“Durham N. C. March 29.
”Dear editor—I like the Once upon a time stories very much pleas make them a little longer Father reads them to me after Supper. do you tell them to your little boy or girl with love Lucy Glasson Mary likes them to”
Time was, Lucy, when we told some of these stories to our little boy and girl at bedtime, and now, years afterwards, we are glad to think that we can tell them over to thousands of other people’s little boys and girls. If only they will think of us occasionally as Lucy Glasson does, “with love,” how rich will be our reward. N.Y. Evening Sun.
North Carolina has recently organized a Folk-Lore Society, which will be a branch of the National Folk-Lore Society.
Johnny Cake
Mr. Joseph Jacobs publishes this story in his Collection of “English Fairy Tales.” He gives as his source “American Journal of Folk-Lore,” ii. 60. Another variant of this story is found in “The Gingerbread Boy,” in St. Nicholas, May, 1875. Chambers gives two versions of the same story, under the title “The Wee Bunnock,” the first of which is one of the most dramatic and humorous of folk tales. Unfortunately the Scotticisms are so frequent as to render the Droll practically untranslatable. “The Fate of Mr. Jack Sparrow” in Uncle Remus is similar to that of Johnny Cake.