Snow White 266
The Little Lamb and the Little Fish 267
How the Birds came to Have Different Nests 270
Types of tales 272
An animal tale 272
The Good-Natured Bear 272
A few romantic tales 275
Puss-in-Boots and Lord Peter 275
Tom Thumb and Little Thumb 278
Snow White and Rose Red 282
A modern tale 287
The Elephant’s Child 287
NOTES:
[ 1: McLoughlin edition.]
[ 2: What if we could give the child that which
is called education
through his voluntary
activities, and have him always as eager as
he is at play! (Froebel.)
What if we could let
the child be free and happy, and yet bring
to him those things
which he ought to have so that he will choose
them freely!
What would be the possibilities for a future race if we would give the child mind a chance to come out and express itself, if we would remove adult repression, offer a stimulus, and closely watch the product, untouched by adult skill. (Unknown.)
The means by which the
higher selective interest is aroused, is
the exercise of selected
forms of activity. (Susan Blow.)]
[ 3: Little Two-Eyes and Snow White
are tales also suited to the
first grade for dramatization.
See Appendix.]
[ 4: A similar tale is told by Miss Holbrook
in The Book of Nature
Myths. Also
by Mary McDowell as “The Three Little Christmas
Trees.” A
simple version of this tale, “The Three Little
Christmas Trees that
Grew on the Hill,” is given in The
Story-Teller’s
Book by Alice O’Grady and Frances Throop.]
[ 5: Joseph Jacobs, in his Introduction to the
Cranford edition, and
Ashton, in Chap-Books
of the Eighteenth Century, furnish most
of the facts mentioned
here.]
[ 6: This list has been compiled largely from
“Children’s Books and
Their Illustrators,”
by Gleeson White, in The International
Studio. Special
Winter Number, 1897-98.]
[ 7: The following list, compiled by Mr. H.H.B.
Meyer, the chief
bibliographer of the
Library of Congress, has been furnished
through the courtesy
of the United States Bureau of Education. A
few additional books
were inserted by the author. The books at
the head of the list
give information on the subject.]