Types of Children's Literature
Edited by Walter Barnes Types of Children's Literature Table of Contents
Types of Children's Literature...... 1 Edited by Walter Barnes...... 1 NURSERY JINGLES...... 5 SOME CHILDREN'S POETS...... 17 William Blake...... 17 PIPING DOWN THE VALLEYS WILD...... 17 THE LAMB...... 18 LAUGHING SONG...... 18 CHRISTINA ROSSETTI...... 19 THE WIND...... 19 THE CITY MOUSE AND THE GARDEN MOUSE...... 19 LULLABY...... 19 THE SISTERS...... 20 ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON...... 20 THE WIND...... 20 WINDY NIGHTS...... 20 THE WHOLE DUTY OF CHILDREN...... 21 MY BED IS A BOAT...... 21 THE LAND OF COUNTERPANE...... 21 THE LAND OF STORYBOOKS...... 22 LUCY LARCOM...... 23 IF I WERE A SUNBEAM...... 23 THE RIVULET...... 23 THE BROWN THRUSH...... 24 ANN AND JANE TAYLOR...... 25 MEDDLESOME MATTY...... 25 THE VIOLET...... 26 THE STAR...... 26 THE WAY TO BE HAPPY...... 27 ISAAC WATTS...... 27 AGAINST IDLENESS AND MISCHIEF...... 28 A MORNING SONG...... 28 A CRADLE HYMN...... 28 LEWIS CARROLL...... 29 JABBERWOCKY...... 29 YOU ARE OLD, FATHER WILLIAM...... 30 THE WALRUS AND THE CARPENTER...... 31 EDWARD LEAR...... 33 THE OWL AND THE PUSSY−CAT...... 34 THE JUMBLIES...... 35 BALLADS...... 37 POPULAR...... 37 BONNY BARBARA ALLAN...... 37 SIR PATRICK SPENCE...... 38 ROBIN HOOD AND ALLIN A DALE...... 40 ...... 47KINMONT WILLIE...... 42 THE WRECK OF THE HESPERUS...... 47 It was the schooner Hesperus, That sailed the wintry sea; And the skipper had taken his little
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Types of Children's Literature daughter, To bear him company...... 47 LA BELLE DAME SANS MERCI...... 49 LORD ULLIN'S DAUGHTER...... 51 YOUNG LOCHINVAR...... 52 HOW THEY BROUGHT THE GOOD NEWS FROM GHENT TO AIX...... 53 THE REVENGE...... 55 LYRICS...... 58 OUR COUNTRY...... 58 AMERICA...... 58 MY NATIVE LAND...... 59 COLUMBUS...... 60 THE LANDING OF THE PILGRIM FATHERS IN NEW ENGLAND...... 61 CONCORD HYMN...... 62 OLD IRONSIDES...... 62 O CAPTAIN! MY CAPTAIN!...... 63 LOVE LYRICS...... 64 TO LUCASTA, ON GOING TO THE WARS...... 64 SHE WALKS IN BEAUTY...... 64 A RED, RED ROSE...... 65 POEMS OF NATURE...... 65 THE GREENWOOD TREE...... 65 A WET SHEET AND A FLOWING SEA...... 66 LYRICS...... 66 I WANDERED LONELY AS A CLOUD...... 66 THE RHODORA ON BEING ASKED, WHENCE IS THE FLOWER?...... 67 TO THE FRINGED GENTIAN...... 68 THE EAGLE...... 68 ON THE GRASSHOPPER AND CRICKET...... 68 LESSONS FROM NATURE...... 69 TO A WATERFOWL...... 69 THE CHAMBERED NAUTILUS...... 70 THE BUGLE SONG...... 71 SONGS OF LIFE...... 71 THE NOBLE NATURE...... 71 THE CHARACTER OF A HAPPY LIFE...... 72 SAY NOT, THE STRUGGLE NOUGHT AVAILETH...... 72 FOR A' THAT AN' A' THAT...... 73 INVICTUS...... 74 OPPORTUNITY...... 75 A PSALM OF LIFE...... 75 PREFACE...... 76 TYPES OF CHILDREN'S LITERATURE...... 82 AESOP...... 82 THE DOG AND THE SHADOW...... 82 THE FOX AND THE GRAPES...... 82 THE HARE AND THE TORTOISE...... 82 THE SHEPHERD'S BOY...... 82
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Types of Children's Literature THE HUSBANDMAN AND THE STORK...... 83 THE WIND AND THE SUN...... 83 THE TORTOISE AND THE GEESE...... 83 THE PARTRIDGE AND THE CROW...... 84 JEAN DE LA FONTAINE...... 84 THE FOX AND THE GRAPES...... 84 THE WOLF AND THE STORK...... 84 TRADITIONAL...... 85 THE OLD WOMAN AND HER PIG...... 85 THE STORY OF THE THREE LITTLE PIGS...... 86 HANS IN LUCK...... 88 THE VALIANT LITTLE TAILOR...... 90 CINDERELLA, OR THE LITTLE GLASS SLIPPER...... 93 THE HISTORY OF DICK WHITTINGTON AND HIS CAT...... 97 THE UGLY DUCKLING...... 