Olcott, Frances Jenkins. Good Stories for Great Holidays
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Chapter GOOD STORIES FOR GREAT HOLIDAYS

• Story THE FAIRY'S NEW YEAR GIFT BY EMILIE POULSSON [ADAPTED]

• Story THE LITTLE MATCH GIRL BY HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN [TRANSLATED]

• Story THE TWELVE MONTHS A SLAV LEGEND BY ALEXANDER CHODZKO [ADAPTED]

• Story THE MAIL-COACH PASSENGERS BY HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN [ADAPTED]

Chapter LINCOLN'S BIRTHDAY [FEBRUARY 12]

• Story HE RESCUES THE BIRDS BY NOAH BROOKS [ADAPTED]

• Story LINCOLN AND THE LITTLE GIRL BY CHARLES W. MOORES

• Story TRAINING FOR THE PRESIDENCY BY ORISON SWETT MARDEN

• Story WHY LINCOLN WAS CALLED “HONEST ABE” BY NOAH BROOKS

• Story A STRANGER AT FIVE-POINTS [ADAPTED]

• Story A SOLOMON COME TO JUDGMENT BY CHARLES W. MOORES

• Story GEORGE PICKETT'S FRIEND BY CHARLES W. MOORES

• Story LINCOLN THE LAWYER BY Z. A. MUDGE [ADAPTED]

• Story THE COURAGE OF HIS CONVICTIONS [ADAPTED]

• Story MR. LINCOLN AND THE BIBLE BY Z. A. MUDGE [ADAPTED]

• Story HIS SPRINGFIELD FAREWELL ADDRESS

Chapter SAINT VALENTINE'S DAY [FEBRUARY 14]

• Story SAINT VALENTINE

• Story A PRISONER'S VALENTINE BY MILLICENT OLMSTED [ADAPTED]

• Story A GIRL'S VALENTINE CHARM AS TOLD BY HERSELF [FROM THE CONNOISSEUR, 1775]

• Story MR. PEPYS HIS VALENTINE AS RELATED BY HIMSELF IN 1666 [ADAPTED]

• Story CUPID AND PSYCHE BY JOSEPHINE PRESTON PEABODY THE ENCHANTED PALACE

Chapter WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY [FEBRUARY 22]

• Story THREE OLD TALES BY M. L. WEEMS [ADAPTED]

• Story YOUNG GEORGE AND THE COLT BY HORACE E. SCUDDER

• Story WASHINGTON THE ATHLETE BY ALBERT F. BLAISDELL AND FRANCIS E. BALL

• Story WASHINGTON'S MODESTY BY HENRY CABOT LODGE [ADAPTED]

• Story WASHINGTON AT YORKTOWN BY HENRY CABOT LODGE

Chapter RESURRECTION DAY [EASTER] [MARCH OR APRIL]

• Story A LESSON OF FAITH BY MRS. ALFRED GATTY [ADAPTED]

• Story A CHILD'S DREAM OF A STAR BY CHARLES DICKENS

• Story THE LOVELIEST ROSE IN THE WORLD BY HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN [ADAPTED]

Chapter MAY DAY [MAY 1]

• Story THE SNOWDROP BY HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN [ADAPTED]

• Story THE THREE LITTLE BUTTERFLY BROTHERS FROM THE GERMAN]

• Story THE WATER-DROP BY FRIEDRICH WILHELM CAROVÉ [ADAPTED FROM THE TRANSLATION BY SARAH AUSTIN]

• Story THE SPRING BEAUTY AN OJIBBEWAY LEGEND BY HENRY R. SCHOOLCRAFT [ADAPTED]

• Story THE FAIRY TULIPS ENGLISH FOLK-TALE

• Story THE STREAM THAT RAN AWAY BY MARY AUSTIN [ADAPTED]

• Story THE ELVES AN IROQUOIS LEGEND BY HARRIET MAXWELL CONVERSE [ADAPTED]

• Story THE CAÑON FLOWERS BY RALPH CONNOR [ADAPTED]

• Story CLYTIE, THE HELIOTROPE BY OVID [ADAPTED]

• Story HYACINTHUS BY OVID [ADAPTED]

• Story ECHO AND NARCISSUS BY OVID [ADAPTED]

Chapter MOTHERS' DAY [SECOND SUNDAY IN MAY]

• Story THE LARK AND ITS YOUNG ONES A HINDU FABLE BY P. V. RAMASWAMI RAJU [ADAPTED]

• Story CORNELIA'S JEWELS BY JAMES BALDWIN

• Story QUEEN MARGARET AND THE ROBBERS BY ALBERT F. BLAISDELL [ADAPTED]

