feast for him, she and her little brood, who are curled up near her,
await the fairy stories of the dreamer who after his feast and smoke
entertains the company for hours."

In modern times, the nurse, who is now receiving such complete training
for her duties with children, should be ready to imitate the "dreamer"
of the Indian tribe. I rejoice to find that regular instruction in
story-telling is being given in many of the institutions where the
nurses are trained.

Some years ago there appeared a book by Dion Calthrop called "King
Peter," which illustrates very fully the effect of story-telling. It
is the account of the education of a young prince which is carried on
at first by means of stories, and later he is taken out into the arena
of life to show what is happening there--the dramatic appeal being
always the means used to awaken his imagination. The fact that only
_one_ story a year is told him prevents our seeing the effect from day
to day, but the time matters little. We only need faith to believe
that the growth, though slow, was sure.

There is something of the same idea in the "Adventures of Telemachus,"
written by Fenelon for his royal pupil, the young Duke of Burgundy, but
whereas Calthrop trusts to the results of indirect teaching by means of
dramatic stories, Fenelon, on the contrary, makes use of the somewhat
heavy, didactic method, so that one would think the attention of the
young prince must have wandered at times; and I imagine Telemachus was
in the same condition when he was addressed at such length by Mentor,
who, being Minerva, though in disguise, should occasionally have
displayed that sense of humor which must always temper true wisdom.