Why the chimes rang. 
  Alden.  Why the chimes rang, p. 1. 
  Dickinson.  Children’s book of Christmas stories, p. 113.

EASTER STORIES.

The Resurrection. 
  The Bible.  St. Matthew, Ch. 28.

    See also adaptations in collections of Bible Stories.

Stories.

Boy that was scaret o’ dyin’. 
  Slosson.  Story-Tell Lib, p. 72.

Boy who discovered the spring. 
  Alden.  Why the chimes rang.

Easter snow storm. 
  St. Nicholas, v. 25, p. 472.

Fred’s Easter Monday. 
  St. Nicholas, v. 2, p. 356.

General’s Easter box. 
  Our holidays, p. 159. 
  St. Nicholas, v. 31, p. 483.

Herr Oster Hase. 
  Bailey and Lewis.  For the children’s hour, p. 281.

King Robert of Sicily. (Poem by Longfellow.)
  Longfellow.  Poems.

Ladders to Heaven. 
  Ewing.  Mary’s meadow, p. 233.

The legend of Easter eggs. (Poem by Fitz-James O’Brien.)
  Olcott.  Story-telling poems, p. 310.

Lesson of faith. 
  Gatty.  Parables from nature, p. 1. 
  Poulsson.  In the child’s world, p. 307. 
  Boston collection of kindergarten stories, p. 139. (Adapted.)
  Harrison.  In story-land, p. 96. (Story of the small green caterpillar.)
  Olcott.  Good stories, p. 7. (Adapted.)

Little lilac bush. 
  Wiggin.  Polly Oliver’s problem, p. 205.

Mother Hubbard’s Easter lily. 
  Bigham.  Stories of Mother Goose village, p. 153.

Persephone.[A]

Plant that lost its berry. 
  Slosson.  Story-Tell Lib, p. 38.

Sacred flame. 
  Lagerloef.  Christ legends, p. 221.

Selfish giant. 
  Wilde.  Happy prince, and other tales, p. 45.

Sleeping Beauty in the wood.[8]

Snowdrop. 
  Bailey and Lewis.  For the children’s hour, p. 280.

Star and the lily. 
  Emerson.  Indian myths, p. 68. 
  Mabie.  Myths every child should know, p. 348. (Adapted.)

Trinity flower. 
  Ewing.  Mary’s meadow, p. 215.

[Footnote 8:  For source, see page number preceding title in index.]

THANKSGIVING STORIES.

All the plums. 
  St. Nicholas, 10:  34.

An old time Thanksgiving. 
  St. Nicholas, 24:  58. 
  Schauffler.  Thanksgiving, p. 135.

Ann Mary; her two Thanksgivings. 
  Wilkins, M.E.  Young Lucretia, p. 37. 
  Schauffler.  Thanksgiving, p. 103.

Borrowing a grandmother. 
  St. Nicholas, 4:  38.

Boston Thanksgiving story. 
  Poulsson.  In the child’s world, p. 93

Bunny’s Thanksgiving. 
  Jewett.  Bunny stories, p. 152.

“Chusey.” 
  Coolidge.  New Year’s bargain, p. 178.

Coming of Thanksgiving. 
  Warner.  Being a boy, p. 76.