• Story THE REVENGE OF CORIOLANUS BY CHARLES MORRIS [ADAPTED]

Chapter MEMORIAL DAY [APRIL OR MAY] FLAG DAY [JUNE 14]

• Story BETSY ROSS AND THE FLAG BY HARRY PRINGLE FORD [ADAPTED]

• Story THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER BY EVA MARCH TAPPAN [ADAPTED]

• Story THE LITTLE DRUMMER-BOY BY ALBERT BUSHNELL HART [ADAPTED]

• Story A FLAG INCIDENT BY M. M. THOMAS [ADAPTED]

• Story TWO HERO-STORIES OF THE CIVIL WAR BY BEN LA BREE [ADAPTED]

• Story THE YOUNG SENTINEL BY Z. A. MUDGE [ADAPTED]

• Story THE COLONEL OF THE ZOUAVES BY NOAH BROOKS [ADAPTED]

• Story GENERAL SCOTT AND THE STARS AND STRIPES BY E. D. TOWNSEND [ADAPTED]

Chapter INDEPENDENCE DAY [JULY 4]

• Story THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE BY WASHINGTON IRVING

• Story THE SIGNING OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE BY H. A. GUERBER

• Story A BRAVE GIRL BY JAMES JOHONNOT [ADAPTED]

• Story THE BOSTON TEA-PARTY BY JOHN ANDREWS [ADAPTED]

• Story A GUNPOWDER STORY BY JOHN ESTEN COOKE [ADAPTED]

• Story THE CAPTURE OF FORT TICONDEROGA BY WASHINGTON IRVING [ADAPTED]

• Story WASHINGTON AND THE COWARDS BY WASHINGTON IRVING [ADAPTED]

Chapter LABOR DAY [FIRST MONDAY IN SEPTEMBER]

• Story THE SMITHY A HINDU FABLE BY P. V. RAMASWAMI RAJU [ADAPTED]

• Story THE NAIL BY THE BROTHERS GRIMM [TRANSLATED]

• Story THE ELVES AND THE SHOEMAKER BY HORACE E. SCUDDER

• Story THE HILLMAN AND THE HOUSEWIFE BY JULlANA HORATIA EWING [ADAPTED]

• Story HOFUS THE STONE-CUTTER A JAPANESE LEGEND FROM THE RIVERSIDE THIRD READER [ADAPTED]

• Story ARACHNE BY JOSEPHINE PRESTON PEABODY

• Story THE METAL KING A GERMAN FOLE-TALE [ADAPTED]

• Story THE CHOICE OF HERCULES BY XENOPHON [ADAPTED]

• Story THE SPEAKING STATUE FROM GESTA ROMANORUM [ADAPTED]

• Story THE CHAMPION STONE-CUTTER BY HUGH MILLER

• Story BILL BROWN'S TEST BY CLEVELAND MOFFETT

Chapter COLUMBUS DAY [OCTOBER 12]

• Story COLUMBUS AND THE EGG BY JAMES BALDWIN [ADAPTED]

• Story COLUMBUS AT LA RABIDA BY WASHINGTON IRVING [ADAPTED]

• Story THE MUTINY BY A. DE LAMARTINE [ADAPTED]

• Story THE FIRST LANDING OF COLUMBUS IN THE NEW WORLD BY WASHINGTON IRVING [ADAPTED]

Chapter HALLOWEEN [OCTOBER 31]

• Story THE OLD WITCH BY THE BROTHERS GRIMM [TRANSLATED]

• Story SHIPPEITARO A JAPANESE FOLK-TALE: BY MARY F. NIXON-ROULET [ADAPTED]

• Story HANSEL AND GRETHEL BY THE BROTHERS GRIMM [ADAPTED]

• Story BURG HILL'S ON FIRE A CELTIC FAIRY TALE BY ELIZABETH W. GRIERSON [ADAPTED]

• Story THE KING OF THE CATS AN ENGLISH FOLK-TALE BY ERNEST RHYS

• Story THE STRANGE VISITOR AN ENGLISH FOLK-TALE BY JOSEPH JACOBS

• Story THE BENEVOLENT GOBLIN FROM GESTA ROMANORUM [ADAPTED]

Chapter THANKSGIVING DAY [LAST THURSDAY IN NOVEMBER]

• Story THE FIRST HARVEST-HOME IN PLYMOUTH BY W. DE LOSS LOVE, JR [ADAPTED]

• Story THE MASTER OF THE HARVEST BY MRS. ALFRED GATTY [ADAPTED]

