anks in
a class by itself among modern fanciful tales but it is better suited
to the child of the third and fourth grades.

A modern fairy tale which is suited to the child's simplicity and
which will stimulate his own desire to make a tale, is _The Doll Who
Was Sister to a Princess_, one of the _Toy Stories_ by Carolyn Bailey
which have been published by the _Kindergarten Review_ during 1914-15.
Among modern tales selected from _Fairy Stories Re-told from St.
Nicholas_, appear some interesting ones which might be read to the
little child, or told in the primary grades. Among these might be
mentioned:--

_The Ballad of the Blacksmith's Sons_, a modern tale in verse by
Mary E. Wilkins.

_Casperl_, by H.C. Bunner, a modern Sleeping Beauty tale. This
tale has the virtue of not being complex and elaborate. It has
the underlying idea that "People who are helping others have a
strength beyond their own."

_Ten Little Dwarfs_, by Sophie Dorsey, from the French of Emile
Souvestre. It tells of the ten little Dwarfs who lived in the
Good-wife's fingers.

_Wondering Tom_, by Mary Mapes Dodge. This is a bright story of a
boy who Hamlet-like, hesitated to act. Tom was always
wondering. The story contains a fairy, Kumtoo-thepoynt, who sat
on a toadstool and looked profound. It is realistic and
romantic and has fine touches of humor. It tells how Wondering
Tom became transformed into a Royal Ship-Builder.

_How An Elf Set Up Housekeeping_, by Anne Cleve. This is a good
tale of fancy. An Elf set up housekeeping in a lily and obtained
a curtain from a spider, down from a thistle, a stool from a toad
who lived in a green house in the wood, etc.

_The Wish-Ring_, translated from the German by Anne Eichberg.
This is a tale with the implied message that "The best way to
secure one's best wish is to work for it."

_The Hop-About Man_, by Agnes Herbertson, in _Little Folks
Magazine_, is a very pleasing modern romantic fairy tale for
little children. Wee Wun was a gnome who lived in the
Bye-Bye meadow in a fine new house which he loved. As he
flew across the Meadow he had his pockets full of blue
blow-away seeds. In the Meadow he found a pair of shoes, of
blue and silver, and of course he took them home to his new
house. But first he scattered the blue blow-away seeds over
the ga