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There are numerous time-honored stories which have become so incorporated into the literature and thought of our race that a knowledge of them is an indispensable part of one's education. These stories are of several different classes. To one class belong the popular fairy tales which have delighted untold generations of children, and will continue to delight them to the end of time. To another class belong the limited number of fables that have come down to us through many channels from hoar antiquity. To a third belong the charming stories of olden times that are derived from the literatures of ancient peoples, such as the Greeks and the Hebrews. A fourth class includes the half-legendary tales of a distinctly later origin, which have for their subjects certain romantic episodes in the lives of well-known heroes and famous men, or in the history of a people.It is to this last class that most of the fifty stories contained in the present volume belong. As a matter of course, some of these stories are better known, and therefore more famous, than others. Some have a slight historical value; some are useful as giving point to certain great moral truths; others are products solely of the fancy, and are intended only to amuse. Some are derived from very ancient sources, and are current in the literature of many lands; some have come to us through the ballads and folk tales of the English people; a few are of quite recent origin; nearly all are the subjects of frequent allusions in poetry and prose and in the conversation of educated people. Care has been taken to exclude everything that is not strictly within the limits of probability; hence there is here no trespassing upon the domain of the fairy tale, the fable, or the myth.That children naturally take a deep interest in such stories, no person can deny; that the reading of them will not only give pleasure, but will help to lay the foundation for broader literary studies, can scarcely be doubted. It is believed, therefore, that the present collection will be found to possess an educative value which will commend it as a supplementary reader in the middle primary grades at school. It is also hoped that the book will prove so attractive that it will be in demand out of school as well as in.Acknowledgments are due to Mrs. Charles A. Lane, by whom eight or ten of the stories were suggested.

James Baldwin (1841 – 1925) was an American educator, textbook editor and children’s author. Fifty Famous Stories Retold and Other Stories, (with an active table of contents), includes:FIFTY FAMOUS STORIES RETOLD:King Alfred and the CakesKing Alfred and the BeggarKing Canute on the SeashoreThe Sons of William the ConquerorThe White ShipKing John and the AbbotA Story of Robin HoodBruce and the SpiderThe Black DouglasThree Men of GothamOther Wise Men of GothamThe Miller of the DeeSir Philip SidneyThe Ungrateful SoldierSir Humphrey GilbertSir Walter RaleighPocahontasGeorge Washington and his HatchetGrace DarlingThe Story of William TellArnold WinkelriedThe Bell of AtriHow Napoleon crossed the AlpsThe Story of CincinnatusThe Story of RegulusCornelia's JewelsAndroclus and the LionHoratius at the BridgeJulius CæsarThe Sword of DamoclesDamon and PythiasA Laconic AnswerThe Ungrateful GuestAlexander and BucephalusDiogenes the Wise ManThe Brave Three HundredSocrates and his HouseThe King and his HawkDoctor GoldsmithThe KingdomsThe Barmecide FeastThe Endless TaleThe Blind Men and the ElephantMaximilian and the Goose BoyThe Inchcape RockWhittington and his CatCasabiancaAntonio CanovaPicciolaMignonTHIRTY MORE FAMOUS STORIES RETOLD:Columbus and the Egg "Upon a Peak in Darien" First Story "Upon a Peak in Darien" Second Story The Fountain of Youth "Eureka!" Galileo and the Lamps Sir Isaac Newton and the Apple The First Printer John Gutenberg and the Voices James Watt and the Teakettle Dr. Johnson and his Father Webster and the Woodchuck Friar Bacon and the Brazen Head "As Rich as Crcesus" The Gordian Knot. Why Alexander Wept King Richard and Blondel King John and Prince Arthur King John and the Magna Charta Frederick Barbarossa The Man in the Iron Mask The Fall of Troy Penelope's Web How Rome was Founded How Decius Mus saved Rome "Delenda est Carthago" Hannibal, the Hero of Carthage Crossing the Rubicon The White-headed Zal Peter Klaus the GoatherdOLD GREEK STORIES:Jupiter and His Mighty CompanyThe Golden AgeThe Story of PrometheusThe FloodThe Story of IOThe Wonderful WeaverThe Lord of the Silver BowAdmetus and AlcestisCadmus and EuropaThe Quest of Medusa’s HeadThe Story of AtalantaThe Horse and the OliveThe Adventures of TheseusThe Wonderful ArtisanThe Cruel Tribute

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There are numerous time-honored stories which have become so incorporated into the literature and thought of our race that a knowledge of them is an indispensable part of one's education. These stories are of several different classes. To one class belong the popular fairy tales which have delighted untold generations of children; and will continue to delight them to the end of time. To another class belong the limited number of fables that have come down to us through many channels from hoar antiquity. To a third belong the charming stories of olden times that are derived from the literatures of ancient peoples; such as the Greeks and the Hebrews. A fourth class includes the half-legendary tales of a distinctly later origin; which have for their subjects certain romantic episodes in the lives of well-known heroes and famous men; or in the history of a people.

Fifty Famous Stories Retold is a collection of short stories written by James Baldwin for children of all ages to enjoy. Amoing these fifty stories children will find works like Julius Caesar, King Alfred and the Cakes, William Tell, and Robin Hood which will teach them about history and important lessons from the examples set forth in these stories. This collection should not be passed over, as this is the ultimate James Baldwin collection of short children stories.

There are numerous time-honored stories which have become so incorporated into the literature and thought of our race that a knowledge of them is an indispensable part of one's education. These stories are of several different classes. To one class belong the popular fairy tales which have delighted untold generations of children, and will continue to delight them to the end of time. To another class belong the limited number of fables that have come down to us through many channels from hoar antiquity. To a third belong the charming stories of olden times that are derived from the literatures of ancient peoples, such as the Greeks and the Hebrews. A fourth class includes the half-legendary tales of a distinctly later origin, which have for their subjects certain romantic episodes in the lives of well-known heroes and famous men, or in the history of a people. It is to this last class that most of the fifty stories contained in the present volume belong. As a matter of course, some of these stories are better known, and therefore more famous, than others. Some have a slight historical value; some are useful as giving point to certain great moral truths; others are products solely of the fancy, and are intended only to amuse. Some are derived from very ancient sources, and are current in the literature of many lands; some have come to us through the ballads and folk tales of the English people; a few are of quite recent origin; nearly all are the subjects of frequent allusions in poetry and prose and in the conversation of educated people. Care has been taken to exclude everything that is not strictly within the limits of probability; hence there is here no trespassing upon the domain of the fairy tale, the fable, or the myth. That children naturally take a deep interest in such stories, no person can deny; that the reading of them will not only give pleasure, but will help to lay the foundation for broader literary studies, can scarcely be doubted. It is believed, therefore, that the present collection will be found to possess an educative value which will commend it as a supplementary reader in the middle primary grades at school. It is also hoped that the book will prove so attractive that it will be in demand out of school as well as in. Acknowledgments are due to Mrs. Charles A. Lane, by whom eight or ten of the stories were suggested.

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