• Story SAINT CUTHBERT'S EAGLE BY THE VENERABLE BEDE [ADAPED]

• Story THE EARS OF WHEAT BY THE BROTHERS GRIMM [TRANSLATED]

• Story HOW INDIAN CORN CAME INTO THE WORLD AN OJIBBEWAY LEGEND BY HENRY R. SCHOOLCRAFT [ADAPTED]

• Story THE NUTCRACKER DWARF BY COUNT FRANZ POCCI [TRANSLATED]

• Story THE PUMPKIN PIRATES A TALE FROM LUCIAN BY ALFRED J. CHURCH [ADAPTED]

• Story THE SPIRIT OF THE CORN AN IROQUOIS LEGEND BY HARRIET MAXWELL CONVERSE [ADAPTED]

• Story THE HORN OF PLENTY BY OVID [ADAPTED]

Chapter CHRISTMAS DAY [DECEMBER 25]

• Story LITTLE PICCOLA AFTER CELIA THAXTER

• Story THE STRANGER CHILD A LEGEND BY COUNT FRANZ POCCI [TRANSLATED]

• Story SAINT CHRISTOPHER A GOLDEN LEGEND ENGLISHED BY WILLIAM CAXTON [ADAPTED]

• Story THE CHRISTMAS ROSE AN OLD LEGEND BY LIZZIE DEAS [ADAPTED]

• Story THE WOODEN SHOES OF LITTLE WOLFF BY FRANÇOIS COPPÉE [ADAPTED]

• Story THE PINE TREE BY HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN [TRANSLATED]

• Story THE CHRISTMAS CUCKOO BY FRANCES BROWNE [ADAPTED]

• Story THE CHRISTMAS FAIRY OF STRASBURG A GERMAN FOLK-TALE BY J. STIRLING COYNE [ADAPTED]

• Story THE THREE PURSES A LEGEND BY WILLIAM S. WALSH [ADAPTED]

• Story THE THUNDER OAK A SCANDINAVIAN LEGEND WILLIAM S. WALSH AND OTHER SOURCES

• Story THE CHRISTMAS THORN OF GLASTONBURY A LEGEND OF ANCIENT BRITAIN ADAPTED FROM WILLIAM OF MALMESBURY AND OTHER SOURCES

• Story THE THREE KINGS OF COLOGNE : A LEGEND OF THE MIDDLE AGES BY JOHN OF HILDESHEIM-MODERNIZED BY H. S. MORRIS [ADAPTED]

Chapter ARBOR DAY

• Story THE LITTLE TREE THAT LONGED FOR OTHER LEAVES BY FRIEDRICH RÜCHERT [TRANSLATED]

• Story WHY THE EVERGREEN TREES NEVER LOSE THEIR LEAVES BY FLORENCE HOLBROOK

• Story WHY THE ASPEN QUIVERS OLD LEGEND

• Story THE WONDER TREE BY FRIEDRICH ADOLPH KRUMMACHER [ADAPTED]

• Story THE PROUD OAK TREE OLD FABLE [TRANSLATED]

• Story BAUCIS AND PHILEMON

• Story THE UNFRUITFUL TREE BY FRIEDRICH ADOLPH KRUMMACHER

• Story THE DRYAD OF THE OLD OAK BY JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL [ADAPTED]

• Story DAPHNE BY OVID [ADAPTED]

Chapter BIRD DAY

• Story THE OLD WOMAN WHO BECAME A WOODPECKER BY PHŒBE CARY [ADAPTED]

• Story THE BOY WHO BECAME A ROBIN AN OJIBBEWAY LEGEND BY HENRY R. SCHOOLCRAFT [ADAPTED]

• Story THE TONGUE-CUT SPARROW BY A. B. MITFORD [ADAPTED]

• Story THE QUAILS A LEGEND OF THE JATAKA FROM THE RIVERSIDE FOURTH READER

• Story THE MAGPIE'S NEST BY JOSEPH JACOBS

• Story THE GREEDY GEESE FROM IL LIBRO D'ORO [ADAPTED]

• Story THE KING OF THE BIRDS BY THE BROTHERS GRIMM [TRANSLATED]

• Story THE DOVE WHO SPOKE TRUTH BY ABBIE FARWELL BROWN

• Story THE BUSY BLUE JAY BY OLIVE THORNE MILLER [ADAPTED]

• Story BABES IN THE WOODS BY JOHN BURROUGHS

• Story THE PRIDE OF THE REGIMENT BY HARRY M. KIEFFER [ADAPTED]

• Story THE MOTHER MURRE BY DALLAS LORE SHARP

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