the essays listed in the Index there are
other selections in essay form that may be studied with profit. Here are
some of them:

1. _Abraham Lincoln_, Volume IX, page 324.
2. _The Arickara Indians_, IV, 472.
3. _The Buffalo_, VII, 96.
4. _Alfred the Great_, IV, 260.
5. _The Battle of Cressy_, IX, 161.
6. _The Battle of Hastings_, IX, 330.
7. _A Bed of Nettles_, VIII, 209.
8. _Brute Neighbors_, VII, 260.
9. _The Buccaneers_, V, 359.
10. _Stories of the Creation_, IV, 159.
11. _Trees and Ants That Help Each Other_, VII, 306.

III. _Fables._ The names of more than thirty fables are given in the
list. Comparative study of these fables, considering the animals most
frequently mentioned, the correctness and naturalness of the traits
ascribed to the different animals, the moral precepts inculcated by the
fables, etc., will be found interesting and profitable.

IV. _Fairy Lore and Folk Lore._ Though fairy stories may have lost their
intrinsic interest for high school students, the teacher will find in
the collection given here the material for many a study. What merits
keep the old stories alive and make them perennially fascinating to
children of all nations? Which stories are the better for children,
those of Hans Christian Andersen or those of the Brothers Grimm? What
are the particular merits or demerits of each class? How do the stories
by the latter writers compare in originality and beauty with the older
stories? What comparisons can be made between _The Ugly Duckling_ and
_The King of the Golden River_? What merits has _Cinderella_ over
_Bluebeard_? What is the effect of _Jack the Giant Killer_ and stories
of that kind on the minds of young people?

V. _Fiction._ Look under the subtitles for the long list of stories
suitable for study when the class is dealing with fiction.

VI. _Legendary Heroes._ What can be more interesting than a study of
these characters from the borderland of history? These great figures
come forth from the shadows of the past and move before us like living
men: Beowulf, the Saxon; Frithiof, the Norse hero; Siegfried, the
German; Roland, the French knight; The Cid, Spain's greatest warrior and
gentleman; Hector and Ulysses, the Greeks; King Arthur and his knights
from England; Horatius, the Roman, and Sohrab, the Persian.

The literature of the Arthurian legends as given in _Journeys_, where
they cover about 150 pages, is a cycle of great importance to ever