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Frances Jenkins Olcott. Good Stories for Great Holidays
Good Stories for Great Holidays
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THE FAIRY'S NEW YEAR GIFT
BY EMILIE POULSSON (ADAPTED)
THE LITTLE MATCH GIRL
BY HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN (TRANSLATED)
THE TWELVE MONTHS
A SLAV LEGEND
THE MAIL-COACH PASSENGERS
BY HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN (ADAPTED)
LINCOLN'S BIRTHDAY
(FEBRUARY 12)
HE RESCUES THE BIRDS
BY NOAH BROOKS (ADAPTED)
LINCOLN AND THE LITTLE GIRL
BY CHARLES W. MOORES
TRAINING FOR THE PRESIDENCY
BY ORISON SWETT MARDEN
WHY LINCOLN WAS CALLED “HONEST ABE”
BY NOAH BROOKS
A STRANGER AT FIVE-POINTS
(ADAPTED)
A SOLOMON COME TO JUDGMENT
BY CHARLES W. MOORES
GEORGE PICKETT'S FRIEND
BY CHARLES W. MOORES
LINCOLN THE LAWYER
BY Z. A. MUDGE (ADAPTED)
THE COURAGE OF HIS CONVICTIONS
(ADAPTED)
MR. LINCOLN AND THE BIBLE
BY Z. A. MUDGE (ADAPTED)
HIS SPRINGFIELD FAREWELL ADDRESS
SAINT VALENTINE'S DAY
(FEBRUARY 14)
A PRISONER'S VALENTINE
BY MILLICENT OLMSTED (ADAPTED)
A GIRL'S VALENTINE CHARM
AS TOLD BY HERSELF
MR. PEPYS HIS VALENTINE
AS RELATED BY HIMSELF IN 1666
CUPID AND PSYCHE
BY JOSEPHINE PRESTON PEABODY
THE TRIAL OF PSYCHE:
WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY
(FEBRUARY 22)
I. THE CHERRY TREE
II. THE APPLE ORCHARD
III. THE GARDEN-BED
YOUNG GEORGE AND THE COLT
BY HORACE E. SCUDDER
WASHINGTON THE ATHLETE
BY ALBERT F. BLAISDELL AND FRANCIS E. BALL
WASHINGTON'S MODESTY
BY HENRY CABOT LODGE (ADAPTED)
WASHINGTON AT YORKTOWN
BY HENRY CABOT LODGE
RESURRECTION DAY (EASTER)
(MARCH OR APRIL)
A LESSON OF FAITH
BY MRS. ALFRED GATTY (ADAPTED)
A CHILD'S DREAM OF A STAR
BY CHARLES DICKENS
THE LOVELIEST ROSE IN THE WORLD
BY HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN (ADAPTED)
MAY DAY
(MAY 1)
THE SNOWDROP 1
BY HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN (ADAPTED)
THE THREE LITTLE BUTTERFLY BROTHERS
(FROM THE GERMAN)2
THE WATER-DROP
BY FRIEDRICH WILHELM CAROVE'
THE SPRING BEAUTY
AN OJIBBEWAY LEGEND
THE FAIRY TULIPS
ENGLISH FOLK-TALE
THE STREAM THAT RAN AWAY
BY MARY AUSTIN (ADAPTED)
THE ELVES
AN IROQUOIS LEGEND
THE CANYON FLOWERS
BY RALPH CONNOR (ADAPTED)
CLYTIE, THE HELIOTROPE
BY OVID (ADAPTED)
HYACINTHUS
BY OVID (ADAPTED)
ECHO AND NARCISSUS
BY OVID (ADAPTED)
MOTHERS' DAY
(SECOND SUNDAY IN MAY)
CORNELIA'S JEWELS
BY JAMES BALDWIN 3
QUEEN MARGARET AND THE ROBBERS
BY ALBERT F. BLAISDELL (ADAPTED)
THE REVENGE OF CORIOLANUS
BY CHARLES MORRIS (ADAPTED)
THE WIDOW AND HER THREE SONS
(ADAPTED)
MEMORIAL DAY
(APRIL OR MAY)
BETSY ROSS AND THE FLAG
BY HARRY PRINGLE FORD (ADAPTED)
THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER
BY EVA MARCH TAPPAN (ADAPTED)
THE LITTLE DRUMMER-BOY
BY ALBERT BUSHNELL HART (ADAPTED)
A FLAG INCIDENT
BY M. M. THOMAS (ADAPTED)
TWO HERO-STORIES OF THE CIVIL WAR
BY BEN LA BREE (ADAPTED)
II. THE BRAVERY OF RICHARD KIRTLAND
THE YOUNG SENTINEL
BY Z. A. MUDGE (ADAPTED)
THE COLONEL OF THE ZOUAVES
BY NOAH BROOKS (ADAPTED)
GENERAL SCOTT AND THE STARS AND STRIPES
BY E. D. TOWNSEND (ADAPTED)
INDEPENDENCE DAY
(JULY 4)
THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
BY WASHINGTON IRVING
THE SIGNING OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
BY H. A. GUERBER 4
THE BOSTON TEA-PARTY
BY JOHN ANDREWS (ADAPTED) 5
A GUNPOWDER STORY
BY JOHN ESTEN COOKE (ADAPTED)
THE CAPTURE OF FORT TICONDEROGA
