It is the most comprehensive book that has yet been written. It covers all the aspects of the subject: the value of stories; the kinds of stories children like at different ages; devices for making stories effective; picture-stories; dramatized stories; the relations of stories to play; the use of stories in building character; stories in the home, the school and the church; professional story-telling, etc. Part II is devoted to the first detailed description yet printed of the remarkable system of bottle-doll story telling. The list of sources for stories is the most extensive yet compiled. The first classified list of stories for character-build ing ever prepared is here.