e) The folk-tale generally considered as to literary form 65
f) The tale by Grimm, Perrault, Dasent, Harris, Jacobs, Lang, and Andersen considered as to literary form 67
g) The tale of to-day considered as to literary form 69
a. Characters must be unique, original, and striking 72
a. Plot must be entertaining, comical, novel, or thrilling 73
b. Plot must show a beginning, a middle, and an end 73
e. Conclusion must show poetic justice 74
f. Plot must be good narration and description 74
1) Narration must have truth, interest, and consistency 74
2) Description must have aptness and concreteness 75
g. Structure illustrated by _Three Pigs_ and _Briar Rose_ 76
a. Setting must give the time and place, the background of the tale 77
b. Setting must arouse sensation and feeling 77
c. Effect of transformation of setting 77
1) Story sequence preserved by setting illustrated by _Robin's Christmas Song_ 78
d. Setting and phonics, illustrated. _The Spider and the Flea_ 79
e. Setting illustrated. _Chanticleer and Partlet_ 81
4. A blending of characters, plot, and setting illustrated by _The Elves and the Shoemaker_ 82
6. Tales examined and tested by the complete test of interests, classic, literature, short-story, narration, and description 84
a. _How the Sun, Moon, and West Wind Went to Dinner_ (Indian) 84
2. The place of the story in the home, library, and the school 93
a. The teacher's problem of selecting the tale psychologically or logically 95
2. Know the tale historically as folk-lore, as literature, and as a short-story 96
a. The various motives contained in the fairy tales listed 97
c. Hands and arms lie close to the body in controlled emotion 106
a. The establishment of the personal relation between the teacher and the listener 108
b. The placing of the story in a concrete situation for the child 110
c. The consideration of the child's aim in listening, by the teacher in her preparation 112
a. The re-creative method of story-telling. Illustrated by a criticism of the telling of _The Princess and the Pea_ 114
b. The re-creative method illustrated by _The Foolish, Timid Rabbit_ 116
7. Adaptation of the fairy tale. Illustrated by _Thumbelina_ and by _The Snow Man_ 118
Story-telling as one phase of the art of teaching. Introductory 119