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.]