ly in producing effect. In _Cinderella_ the scene shifts from the
hearth to the palace ballroom; in the _Princess and the Pea_, from the
comfortable castle of the Queen to the raging storm, and then back
again to the castle, to the breakfast-room on the following morning.
In _Snow White and Rose Red_ the scene changes from the cheery,
beautiful interior of the cottage, to the snowstorm from which the
Bear emerged. In accumulative tales, such as _The Old Woman and her
Pig_, _Medio Pollito_, and _The Robin's Christmas Song_, the sequence
of the story itself is preserved mainly by the change of setting. This
appears in the following outline of _The Robin's Christmas Song_, an
English tale which is the same as the Scotch _Robin's Yule-Song_,
which has been attributed to Robert Burns. This tale illustrates one
main line of sequence:--

_The Robin's Christmas Song_

1. _Introduction_. A sunny morning. Waterside. A Gray Pussy.
A Robin came along.

2. _Rise_.

Pussy said, ... "See my white fur."

Robin replied, ... "You ate the wee mousie."

_Change in setting_. Stone wall on border of the wood. A
greedy Hawk, sitting.

Hawk said, ... "See the speckled feather in my wing."

Robin replied, ... "You pecked the sparrow," etc.

_Change in setting_. Great rock. A sly Fox.

Fox said, "See the spot on my tail."

Robin replied, "You bit the wee lambie."

_Change in setting_. Banks of a rivulet. A small Boy.

Boy said, "See the crumbs in my pocket."

Robin replied, "You caught the goldfinch."

_Change in setting_. King's palace. The window sill. The
King at the window.

Robin sang, "A song for the King."

King replied, "What shall we give Robin?"

3. _Conclusion_.

_No change in setting_. King's palace. The window sill.
The King at the window.

King Filled a plate and set it on the window sill.

Robin Ate, sang a song again, and flew away.

Here, not only the sequence of the tale is held largely by the change
in setting, but also the pleasure in the tale is due largely to the
setting, the pictures of landscape beauty it presents, and the
feelings arising from these images.

A Japanese tale, in which the setting is a large part of the tale, and
a large element of beauty, is _Mezumi, the Beautiful_, or _Th