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Hoping these stories will interest other children as they have interested those who helped build them, I send them forth. E. LOUISE SMYTHE. _Santa Rosa, California. HOPING THESE STORIES WILL INTEREST OTHER CHILDREN AS THEY HAVE INTERESTED THOSE WHO HELPED BUILD THEM I SEND THEM FORTH E LOUISE SMITH SANTA ROSA CALIFORNIA
irely with the child's approval. Before presenting the Norse myths for reading, they had been the subject of many conversations, queries and illustrations. Some were even dramatized--in a childlike way, of course. Detailed descriptions of Mt. Ida, Asgard, and some of the principal heroes, were given. But, though the little audience seemed interested in the introductory remarks, these never came back when the children were called upon to reproduce the story. The narrator at once plunged into the story part. It is for this reason descriptions of heroes and places have been omitted in these stories. It is thus left for each teacher who uses this book to employ her own method of introducing the gods of the hardy Norseman to her pupils. The following works will be found useful and quite available to most teachers: Andersen's Norse Mythology, Mabie's Norse Stories, Mara Pratt's Stories from Norseland, Fiske's Myths and Myth Makers, Taylor's Primitive Culture, Vol. I.; and Longfellow's Poems. EN IT MEETS SO ENTIRELY WITH THE CHILD'S APPROVAL BEFORE PRESENTING THE NORSE MYTHS FOR READING THEY HAD BEEN THE SUBJECT OF MANY CONVERSATIONS QUERIES AND ILLUSTRATIONS SOME WERE EVEN DRAMATIZED IN A CHILDLIKE WAY OF COURSE DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS OF MOUNT IDA ASGARD AND SOME OF THE PRINCIPAL HEROES WERE GIVEN BUT THOUGH THE LITTLE AUDIENCE SEEMED INTERESTED IN THE INTRODUCTORY REMARKS THESE NEVER CAME BACK WHEN THE CHILDREN WERE CALLED UPON TO REPRODUCE THE STORY THE NARRATOR AT ONCE PLUNGED INTO THE STORY PART IT IS FOR THIS REASON DESCRIPTIONS OF HEROES AND PLACES HAVE BEEN OMITTED IN THESE STORIES IT IS THUS LEFT FOR THE TEACHER WHO USES THIS BOOK TO EMPLOY HER OWN METHOD OF INTRODUCING THE GODS OF THE HARDY NORSEMEN TO HER PUPILS THE FOLLOWING WORKS WILL BE FOUND QUITE USEFUL AND QUITE AVAILABLE TO MOST TEACHERS ANDERSEN'S NORSE MYTHOLOGY MAYBE'S NORSE STORIES MARAPRATTS STORIES FROM NORSELAND FISKE'S MYTHS AND MYTHMAKERS TAYLOR'S PRIMITIVE CULTURE VOLUME ONE AND LONGFELLOW'S POEMS
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