[56] Narcissus. A Greek myth tells of a young man named Narcissus who, leaning over a pool, fell in love with his own reflection, and changed into a flower.
[57] Dante Gabriel Rosetti (1828-1882). An English poet of Italian and English descent. His poems are marked by beauty of form, symbolism and color.
[58] Innesfree. The Irish poet, William Butler Yeats (1864—) wrote The Lake Isle of Innisfree in which he imagines Innisfree as an island of perfect peace, a place for which he longs when “on the roadway, or on the pavements gray.”
THE STORY OF ADVENTURE
PRUNIER TELLS A STORY
By T. MORRIS LONGSTRETH
An American author and lover of natural scenery. His books on The Adirondacks, and The Catskills are enticements into the mountain world. He is a writer for many periodicals.
The romantic story of adventure deals with events that are far from being the events of daily life. Usually such a story has for its setting an unusual scene.
Prunier Tells a Story deals with events that come into very few lives; its setting is a region into which very few people penetrate. The principal character, the French-Canadian Prunier, is likewise a type of person with whom few are acquainted.
At the same time, the story is told with a degree of naturalness that makes it seem real. The French-Canadian is brought into touch with daily life by the presence of his two listeners, who are people of the ordinary world, and one of whom is a boy.