A book compiling stories, legends, and poems about summer and nature, piquing reader's interests by appealing to the reader's fancy, quickening his/her sense of humor, or attract his/her attention to some spiritual significance.
- Summary by RomaSingh
Chapters
1 Introduction 2 min 2 Summer 1 min 3 How Summer Conquered Winter 7 min 4 A Legend of the Flowers 7 min 5 June 1 min 6 The Sun-Goddess 6 min 7 The Summer Maker 10 min 8 Summer 1 min 9 In the Kitchen-Garden 18 min 10 Glad Day 2 min 11 The Summer Princess 32 min 12 Midsummer 1 min 13 Selection 1 min 14 Day 2 min 15 How the Sun Was Caught and Freed 5 min 16 A Day of Sunshine 2 min 17 A Day of Sunshine (Alternate reading) 2 min 18 Phaeton's Drive in the Sun-Chariot 6 min 19 Song 1 min 20 Summer Sun 2 min 21 The Cloud 4 min 22 Undine 29 min 23 Legend of the Sun, Moon and Stars 5 min 24 The Princess Moonbeam 5 min 25 The Moon 1 min 26 The Spacious Firmament on High 2 min 27 Nature's Song 1 min 28 The Gift of Flax 7 min 29 The Story of the Dewdrop 6 min 30 The Dew Mother 1 min 31 Origin of the Dandelion 5 min 32 Prince Butterfly and Clover 5 min 33 A Song of Clover 1 min 34 Tithonus: A Legend of the Grasshopper 2 min 35 The Grasshopper 2 min 36 The Golden Grasshopper 2 min 37 A Blade of Grass 5 min 38 Selection 2 min 39 Princess Fire-Fly 7 min 40 July 1 min 41 Cuff and the Woodchuck 5 min 42 Why the Lady-Bug Is Said to Be Beloved of God, Translated from the French 10 min 43 Summer Spinners 1 min 44 The Story of Arachne 6 min 45 How the Spider Makes Its Web 4 min 46 The Fairy Spinner 4 min 47 Mother Spider 4 min 48 The Brook 1 min 49 Legend of the Water-Lily 4 min 50 The Tale of Two Tails 7 min 51 Origin of Bullfrogs 9 min 52 Woodland Waters 2 min 53 The Grubbiest Grub 11 min 54 The Dragon-Fly 1 min 55 Selection 1 min 56 Selection 1 min 57 How Woodpecker Changed His Colours 4 min 58 A Retort from the Catbird 2 min 59 Woodpecker Life 18 min 60 Kingfisher's Necklace and Ruffle 5 min 61 Owl Wisdom 5 min 62 Birds' Nests 7 min 63 Hatto The Hermit: The Legend of a Bird's Nest 16 min 64 Song 1 min 65 The Plucky Prince 7 min 66 The Oak 1 min 67 Summer Snow 4 min 68 The Boy Who Hated Trees 8 min 69 The Friendly Summer Trees 10 min 70 Forest Day 10 min 71 Woodman, Spare That Tree 2 min 72 Selection 1 min 73 Selection 1 min 74 How the Rose Became Queen 8 min 75 Morning-Glories 2 min 76 Why Roses Have Thorns 7 min 77 Sweet Peas 1 min 78 Legend of the Primrose 7 min 79 Evening Primroses 2 min 80 Legend of the Lily-of-the-Valley 1 min 81 Katrina's Sun-Dial 1 min 82 The Three Little Butterflies 3 min 83 The Pinks 1 min 84 The Flower's Thanks 3 min 85 Pansies 1 min 86 The Little Heartsease 3 min 87 Legend of the Red Geranium 2 min 88 Enchanted Tulips 2 min 89 Iris 3 min 90 The Yellow-Bird 1 min 91 Origin of the Sunflower 3 min 92 The Bluebell 2 min 93 The Dew Mother's Gift to the Rose 3 min 94 A Yellow Pansy 2 min 95 Mignonette 6 min 96 Flowers 2 min 97 Selection 1 min 98 The Friendly Cowslip Bells 5 min 99 Fairy Dawn 1 min 100 Robin Goodfellow 12 min 101 A Quarrel in Fairyland 23 min 102 In the Cool of the Evening 2 min
