1. What advantage does the author gain by using a somewhat archaic style?
  2. Why does he tell the story with almost the same simplicity that marks the original story?
  3. What events show the character of Havelok?
  4. What is the character of Grim?
  5. What is the character of Goldborough?
  6. In what respects are Earl Godrich and Earl Godard alike?
  7. Show that the story is like some of the familiar nursery legends.
  8. Outline the principal events of the narrative.
  9. Which events are most impressive?
  10. Point out local allusions in the story.
  11. In what respects is Havelok truly royal?
  12. Point out any uses of the supernatural.
  13. Is Bertram a realistic or a romantic character?
  14. Point out exceedingly human touches in the story.
  15. Point out the emphasis of noble characteristics.
  16. Show how description adds to the effectiveness of the story.
  17. Show how the story resembles other stories you have read.
  18. What reasons have made the story live for a thousand years?

SUBJECTS FOR WRITTEN IMITATION

1. Uncle Tom's Cabin11. Robinson Crusoe
2. Washington's Boyhood12. Rip Van Winkle
3. The Story of Treasure Island13. The Story of Portia
4. The Story of Ivanhoe14. The Story of Rosalind
5. The Vision of Sir Launfal15. The Story of Viola
6. Lancelot and Elaine16. Silas Marner
7. Robin Hood and His Men17. The Ancient Mariner
8. Huckleberry Finn18. The Black Knight
9. Tom Sawyer19. King Arthur
10. Ben Hur20. Joan of Arc

DIRECTIONS FOR WRITING

You are to re-tell an old story. Select one with which you are entirely familiar. Tell it very simply and plainly, but try very hard to give it the quality of human interest. Make your readers sympathize with your hero and heroine. Tell a number of dramatic episodes, selecting those that do most to emphasize character. Make your story move very quickly, and make its action very vivid and intense. Give emphasis to good characteristics.

THE STORY ESSAY

POLITICS UP TO DATE

By FREDERICK LEWIS ALLEN

(1890-). A contributor to many magazines. At different times he served as Instructor in English at Harvard, and as a member of the editorial staff of The Atlantic Monthly, and of The Century.

The short story and the essay may be combined in what may be called the story-essay or the dialogue-essay. Many of Addison's Sir Roger de Coverley essays illustrate such a combination.