A Study of Fairy Tales Part 44

Ill.u.s.trations of creative return 265

Tales suited for dramatization 265

Little Two-Eyes 265

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 Ill.u.s.trators," 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.]

[8: _The Woman and Her Kid_, a version of this tale adapted from an ancient Jewish Sacred Book, is given in _Boston Kindergarten Stories_, p. 171.]

[9: See Appendix.]

[10: William M. Thackeray, _Miscellanies_, v. Boston: James Osgood & Co., 1873. "t.i.tmarsh among Pictures and Books"; "On Some Ill.u.s.trated Christmas Books," 1846.]

[11: A few romantic tales for the first grade are treated in the Appendix: _Puss-in-Boots_, _Lord Peter_, _Tom Thumb_, _Little Thumb_, and _Snow White and Rose Red_.]

[12: See _Appendix_.]

[13: Laura F. Kready, "Picture-Books for Little Children,"

_Kindergarten Review_, Sept., 1914.]

[14: For _Little Two-Eyes_ and _Snow White, see_ note on p. 145; for _The Little Lamb and the Little Fish, see_ pp. 147-48; and for _How the Birds came to have Different Nests, see_ p. 151.]

[15: _See_ note, p. 217.]

[16: _See_ note, p. 232]

[17: Reprinted in _Living Age_, Aug. 13, 1844, vol. 2, p. 1.]

[18: _See_ p. 239]