CHILDREN'S CLASSICS In Dramatic Form

This book is intended to accomplish three distinct purposes: first, to arouse a greater interest in oral reading; second, to develop an expressive voice—sadly lacking in the case of most Americans; and third, to give freedom and grace in the bodily attitudes and movements which are involved in reading and speaking. The stories given are for the most part adaptations of favorite tales from folklore,--Andersen, Grimm, Aesop, and the Arabian Nights having been freely drawn upon. CONTENTS THE TRAVELLERS AND THE HATCHET THE OLD MAN AND HIS GRANDSON THE CROW AND THE FOX THE MILLER, HIS SON, AND THEIR DONKEY EACH IN HIS OWN PLACE WHAT THE GOODMAN DOES IS ALWAYS RIGHT THE CAT AND THE MOUSE THE GIRL WHO TROD ON THE LOAF THE UGLY DUCKLING THE RED SHOES THE STORY OF ALI COGIA THE WILD SWANS THE TWO COUNTRYMEN THE MAN AND THE ALLIGATOR THE SONG IN THE HEART THE EMPEROR’S TEST CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS