — STORIES IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS — STORIES AND THE PUBLIC LIBRARY — STORIES IN SETTLEMENTS — STORIES IN BOYS’ CAMPS
7. 7.II THE PERIODS OF INTEREST IN STORIES — 1. THE PERIOD OF BABYHOOD — 2. THE PERIOD OF EARLY CHILDHOOD — 3. THE PERIOD OF LATER CHILDHOOD — 4. THE PERIOD OF BOYHOOD AND GIRLHOOD — 5. THE PERIOD OF EARLY YOUTH — 6. THE PERIOD OF LATER YOUTH—YOUNG PEOPLE
8. 8.III TYPES OF STORIES TO TELL — 1. BIBLE STORIES — 2. MISSIONARY STORIES — 3. PLAY STORIES — 4. FAIRY AND FOLK-TALES — 5. FABLES — 6. MYTHS — 7. LEGENDS — 8. NATURE STORIES — 9. ALLEGORICAL STORIES — 10. HISTORICAL STORIES — 11. BIOGRAPHICAL STORIES — 12. ALTRUISTIC STORIES — 13. LOVE STORIES — 14. VOCATIONAL STORIES — 15. INSTRUCTIONAL STORIES — 16. HUMOROUS STORIES
9. 9.IV PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS FOR STORY-TELLING — 1. ENCOURAGEMENT — 2. TELL THE STORY — 3. SELECT THE STORY — 4. MAKE THE STORY YOUR OWN — 5. MASTER THE FOUR PARTS OF YOUR STORY — 6. INTRODUCING YOUR STORY — 7. RETELL YOUR STORIES — 8. LET CHILDREN REPRODUCE YOUR STORIES
10. 10.V GAMES WITH STORIES — FINGER STORIES — PLAYING THE STORIES — DRAMATIZATION OF STORIES
11. 11.VI USE OF THE ETHICAL INDEX
12. 12.Part II Stories to Tell — I FAIRY AND WONDER TALES — 1. THE RUNAWAY PANCAKE — 2. THE LITTLE RED HEN — 3. THE GOLDEN GOOSE — 4. DIAMONDS AND TOADS — 5. THE FROG KING — 6. RED RIDINGHOOD — 7. GOLDILOCKS AND THE THREE BEARS — 8. THE SLEEPING BEAUTY [5] — 9. JACK AND THE BEAN-STALK — 10. JACK, THE GIANT-KILLER — 11. ALADDIN AND HIS WONDERFUL LAMP — 12. BOOTS AND HIS BROTHERS
13. 13.II FABLES — 1. THE BOY AND THE NUTS — 2. THE GOOSE WITH THE GOLDEN EGGS — 3. THE DOG IN THE MANGER — 4. THE TOADSTOOL AND THE ACORN — 5. THE BOYS AND THE FROGS — 6. THE DOVE AND THE ANT — 7. THE FOX AND THE GRAPES — 8. THE CROW AND THE PITCHER — 9. THE WIND AND THE SUN — 10. THE SHEPHERD BOY AND THE WOLF — 11. THE LION AND THE FOX — 12. THE HARE AND THE TORTOISE — 13. ONE GOOD TRICK — 14. THE CONCEITED GRASSHOPPER — 15. THE BLIND MEN AND THE ELEPHANT — 16. THE ANT AND THE GRASSHOPPER — 17. THE FOX WITHOUT A TAIL — 18. THE BOY AND THE ECHO — 19. THE CAMEL IN THE TENT — 20. THE MONKEY AND THE CATS — 21. THE LION AND THE MOUSE — 22. THE LARKS IN THE WHEAT-FIELD — 23. THE MILLER AND HIS DONKEY — 24. THE PERSIAN AND HIS SONS
14. 14.III FOLK-TALES — 1. WHY THE BEAR HAS A STUMPY TAIL — 2. WHY THE ROBIN’S BREAST IS RED — 3. THE MAN IN THE MOON — 4. PROMETHEUS, THE GREEK FIRE-GIVER [6] — 5. PHAETHON’S WONDERFUL RIDE — 6. THE STORY OF THE SUNFLOWER — 7. THE GOLDEN TOUCH — 8. SAINT GEORGE AND THE DRAGON — 9. SAINT PATRICK AND THE SNAKES — 10. THE COYOTE AND THE INDIAN FIRE-BRINGER
