the McSpadden version, although the two are
similar.
The Chaucer story book by Eva March Tappan.
Includes eleven stories freely told and simplified. On this
account may be used for younger children. Some of the
atmosphere of Chaucer's original tales is lost but the plots
are made very clear, which is an aid in the preparation of
the stories.
STORIES FROM THE FAERIE QUEENE.
1. Adventures of Una and the Red Cross Knight.
The quest--The wood of Error--The knight deceived by the
magician, forsakes Una--The knight's adventures--Una and the
lion and what befell her later--The last fight and the end of
the quest.
2. The legend of Britomart.
Britomart looks into the magic mirror and later starts on her
quest--What strange adventures befell Britomart--The great
tournament for the Golden Girdle--How Britomart ended her
quest.
3. The adventures of Sir Artegall.
Minor adventures in which Sir Artegall rights many
wrongs--His adventures with the Queen of the Amazons and his
rescue by Britomart--The death of the tyrant Grantorto.
4. The adventures of Sir Calidore.
The quest--Sir Calidore's encounter with the discourteous
knight--Pasterella, and the successful ending of the quest.
_Sources for the story teller:_
Spenser, Edmund. Works; ed. by R. Morris.
_Adaptations:_
Stories from the Faerie Queene; retold from Spenser by L.H. Dawson.
Similar to the Macleod version, but not so conveniently
arranged for the story teller.
Stories from the Faerie Queene; by Mary Macleod.
This contains more stories than the other versions and the
material is so arranged that the story teller will find it a
help in making out a program for a longer cycle. The best and
most attractive edition to use with children.
Una and the Red Cross Knight, and other tales
from Spenser's Faerie Queene; by N.G.
Royde-Smith.
This book gives chiefly the first part of Spenser's Faerie
Queene--the adventures of Una and the Red Cross Knight--but
it is excellently told and charmingly illustrated by T.H.
Robinson. In a good many places Spenser's original verse has
been inserted, which gives an added charm.
IRISH HERO TALES.
1. Quest of the sons of Turenn.
2. Cuchulain's youth.
3. Strife for the dun cow of Cooley.
4. Cuchulain and Ferdia.
5. Cuchulain's death.
6. Fate of the sons of Usna.
7. Kin
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