TWENTY-FOUR
UNUSUAL STORIES

FOR BOYS AND GIRLS

ARRANGED AND RETOLD

BY

ANNA COGSWELL TYLER

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY
MAUD AND MISKA PETERSHAM

NEW YORK
HARCOURT, BRACE AND COMPANY
1921
COPYRIGHT, 1921, BY
HARCOURT, BRACE AND COMPANY, INC.

PRINTED IN THE U. S. A.
THE QUINN & BODEN COMPANY
RAHWAY. N. J.

TO THE BOYS AND GIRLS WHO
HAVE ENJOYED THESE TALES
AND HAVE BEEN THE INSPIRATION
OF THE STORY-TELLER,
THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED


FOREWORD

It has been suggested that the boys and girls who have so often listenedto these stories in the clubs and story-hours of the New York PublicLibrary, might like to have a few of their favorites in one book; thatother boys and girls might be interested in reading them; and that thestory-teller, in search of stories for special occasions, might findthis little volume useful.

Anna Cogswell Tyler.
1920


CONTENTS

 PAGE
THE CONVENT FREE FROM CARE3
Jean de Bosschere
"WHAT THE GOOD-MAN DOES IS SURE TO BE RIGHT!"7
Hans Christian Andersen
WHERE TO LAY THE BLAME17
Howard Pyle
THE WINDS, THE BIRDS, AND THE TELEGRAPH WIRES31
Rev. Jay T. Stocking
KATCHA AND THE DEVIL45
Parker Fillmore
THE WHITE DOGS OF ARRAN59
Cornelia Meigs
WIND AN' WAVE AN' WANDHERIN' FLAME81
Aldis Dunbar
THE KING, THE QUEEN, AND THE BEE95
Aunt Naomi
THE WELL OF THE WORLD'S END107
Joseph Jacobs
WINGS115
Fedor Sologub
CHRISTMAS STORIES
THE CHRISTMAS CUCKOO...

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