101 THE FLAX...... 107 BLUE BEARD...... 109 JACK AND THE BEANSTALK...... 113 THE ELVES...... 117 THE FROG−PRINCE...... 118 THE QUERN AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA...... 119 BROTHER RABBIT AND BROTHER BULL−FROG...... 122 BROWNIE AND THE COOK...... 126 THE KING OF THE GOLDEN RIVER; OR, THE BLACK BROTHERS...... 130 CHAPTER I...... 130 CHAPTER II...... 135 CHAPTER III...... 138 CHAPTER IV...... 140 CHAPTER V...... 141 THE ORIENTAL WONDER STORY...... 143 THE STORY OF ALADDIN; OR, THE WONDERFUL LAMP...... 143 MYTHS AND LEGENDS...... 189 CLASSIC...... 189 THE GORGON'S HEAD...... 189 THESEUS Charles Kingsley...... 201 PART I...... 201 PART II...... 203 PART III...... 215 PART IV...... 217 Germanic...... 218 THOR GOES A−FISHING...... 218 BALDUR...... 221 PART I...... 221 PART II...... 223 PART III...... 225 PART IV...... 226 PART V...... 227
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Types of Children's Literature THE HERO STORY...... 229 SIR WILLIAM WALLACE...... 229 THE REPRODUCTION...... 235 DIDACTIC STORIES...... 241 THE PURPLE JAR...... 241 DIFFERENCE AND AGREEMENT; OR, SUNDAY MORNING...... 245 EYES, AND NO EYES; OR, THE ART OF SEEING...... 246 ANIMAL SKETCHES AND STORIES...... 251 RAB AND HIS FRIENDS...... 251 THE BUSY BLUE JAY...... 258 I...... 258 II...... 259 A CRY IN THE NIGHT...... 260 SELECTIONS FROM THE BIBLE...... 265 THE STORY OF JOSEPH...... 265 THE STORY OF SAMSON...... 276 SOME PSALMS OF DAVID...... 279 PSALM 19...... 279 PSALM 23...... 280 CHRIST'S SERMON ON THE MOUNT...... 280 PAUL'S DISCOURSE ON CHARITY...... 283 LETTERS...... 283 LEWIS CARROLL TO MISS STANDEN...... 283 THOMAS HOOD TO MISS ELLIOT...... 284 CHARLES DICKENS TO MASTER HUGHES...... 284 TRAITS OF INDIAN CHARACTER...... 285 OF STUDIES...... 290 THE AMERICAN BOY...... 291 ORATIONS...... 293 GIVE ME LIBERTY OR GIVE ME DEATH...... 293 SUPPOSED SPEECH OF JOHN ADAMS...... 295 ADDRESS DELIVERED AT THE DEDICATION OF THE CEMETERY AT GETTYSBURG...... 296 APPENDIX...... 297 COLLECTIONS OF CHILDREN'S LITERATURE...... 297 COLLECTIONS OF MOTHER GOOSE VERSES...... 297 CHILDREN'S POETS...... 297 ANTHOLOGIES OF CHILDREN'S POETRY...... 298 FAIRY STORIES...... 298 NEGRO FOLK TALES...... 299 MODERN FAIRY TALES...... 299 HOMERIC STORIES...... 299 MYTHS...... 299 HERO STORIES...... 300 ANIMAL AND NATURE STORIES AND SKETCHES...... 300 MISCELLANEOUS STORIES...... 300 BOOKS ON CHILDREN'S LITERATURE...... 301 NOTES...... 301
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• NURSERY JINGLES • SOME CHILDREN'S POETS
• William Blake • PIPING DOWN THE VALLEYS WILD • THE LAMB • LAUGHING SONG • CHRISTINA ROSSETTI • THE WIND • THE CITY MOUSE AND THE GARDEN MOUSE • LULLABY • THE SISTERS • ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON • THE WIND • WINDY NIGHTS • THE WHOLE DUTY OF CHILDREN • MY BED IS A BOAT • THE LAND OF COUNTERPANE • THE LAND OF STORYBOOKS • LUCY LARCOM • IF I WERE A SUNBEAM • THE RIVULET • THE BROWN THRUSH • ANN AND JANE TAYLOR • MEDDLESOME MATTY • THE VIOLET • THE STAR • THE WAY TO BE HAPPY • ISAAC WATTS • AGAINST IDLENESS AND MISCHIEF • A MORNING SONG • A CRADLE HYMN • LEWIS CARROLL • JABBERWOCKY • YOU ARE OLD, FATHER WILLIAM • THE WALRUS AND THE CARPENTER • EDWARD LEAR • THE OWL AND THE PUSSY−CAT • THE JUMBLIES
• BALLADS
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• POPULAR • BONNY BARBARA ALLAN • SIR PATRICK SPENCE • ROBIN HOOD AND ALLIN A DALE • KINMONT WILLIE • THE WRECK OF THE HESPERUS • LA BELLE DAME SANS MERCI • LORD ULLIN'S DAUGHTER • YOUNG LOCHINVAR • HOW THEY BROUGHT THE GOOD NEWS FROM GHENT TO AIX • THE REVENGE
• LYRICS
• OUR COUNTRY • AMERICA • MY NATIVE LAND • COLUMBUS • THE LANDING OF THE PILGRIM FATHERS IN NEW ENGLAND • CONCORD HYMN • OLD IRONSIDES • O CAPTAIN! MY CAPTAIN! • LOVE LYRICS • TO LUCASTA, ON GOING TO THE WARS • SHE WALKS IN BEAUTY • A RED, RED ROSE • POEMS OF NATURE • THE GREENWOOD TREE • A WET SHEET AND A FLOWING SEA • LYRICS • I WANDERED LONELY AS A CLOUD • THE RHODORA ON BEING ASKED, WHENCE IS THE FLOWER? • TO THE FRINGED GENTIAN • THE EAGLE • ON THE GRASSHOPPER AND CRICKET • LESSONS FROM NATURE • TO A WATERFOWL • THE CHAMBERED NAUTILUS • THE BUGLE SONG • SONGS OF LIFE • THE NOBLE NATURE • THE CHARACTER OF A HAPPY LIFE • SAY NOT, THE STRUGGLE NOUGHT AVAILETH • FOR A' THAT AN' A' THAT • INVICTUS • OPPORTUNITY • A PSALM OF LIFE • PREFACE
• TYPES OF CHILDREN'S LITERATURE • AESOP
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• THE DOG AND THE SHADOW • THE FOX AND THE GRAPES • THE HARE AND THE TORTOISE • THE SHEPHERD'S BOY • THE HUSBANDMAN AND THE STORK • THE WIND AND THE SUN • THE TORTOISE AND THE GEESE • THE PARTRIDGE AND THE CROW • JEAN DE LA FONTAINE • THE FOX AND THE GRAPES • THE WOLF AND THE STORK
• TRADITIONAL
• THE OLD WOMAN AND HER PIG • THE STORY OF THE THREE LITTLE PIGS • HANS IN LUCK • THE VALIANT LITTLE TAILOR • CINDERELLA, OR THE LITTLE GLASS SLIPPER • THE HISTORY OF DICK WHITTINGTON AND HIS CAT • THE UGLY DUCKLING • THE FLAX • BLUE BEARD • JACK AND THE BEANSTALK • THE ELVES • THE FROG−PRINCE • THE QUERN AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA • BROTHER RABBIT AND BROTHER BULL−FROG • BROWNIE AND THE COOK • THE KING OF THE GOLDEN RIVER; OR, THE BLACK BROTHERS • CHAPTER I • CHAPTER II • CHAPTER III • CHAPTER IV • CHAPTER V • THE ORIENTAL WONDER STORY • THE STORY OF ALADDIN; OR, THE WONDERFUL LAMP • MYTHS AND LEGENDS • CLASSIC • THE GORGON'S HEAD • THESEUS Charles Kingsley • PART I • PART II • PART III • PART IV • Germanic • THOR GOES A−FISHING • BALDUR • PART I • PART II • PART III
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• PART IV • PART V • THE HERO STORY • SIR WILLIAM WALLACE • THE REPRODUCTION • DIDACTIC STORIES • THE PURPLE JAR • DIFFERENCE AND AGREEMENT; OR, SUNDAY MORNING • EYES, AND NO EYES; OR, THE ART OF SEEING • ANIMAL SKETCHES AND STORIES • RAB AND HIS FRIENDS • THE BUSY BLUE JAY • I • II • A CRY IN THE NIGHT • SELECTIONS FROM THE BIBLE • THE STORY OF JOSEPH • THE STORY OF SAMSON • SOME PSALMS OF DAVID • PSALM 19 • PSALM 23 • CHRIST'S SERMON ON THE MOUNT • PAUL'S DISCOURSE ON CHARITY • LETTERS • LEWIS CARROLL TO MISS STANDEN • THOMAS HOOD TO MISS ELLIOT • CHARLES DICKENS TO MASTER HUGHES • TRAITS OF INDIAN CHARACTER • OF STUDIES • THE AMERICAN BOY • ORATIONS • GIVE ME LIBERTY OR GIVE ME DEATH • SUPPOSED SPEECH OF JOHN ADAMS • ADDRESS DELIVERED AT THE DEDICATION OF THE CEMETERY AT GETTYSBURG • APPENDIX • COLLECTIONS OF CHILDREN'S LITERATURE • COLLECTIONS OF MOTHER GOOSE VERSES • CHILDREN'S POETS • ANTHOLOGIES OF CHILDREN'S POETRY • FAIRY STORIES • NEGRO FOLK TALES • MODERN FAIRY TALES • HOMERIC STORIES • MYTHS • HERO STORIES • ANIMAL AND NATURE STORIES AND SKETCHES • MISCELLANEOUS STORIES • BOOKS ON CHILDREN'S LITERATURE • NOTES
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NURSERY JINGLES
Little Miss Muffet Sat on a tuffet, Eating of curds and whey; Along came a spider And sat down beside her, Which frightened Miss Muffet away.
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Diddle, diddle, dumpling, my son John Went to bed with his stockings on; One shoe off, the other shoe on, Diddle, diddle, dumpling, my son John.
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