15. 15.IV FAVORITES — 1. THE UGLY DUCKLING — 2. THE KING OF THE GOLDEN RIVER — 3. THE CLOUD — 4. THE GREAT STONE FACE — 5. TOM, THE CHIMNEY-SWEEP — 6. WHERE LOVE IS, GOD IS — 7. THE PIED PIPER — 8. DICK WHITTINGTON AND HIS CAT — 9. THE BOY WHO HATED TREES — 10. THE PRINCE WHO HATED SPIDERS AND FLIES — 11. TIRED OF BEING A LITTLE GIRL — 12. THE ELEPHANT AND THE TAILOR — 13. THE LOST CAMEL — 14. THE STORY WITHOUT AN END
16. 16.V CHRISTMAS STORIES — 1. SAINT CHRISTOPHER — 2. THE FIR TREE — 3. THE CHRISTMAS GIFT — 4. THE GOLDEN COBWEBS — 5. THE LEGEND OF THE CHRISTMAS TREE
17. 17.VI BIBLE STORIES FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT — 1. HOW THE WORLD WAS MADE — 2. HOW A HAPPY HOME WAS LOST — 3. THE FIRST TWO BROTHERS — 4. THE FLOOD AND THE RAINBOW — 5· THE GENEROUS UNCLE AND THE SELFISH NEPHEW — 6. THE OBLIGING GIRL AT THE WELL — 7. THE LADDER THAT REACHED TO HEAVEN — 8. THE SLAVE-BOY WHO BECAME A PRINCE — 9. THE BABY BROTHER IN A BASKET-BOAT — 10. WHY BOYS TAKE OFF THEIR HATS IN CHURCH — II. THE BOY WHO LIVED IN A CHURCH — 12. THE DAUGHTER WHO HONORED HER MOTHER — 13. THE SHEPHERD-BOY WHO SLEW A GIANT — 14. THE ARROW-BOY AND THE TWO FRIENDS — 15. THE LITTLE LAME PRINCE — 16. THE BABIES AND THE WISE JUDGE — 17. THE LITTLE BOY KING — 18. THE WOMAN WHO SHARED HER LAST LOAF — 19. THE SLAVE-GIRL WHO HELPED A GREAT CAPTAIN — 20. FOUR COLLEGE BOYS WHO KEPT STRONG — 21. FOUR FRIENDS IN THE FIERY FURNACE — 22. THE MAN WHO WAS NOT AFRAID TO PRAY — 23. THE GOLDEN SCEPTER IN THE PALACE OF THE LILY
18. 18.VII BIBLE STORIES FROM THE NEW TESTAMENT — 1. THE FIRST CHRISTMAS DAY — 2. THE WISE MEN AND THE STAR — 3. WHEN JESUS WAS A BOY — 4. WHEN JESUS WAS LOST — 5. WHEN JESUS LEFT HIS CARPENTER SHOP — 6. WHEN JESUS WON HIS GREAT VICTORY — 7. THE CHILDREN’S FRIEND — 8. THE MAID AWAKENED — 9. THE BOY WITH HIS LUNCH — 10. THE DWARF IN THE MULBERRY TREE — 11. THE GOOD NEIGHBOR — 12. THE STORM-KING — 13. THE KING WITH THE BASIN AND THE TOWEL — 14. WHEN JESUS WAS FORSAKEN — 15. THE FIRST EASTER DAY — 16. THE CRIPPLE AT THE BEAUTIFUL GATE — 17. THE GIRL WHO KNEW SHE WAS RIGHT — 18. THE PRISONER AND THE SHIPWRECK — 19. THE SLAVE WHO RAN AWAY FROM HIS MASTER
