THE LOVELIEST ROSE IN THE WORLD: Hans Christian Andersen, Stories and Tales MAY DAY (May 1) THE SNOWDROP: Hans Christian Andersen; Adapted by Bailey and Lewis THE THREE LITTLE BUTTERFLY BROTHERS: From the German THE WATER DROP: Friedrich Wilhelm Carove, Story without an End, translated by Sarah Austin THE SPRING BEAUTY: Henry R. Schoolcraft, The Myth of Hiawatha THE FAIRY TULIPS: English Folk-Tale THE STREAM THAT RAN AWAY: Mary Austin, The Basket Woman THE ELVES: Harriet Mazwell Converse, Myths and legends of the New York State Iroquois THE CANYON FLOWERS: Ralph Connor, The Sky Pilot CLYTIE, THE HELIOTROPE: Ovid, Metamorphoses HYACINTHUS: Ovid, Metamorphoses ECHO AND NARCISSUS: Ovid, Metamorphoses MOTHERS' DAY (Second Sunday in May) THE LARK AND ITS YOUNG ONES: P. V. Ramuswami Raju, Indian Fables CORNELIA S JEWELS: James Baldwin, Fifty Famous Stories Retold QUEEN MARGARET AND THE ROBBERS: Albert F. Blaisdell, Stories from Enylish History THE REVENGE OF CORIOLANUS: Charles Morris, Historical Tales THE WIDOW AND HER THREE SONS MEMORIAL DAY (May 30)[1] AND FLAG DAY (June 14) Confederate Memorial Day is celebrated in some States on April 26 and in others on May 10. BETSY ROSS AND THE FLAG: Harry Pringle Ford THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER: Eva March Tappan, Hero Stories from American History THE LITTLE DRUMMER-BOY: Aloert Bushnell Hart, The Romance of the Civil War A FLAG INCIDENT: M. M. Thomas, Captain Phil TWO HERO-STORIES OF THE CIVIL WAR: Ben La Bree, Camp Fires of the Confederacy THE YOUNG SENTINEL: Z. A. Mudge, The Forest Boy THE COLONEL OF THE ZOUAVES: Noah Brooks, Abraham Lincoln GENERAL SCOTT AND THE STARS AND STRIPES: E. D. Townsend, Anecdotes of the Civil War INDEPENDENCE DAY (July 4) THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE: Washington Irving, Life of Washington THE SIGNING OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE: H. A. Guerber, The Story of the Thirteen Colonies A BRAVE GIRL: James Johonnot, Stories of Heroic Deeds THE BOSTON TEA-PARTY: John Andrews, Letter to a friend written in 1773 A GUNPOWDER STORY: John Esten Cooke, Stories of the Old Dominion THE CAPTURE OF FORT TICONDEROGA: Washington Irving, Life of Washington WASHINGTON AND THE COWARDS: Washington Irving, Life of Washington LABOR DAY (First Monday in September) THE SMITHY: P. V. Ramaswami Raju, Indian Fables THE NAIL: The Brothers Grimm, German Household Tales THE ELVES AND THE SHOEMAKER: Horace E. Scudder, Book of Fables and Folk Stories THE HILLMAN AND THE HOUSEWIFE: Juliana Horatia Ewing, Old Fashioned Fairy Tales HOFUS THE STONE CUTTER, A JAPANESE LEGEND: The Riserside Third Reader ARACHNE: Josephine Preston Peabody, Old Greek Folk Stories THE METAL KING: A German Folk-Tale THE CHOICE OF HERCULES: Xenophon, Memorabilia of Socrates THE SPEAKING STATUE: Gesta Romanorum THE CHAMPION STONE CUTTER: Hugh Miller BILL BROWN'S TEST: Cleveland Moffett, Careers of Danger and Daring COLUMBUS DAY (October 12)