BY WASHINGTON IRVING (ADAPTED)
WASHINGTON AND THE COWARDS
BY WASHINGTON IRVING (ADAPTED)
LABOR DAY
(FIRST MONDAY IN SEPTEMBER)
THE SMITHY
A HINDU FABLE
THE NAIL
BY THE BROTHERS GRIMM (TRANSLATED)7
THE ELVES AND THE SHOEMAKER
BY HORACE E. SCUDDER
THE HILLMAN AND THE HOUSEWIFE
BY JULIANA HORATIA EWING (ADAPTED)
HOFUS THE STONE-CUTTER
A JAPANESE LEGEND
ARACHNE
BY JOSEPHINE PRESTON PEABODY
THE METAL KING
A GERMAN FOLE-TALE
THE CHOICE OF HERCULES
BY XENOPHON (ADAPTED)
THE SPEAKING STATUE
FROM GESTA ROMANORUM (ADAPTED)
THE CHAMPION STONE-CUTTER
BY HUGH MILLER
BILL BROWN'S TEST
BY CLEVELAND MOFFETT
COLUMBUS DAY
(OCTOBER 12)
COLUMBUS AND THE EGG
BY JAMES BALDWIN (ADAPTED) 8
COLUMBUS AT LA RABIDA
BY WASHINGTON IRVING (ADAPTED)
THE MUTINY
BY A. DE LAMARTINE (ADAPTED)
THE FIRST LANDING OF COLUMBUS IN THE NEW WORLD
BY WASHINGTON IRVING (ADAPTED)
HALLOWEEN
(OCTOBER 31)
SHIPPEITARO
A JAPANESE FOLK-TALE:
HANSEL AND GRETHEL
BY THE BROTHERS GRIMM (ADAPTED)
BURG HILL'S ON FIRE
A CELTIC FAIRY TALE
THE KING OF THE CATS
AN ENGLISH FOLK-TALE
THE STRANGE VISITOR
AN ENGLISH FOLK-TALE
THE BENEVOLENT GOBLIN
FROM GESTA ROMANORUM (ADAPTED)
THE PHANTOM KNIGHT OF THE VANDAL CAMP
FROM GESTA ROMANORUM (ADAPTED)
THANKSGIVING DAY
(LAST THURSDAY IN NOVEMBER)
THE FIRST HARVEST-HOME IN PLYMOUTH
BY W. DE LOSS LOVE, JR (ADAPTED)
THE MASTER OF THE HARVEST
BY MRS. ALFRED GATTY (ADAPTED)
SAINT CUTHBERT'S EAGLE
BY THE VENERABLE BEDE (ADAPED)
THE EARS OF WHEAT
BY THE BROTHERS GRIMM (TRANSLATED)
HOW INDIAN CORN CAME INTO THE WORLD
AN OJIBBEWAY LEGEND
THE NUTCRACKER DWARF
BY COUNT FRANZ POCCI (TRANSLATED)
THE PUMPKIN PIRATES
A TALE FROM LUCIAN
THE SPIRIT OF THE CORN
AN IROQUOIS LEGEND
THE HORN OF PLENTY
BY OVID (ADAPTED)
CHRISTMAS DAY
(DECEMBER 25)
THE STRANGER CHILD
A LEGEND
SAINT CHRISTOPHER
A GOLDEN LEGEND
THE CHRISTMAS ROSE
AN OLD LEGEND
THE WOODEN SHOES OF LITTLE WOLFF
BY FRANCOIS COPPEE (ADAPTED)
THE PINE TREE
BY HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN (TRANSLATED)
THE CHRISTMAS CUCKOO
BY FRANCES BROWNE (ADAPTED)
THE CHRISTMAS FAIRY OF STRASBURG
A GERMAN FOLK-TALE
THE THREE PURSES
A LEGEND
THE THUNDER OAK
A SCANDINAVIAN LEGEND
THE CHRISTMAS THORN OF GLASTONBURY
A LEGEND OF ANCIENT BRITAIN
THE THREE KINGS OF COLOGNE
A LEGEND OF THE MIDDLE AGES
THE CHILD
HOW THEY CAME TO COLOGNE
ARBOR DAY
THE LITTLE TREE THAT LONGED FOR OTHER LEAVES
BY FRIEDRICH RUCHERT (TRANSLATED)
WHY THE EVERGREEN TREES NEVER LOSE THEIR LEAVES
BY FLORENCE HOLBROOK
WHY THE ASPEN QUIVERS
OLD LEGEND
THE WONDER TREE
BY FRIEDRICH ADOLPH KRUMMACHER (ADAPTED)
THE PROUD OAK TREE
OLD FABLE 11
BAUCIS AND PHILEMON
ADAPTED FROM H. P. MASKEL'S RENDERING OF THE GREEK MYTH
THE UNFRUITFUL TREE
BY FRIEDRICH ADOLPH KRUMMACHER
THE DRYAD OF THE OLD OAK
BY JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL (ADAPTED)
DAPHNE
BY OVID (ADAPTED)
BIRD DAY
THE OLD WOMAN WHO BECAME A WOODPECKER
BY PHOEBE CARY (ADAPTED)
THE BOY WHO BECAME A ROBIN
AN OJIBBEWAY LEGEND
THE TONGUE-CUT SPARROW
BY A. B. MITFORD (ADAPTED)
THE QUAILS—A LEGEND OF THE JATAKA
FROM THE RIVERSIDE FOURTH READER
THE MAGPIE'S NEST
BY JOSEPH JACOBS
THE GREEDY GEESE
FROM IL LIBRO D'ORO (ADAPTED)
THE KING OF THE BIRDS
BY THE BROTHERS GRIMM (TRANSLATED)
THE DOVE WHO SPOKE TRUTH
BY ABBIE FARWELL BROWN
THE BUSY BLUE JAY
BY OLIVE THORNE MILLER (ADAPTED)
BABES IN THE WOODS
BY JOHN BURROUGHS
THE PRIDE OF THE REGIMENT
BY HARRY M. KIEFFER (ADAPTED)
THE MOTHER MURRE
BY DALLAS LORE SHARP
THE END
