s on quietly in the hidden recesses
of the mind in many cases. One _Epaminondas_ is worth three lectures.

I wish there were more of such funny little tales in the world's
literature, all ready, as this one is, for telling to the youngest of
our listeners. But masterpieces are few in any line, and stories for
telling are no exception; it took generations, probably, to make this
one. The demand for new sources of supply comes steadily from teachers
and mothers, and is the more insistent because so often met by the
disappointing recommendations of books which prove to be for reading
only, rather than for telling.

For the benefit of suggestion to teachers in schools where story-telling
is newly or not yet introduced in systematic form, I am glad to append
the following list of additional stories which will be found to be
equally tellable and likeable. The list is not mine, although it
embodies some of my suggestions. I offer it merely as a practical result
of the effort to equalise and extend the story-hour throughout the
schools. The list is roughly graded in four groups. Stories in the
present volume have been excluded.

STORIES FOR REPRODUCTION

FIRST GROUP

The Lion and the Mouse, AEsop
The Fox and the Crow, AEsop
The Hare and the Tortoise, AEsop
The Wolf and the Kid, AEsop
The Crow and the Pitcher, AEsop
The Fox and the Grapes, AEsop
The Dog and his Shadow, AEsop
The Hare and the Hound, AEsop
The Wolf and the Crane, AEsop
The Elf and the Dormouse[1]
The Three Little Pigs[1]
Henny Penny
The Three Bears[1]
Why the Woodpecker's Head is Red[2]
Little Red Riding-Hood
The Cat and The Mouse, Grimm
Snow White and Rose Red, Grimm

SECOND GROUP

The Boasting Traveller, AEsop
The Wolf and the Fox, AEsop
The Boy and the Filberts, AEsop
Hercules and the Wagoner, AEsop
The Shepherd Boy and the Wolf, AEsop
The Star Dollars[1]
The Pied Piper[1]
King Midas[1]
Raggylug[1]
Peter Rabbit, B. Potter
The Tar-Baby, Joel Chandler Harris
(from _Uncle Remus_)
The Tailor and the Elephant
The Blind Men and the Elephant
(_Harrap's Dramatic Readers_, Book II.)
The Valiant Blackbird, Wm. Canton
(from _The True Annals of Fairyland_)
The Wolf and the Goslings, Grimm
The Ugly Duckling, Andersen
The Old Woman and Her Pig[1]