of details were thus filled in, in the
exact words of the author. After this intimate handling of
the separate parts of the story, a final re-telling by one
student--omitted in this case because of lack of time--would
bring together what had been contributed by individual
students, and would represent the final re-creation of the
entire story.

The simplicity of this selection, the simplicity of the plot, the few
characters, the literary art of the story, the skillful use of the
unique word, the art of presenting distinct pictures by means of vivid
words, through suggestion rather than through illustration, together
with the delicate humor that hovered about the tale, and the art of
the Professor's telling--all combined in the final effect. The
re-telling of the story in parts accomplished the analysis of the
story into three big heads:

(1) From _The Prince who wanted a real Princess_ ... to _his
return home_.

(2) From _The storm, one dark evening_ ... to _what the old Queen
thought_.

(3) From _What the Queen did next morning_ ... to _the end of the
story_.

In the analysis of the story into parts, telling exactly what happened
gave the framework of the story, gave its basis of meaning. Telling it
in three steps gave a strong sense of sequence and a vivid conception
of climax.--If the division into parts for re-telling corresponds with
the natural divisions of the plot into its main episodes, this telling
in steps impresses the structure of the tale and is in harmony with
the real literary mastery of the story.--The re-telling of each part
drew attention to the visualization of that part. Each hesitation on
behalf of a student telling a part, led the class to fill in the
details for themselves, and impressed the remembrance of the exact
words of the author. This resulted in the mastery of each part through
a visualization of it. Hand in hand with the visualization came the
feeling aroused by the realization. This was more easily mastered
because changes of feeling were noticeable in passing from one part of
the story to another.

After a mastery of the structure of the story through analysis, after
a mastery of the thought, imagination, and feeling of the story, after
a mastery of the form, and the exact words of the author in the
description of details embodied in that form, the story is possessed
as the teller's own, ready to be given,