48. In this matter I have, in England, the support of Dr. Kimmins,
Chief Inspector of Education in the London County Council, who is
strongly opposed to the immediate reproduction of stories.
49. These remarks refer only to the illustrations of stories told.
Whether children should be encouraged to self-expression in drawing
(quite apart form reproducing in one medium what has been conveyed to
them in another), is too large a question to deal with in this special
work on story-telling.
50. I give the following story, quoted by Professor Ker in his Romanes
lecture, 1906, as an encouragement to those who develop the art of
story-telling.
51. The melody to be crooned at first and to grow louder at
each incident.
52. "The punishment that can most affect Merfolk is to restrict their
freedom. And this is how the Queen of the Sea punished the Nixie of
our tale."
53. The three stories from Hans Christian Andersen have for so long
formed part of my répertoire that I have been requested to
include them. I am offering a free translation of my own from the
Danish version.
54. Alas! dear Augustin, All is lost, lost!
[NOTE OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT]
My thanks are due to:
Mrs. Josephine Dodge Daskam Bacon, for
permission to use an extract from "The Madness of Philip," and to
her publishers.