A Century of Girls’ Stories ed. Ethel Boileau (Hutchinson, April 1939, 3/6d, hc, an)
Details taken from Table of Contents.
- · Preface · Ethel Boileau · pr
- 17 · Mliss · Francis Bret Harte · nv The Golden Era December 9 1860
- 45 · The Fight with Israel Hands · R. L. Stevenson · ex from Treasure Island, Cassell & Co., November 1883
- 71 · The Gordon Riots · Charles Dickens · ex from Barnaby Rudge, Chapman & Hall, 1841
- 91 · Mr. Codlin and Mr. Short · Charles Dickens · ex from The Old Curiosity Shop, Chapman & Hall, 1841
- 109 · The Legend of Sleepy Hollow · Washington Irving · nv The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent #6, March 15 1820, as by Geoffrey Crayon
- 139 · The Minotaur · Nathaniel Hawthorne · nv Tanglewood Tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1853
- 165 · The Mock Turtle’s Story [Alice] · Lewis Carroll · ex from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Macmillan, 1865
- 177 · Ulad of the Dreams · Fiona Macleod · nv Thomas B. Mosher, 1904
- 205 · The Winter’s Tale · Charles & Mary Lamb · ss (r)
- 217 · The Panic [Cranford] · Elizabeth Gaskell · ex from “The Great Cranford Panic”, anonymously, Household Words January 8 1853 (+1), uncredited.
- 233 · The Secret of the Heather-Ale · Neil Munro · ss The Speaker
- 241 · The History of Camaralzaman, Prince of Isle of the Children of Khaledan, and of Badoura, Princess of China · [uncredited] · nv Thomas Tegg, 1814
- 275 · The Slum Cat · Ernest Thompson Seton · ss Ladies’ Home Journal August 1904
- 303 · Camp Laurence · Louisa M. Alcott · ex from Little Women, Roberts Brothers, 1869
- 322 · A Merry Christmas · Louisa M. Alcott · ex from Little Women, Roberts Brothers, 1869
- 335 · The Peace Egg · J. H. Ewing · ss Aunt Judy’s Magazine December 1871
- 357 · The Red Shoes · Hans Andersen · ss (r)
translated from the Danish (“De røde sko”, Nye Eventyr. Første Bind. Tredie Samling, C.A. Reitzel, 1845).
- 362 · The Ugly Duckling · Hans Andersen · ss (r)
translated from the Danish (“Den grimme ælling”, Nye Eventyr. Første Bind. Første Samling, C.A. Reitzel, 1843).
- 374 · The Little Mermaid · Hans Andersen · nv Tales from Hans Christian Andersen by Hans Christian Andersen, Thomas Y. Crowell, 1897
translated from the Danish (“Den lille havfrue”, Eventyr, Fortalte for Børn. Første Samling. Tredie Hefte, C.A. Reitzel, 1837).
- 397 · Tom and Maggie Tulliver · George Eliot · ex from The Mill on the Floss, Blackwood, 1860
- 443 · The Family Dog [Jeremy] · Hugh Walpole · ss The Story-teller January 1919
- 463 · In the Cave · Mark Twain · ss (r)
- 479 · Proud Rosalind and the Hart Royal · Eleanor Farjeon · ss Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard by Eleanor Farjeon, W. Collins & Co., 1921
- · Lord Edward and the Tree-Man [Rudder Grange] · Frank R. Stockton · ss Scribner’s Monthly July 1878, as “Pomona Takes the Helm at Rudder Grange”
- · How Becky Sharp Left Miss Pinkerton’s Academy · William Makepeace Thackeray · ex from Vanity Fair, Bradbury & Evans, 1848
- · The Tristram and Isoud · Thomas Malory · ex from The Hoole Book of Kyng Arthur and of His Noble Knyghtes of the Rounde Table, William Caxton, 1485
- · An Evening with Lady Catherine de Bourgh · Jane Austen · ex from Pride and Prejudice, T. Egerton, 1813
- · Mr. Collins Proposes · Jane Austen · ex from Pride and Prejudice, T. Egerton, 1813
- · Ashputtle · The Brothers Grimm · ss (r)
translated from the German (“Aschenputtel”, Kinder und Hausmärchen, 1812).
- · The Two Brothers · The Brothers Grimm · ss (r)
translated from the German (“Die zwei Brüder”, Kinder und Hausmärchen, 1812).
- · Autumn 58 B.C. · Naomi Mitchison · ex from The Conquered, Jonathan Cape, 1927
- · Spring to Autumn 56 B.C. · Naomi Mitchison · ex from The Conquered, Jonathan Cape, 1927
- · The Reddleman · Thomas Hardy · ex from Return of the Native, Smith, Elder, 1878
- · Cosette · Victor Hugo · ex from Les Misérables (r)
translated from the French (Les Misérables, March 1862).
- · The Tournament · Sir Walter Scott · ex from Ivanhoe, Archibald Constable and Company, December 1819
- · The Murder of Amy Robsart · Rafael Sabatini · ts The Premier Magazine #52, August 1918, as “The Night of Wooing”
- · Dulce Domum · Kenneth Grahame · ex from The Wind in the Willows, Methuen, 1908
- · Lorna’s Homecoming · R. D. Blackmore · ex from Lorna Doone, Sampson Low, 1869
- · Revolt at Roger’s, 1870 [The Forsyte Saga] · John Galsworthy · ss Nash’s—Pall Mall Magazine January 1930
- · Aunt Kate and Queen Victoria · Sir Philip Gibbs · ss Cosmopolitan February 1929, as “The Lover of Her Dreams”
- · Concerning Corkey Minimus · Eden Phillpotts · ss The Human Boy by Eden Phillpotts, Harper & Brothers, 1900
- · Jane Eyre at Lowood Institution · Charlotte Bronte · ex from Jane Eyre, as by Currer Bell, Smith, Elder, October 1847, as by Currer Bell
- · A Summer Night · Charlotte Bronte · ex from Shirley, as by Currer Bell, Smith, Elder, October 1849, as by Currer Bell
- · The Totem Pole Race · Norma B. Mansfield · ex from “Keeper of the Wolves”, The American Girl December 1933 (+5)
- · The Brotherhood of the Rose · Charles Kingsley · ex from Westward Ho!, Macmillan, 1855
- · Tom Finds the River · Charles Kingsley · ex from The Water Babies, Macmillan, 1863
- · Gulliver Arrives at Lilliput [Gulliver] · Jonathan Swift · ex from Travels Into Several Remote Nations of the World, Benjamin Motte, 1726
- · Amy Johnson Reaches Australia · Ethel Talbot · ss (r)
- · Princess Pocahontas · Ethel Talbot · ss (r)
- · A Lighthouse Heroine · Ethel Talbot · ss (r)
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