19. 19.VIII GENERAL HISTORICAL STORIES — 1. HORATIUS AT THE BRIDGE — 2. DAMON AND PYTHIAS — 3. ANDROCLES AND THE LION — 4. CORNELIA AND HER JEWELS — 5. KING ALFRED AND THE CAKES — 6. BRUCE AND THE SPIDER — 7. THE INCHCAPE BELL — 8. SIR WALTER RALEIGH — 9. SIR PHILIP SIDNEY — 10. THE BELL OF JUSTICE — 11. NAPOLEON AND THE DRUMMER-BOY — 12. PICCIOLA — 13. THE EMPEROR AND THE BIRD’S NEST — 14. THE SWISS PATRIOT AND THE SPEARS — 15. THE EMPEROR AND THE GOOSE-BOY — 16. THE EMPEROR AND THE SCHOOL CHILDREN — 17. TOLSTOY’S DAUGHTER AND THE PEASANT BOY — 18. THE WRISTS BOUND WITH THE RED THREAD — 19. “LITTLE TEN MINUTES”
20. 20.IX AMERICAN HISTORICAL STORIES — 1. HOW AMERICA WAS FOUND — 2. HOW AMERICA WAS NAMED — 3. THE MAN WHO FIRST SAILED AROUND THE WORLD — 4. THE LOST COLONY — 5. POCAHONTAS — 6. THE INDIANS’ GUNPOWDER HARVEST — 7. THE MAYFLOWER AND THE PILGRIMS — 8. THE FIRST THANKSGIVING DAY — 9. REBECCA AND THE SNAKE — 10. THE BRIDE WORTH HER WEIGHT IN SILVER — 11. EVANGELINE AND THE BURNING OF ACADIA — 12. THE FIRST COLLEGE IN AMERICA — 13. THE BOSTON TEA PARTY — 14. PAUL REVERE’S RIDE — 15. NATHAN HALE — 16. GENERAL REED AND THE BRIBE — 17. THE FIRST FOURTH OF JULY — 18. WASHINGTON’S CHRISTMAS VICTORY — 19. THE HEROINE OF NORTH CAROLINA — 20. THE HEROINE OF OHIO — 21. PUTNAM AND THE WOLF — 22. BOONE AND HIS SWING — 23. KIT CARSON AND THE BEARS — 24. THE HEROINE OF GETTYSBURG — 25. HOBSON AND THE MERRIMAC — 26. BETSY ROSS AND THE FLAG — 27. THE MAN WHO WROTE “AMERICA”
21. 21.X HEROES OF PEACE — 1. THE BOY HERO OF HOLLAND — 2. THE GERMAN PATRIOT AND THE BARLEY-FIELDS — 3. THE JAPANESE AND THE EARTHQUAKE — 4. THE RUSSIAN SERVANT — 5. GRACE DARLING — 6. THE SURVEYOR AND THE LITTLE BOY — 7. ABRAHAM LINCOLN AND THE PIG — 8. GLADSTONE AND THE STREET-SWEEPER — 9. GARIBALDI AND THE LOST LAMB — 10. HOVENDEN AND THE LITTLE BOY — 11. THE BOY AND THE TRAIN — 12. THE BOY AND THE MAD DOG — 13. THE GIRL AND HER RED PETTICOAT — 14. THE NEWSBOY OF GARY
22. 22.XI MODERN BOYS AND GIRLS WHO BECAME USEFUL — 1. LONGFELLOW, POET — 2. MOZART, MUSICIAN — 3. OLE BULL, VIOLINIST — 4. LOUISA MAY ALCOTT, AUTHOR — 5. ROSA BONHEUR, PAINTER — 6. JENNY LIND, SINGER — 7. LINCOLN, EMANCIPATION PRESIDENT — 8. HORACE GREELEY, EDITOR — 9. AUDUBON, NATURALIST — 10. EDISON, WIZARD OF ELECTRICITY — 11. BURBANK, FAIRY GODFATHER OF THE ORCHARDS — 12. MARY LYON, EDUCATOR — 13. FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE, NURSE — 14. FRANCES E. WILLARD, REFORMER — 15. LIVINGSTONE, MISSIONARY-EXPLORER — 16. SPURGEON, PREACHER — 17. GRENFELL, MEDICAL MISSIONARY — 18. WRIGHT BROTHERS, AVIATORS — 19. JANE ADDAMS, SETTLEMENT WORKER — 20. HELEN KELLER, MARVEL
23. 23.ALPHABETICAL LIST OF STORIES
24. 24.ETHICAL INDEX OF STORIES — FOOTNOTES:

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