In _The Dwarf's Tailor_, by Underhill, there is much conversation about things and an indirect use of language, such as "arouse them to reply" and "continued to question," which is tedious. The humor is at times heavy, quoting proverbs, such as "The pitcher that goes too often to the well is broken at last." The climax is without interest. The scene of the Dwarfs around the fire--in which the chief element of humor seems to be that the Tailor gives the Dwarf a slap--is rather foolish than funny. The details are trite and the transformation misses being pleasing. Again there is not much plot and the story does not hold by its interest. In _The Golden Egg and the Cock of Gold_, by Scudder, the conversation is not always to the point, is somewhat on the gossipy order, is trite, and the suspense is not held because the climax is told beforehand. Mrs. Burton Harrison's _Old Fashioned Fairy Book_ is very pleasing, but it was written for her two sons, who were older children. It has the fault of presenting too great a variety of images and it lacks simplicity of structure. Its _Juliet_, or _The Little White Mouse_, which seems to be a re-telling of D'Aulnoy's _Good Little Mouse_, contains a good description of the old-time fairy dress. _Deep Sea Violets_, perhaps the best-written story in the book, gives a good picture of a maiden taken to a Merman's realm. _Rosy's Stay-at-Home Parties_ has delightful imagination similar to that of Andersen.
_Five Little Pigs_, by Katherine Pyle, is a delightful little modern story, which could be used with interest by the child who knows _The Story of Three Little Pigs_. _The Little Rooster_, by Southey, is a very pleasing realistic tale of utmost simplicity which, because of its talking animals, might be included here. A criticism of this tale, together with a list of realistic stories containing some realistic fairy tales suited to the kindergarten, may be read in _Educational Foundations_, October, 1914. _The Hen That Hatched Ducks_, by Harriet Beecher Stowe, is a pleasing and sprightly humorous tale of Madam Feathertop and her surprising family of eight ducks, and of Master Gray Cock, Dame Scratchard and Dr. Peppercorn. A modern tale that is very acceptable to the children is _The Cock, the Mouse, and the Little Red Hen_, by Félicité Lefèvre, which is a re-telling of the _Story of the Little Red Hen_ combined with the story of _The Little Rid Hin_. In this tale the two old classic stories are preserved but re-experienced, with such details improvised as a clever child would himself naturally make. These additional details appeal to his imagination and give life-likeness and freshness to the tale, but they do not detract from the impression of the original or confuse the identity of the characters in the old tales.