Maud Lindsay (1874–1941)

There was a great variety of stories in this little book for young children. I enjoyed them, although admittedly I listened to most of them at 3am, so the details are foggy. Many thanks to the Librivox narrator for his smooth reading, and contribution to my sleep.
As is common in the book's era of writing, most of the stories involved good children and a moral. However, I thought the author was very clever in her presentation. Rather than pushing the moral onto the young reader, she began show more each story with a motto for the mother. This enabled her to demonstrate the moral of the story, without spoiling the story itself.
I would give most of the stories three stars, but I would give one, The Closed Door, five stars. Mind you, I doubt a young reader would rate it so highly, but as a parent it really made me think. show less

I enjoyed these stories, especially The Song that Travelled, The Magic Flower and The Lions in the Way, which was a brief but excellent retelling of Pilgrim’s Progress.
Unfortunately Goodreads has listed some books as other editions of The Story Teller that are in fact completely different books by a different author. I see this a lot on Goodreads and I’m getting sick of it.

May have been rebound. Frontispiece is in color, all other illustrations black and white. Elaborate pen and ink, detailed and whimsical. Stories are replete with kings, knights, shepherdesses, lords and ladies, and the like. Verses very English - similar to (but not as much fun as) A.A. Milne. The story arc is Chaucer-esque. A group of medieval travelers while away the time telling stories to amuse the small son of the Squire.