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who never does a hand's turn of good work for anyone from cover to cover；
the hard piety； the snobbishness； the brutality of taking the children to the
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HOW TO TELL STORIES TO CHILDREN AND SOME STORIES TO TELL
old gallows and seating them before the dangling remains of a murderer；
while the lesson of brotherly love is impressed are shocking when they are
not amusing； but to the child the doings of the naughty and repentant little
Fairchilds are engrossing； and experience proves to us that the twentieth…
century child is as eager for the book as were ever his nineteenth…century
grandfather and grandmother。
Good Mrs Timmin's History of the Robins； too； is a continuous delight；
and from its pompous and high…sounding dialogue a skilful adapter may
glean not only one story； but one story with two versions； for the infant of
eighteen months can follow the narrative of the joys and troubles； errors
and kindnesses of Robin； Dicky； Flopsy and Pecksy； while the child of
five or ten or even more will be keenly interested in a fuller account of the
birds' adventures and the development of their several characters and those
of their human friends and enemies。
From these two books； from Miss Edgeworth's wonderful Moral Tales；
from Miss Wetherell's delightful volume Mr Rutherford's Children； from
Jane and Ann Taylor's Original Poems； from Thomas Day's Sandford and
Merton； from Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress and Lamb's Tales from
Shakespeare； and from many another old friend； stories may be gathered；
but the story teller will find that in almost all cases adaptation is a
necessity。 The joy of the hunt； however； is a real joy； and with a field
which stretches from the myths of Greece to Uncle Remus； from Le Morte
d'Arthur to the Jungle Books； there need be no more lack of pleasure for
the seeker than for the receiver of the spoil。
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