“Children's Stories in English Literature: From Shakespeare to Tennyson” is a children's books on literature written by American children's author Henrietta Christian Wright. Wright introduces traditional songs and literary work by Chaucer, Spenser, Phillip Sidney, and Shakespeare with biographical and historic notes before re-telling their writings in language for children. Table of Contents: The Old British Songs The Old Saxon Songs Caedmon The Venerable Bede King Alfred The Romance of King Arthur Robin Hood: the Hero of the People Langlande—Gower Sir John Mandeville Geoffrey Chaucer Wickliffe Caxton Edmund Spenser and The Faëry Queene Sir Philip Sidney The Rise of the Drama
