'ed Meg, Sir Patrick
Spens, The heir of Linne.

Macleod, Mary. A book of ballad stories.

Thirty-four ballads in prose, including the Robin Hood and
many other well known tales. The selection of material is
good. Contains: Patient Griselda, Saddle to rags, The
beggar's daughter, The king and the miller, The heir of
Linne.

Percy, Thomas. The boy's Percy, being old ballads
from Percy's Reliques; S. Lanier.

A scholarly collection, in poetry form, of thirty-five
English ballads. Some of them could not be used for telling,
but they are all interesting and should be read in order to
get the old ballad spirit. Contains: Chevy Chase, The king
and the miller, The heir of Linne.

Smith, J.C. _and_ Soutar, G.A. A book of ballads for boys and girls.

A collection of fifty-four ballads divided into three parts;
ballads of romance, ballads historical and legendary, ballads
literary and elegiac. Each ballad is told in verse with an
explanatory note and there is a general introduction on
ballad poetry. Contains: Kinmont Willie, Sir Patrick Spens,
and Chevy Chase.

Tappan, E.M. Old ballads in prose.

This collection comprises twenty-two of the old ballad
stories. In it are found several humorous stories not
contained in the other collections. A good book to use with
children. Contains: Saddle to rags and Barring of the door.

A SELECTION OF MODERN NARRATIVE POEMS, CHIEFLY HISTORICAL.
FOR READING ALOUD.

Ancient Mariner. Coleridge.

The Armada. Macaulay.

Barbara Frietchie. Whittier.

The battle of the Baltic. Campbell.

The battle of Agincourt. Drayton.

The battle of Charlestown Harbor. Hayne.

The brown dwarf of Ruegen. Whittier.

The burial of Moses. Alexander.

The courtship of Miles Standish. Longfellow.

The defense of the Alamo. Joaquin Miller.

The destruction of Sennacherib. Lord Byron.

Evangeline. Longfellow.

Horatius. Macaulay.

The emperor's bird's nest. Longfellow.

Idylls of the King. Tennyson.

The Inchcape Rock. Southey.

Incident of the French camp. Browning.

Ivry, a song of the Huguenots. Macaulay.

John Gilpin's ride. Cowper.

King Alfred and the Harper. Sterling.

The Landing of the Pilgrims. Hemans.

The Leak in the dike. Phoebe Gary.

Lochinvar. Scott.

Lord Ullin's daughter. Campbell.

Marmion. Scott.

Paul Revere's ride. Longfellow.

The pied Piper of Hamelin. Br