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Were there really three little children? No. How many were there? Only one. Who, then, were Wynken and Blynken? The little child's eyes. And who was Nod? His head. What was the wooden shoe that sailed the skies? Only a trundle-bed. What then was all this story about fishing from a wooden shoe for herring fish with nets of silver and gold? Only a wee one's dream. How can you see the "wonderful sights that be"? By shutting our eyes while mother sings. Don't you suppose Don't you suppose the artist shut her eyes when she thought of the picture, and perhaps dreamed of the time when she lay in her little bed and her mother sang of the wonderful sights that be? Wasn't that just why she made such a beautiful picture, and thought even of putting the stars on the backs of the little herring fish? After such a talk as that with a little child, do you not think, dear parent, that he would come nearer to you, and while you read the poem softly and smoothly to him he would learn to like its music, and through its refining influence learn to love you a little better? When he has grown to manhood, do you not think there will come times when his heart will be touched, when he will long for the loving arms around him and the sweet mother voice to sing once more of the wonderful sights that be? There are holier things to be done for children than to feed and clothe them.

In Volume Two, on page 154 may be found the picture Shuffle-Shoon and Amber Locks. How

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he sitting? What does What does

many persons are shown in the picture? How is the old man dressed? In what is he sitting? How is the boy dressed? Can you sit comfortably that way? the old man have in his right hand? he hold in his left hand? What is he doing with the reading glass? What is the little boy doing? How many blocks are there in his building? How many blocks are on the floor? What is the boy placing on top of the blocks? letters can you see on the blocks? more than one of any letter? there that you cannot see? window sill? What kind of a plant is it? what is the curtain made? Which is ShuffleShoon? Why is he called Shuffle-Shoon? Why is the boy called Amber-Locks? What is the color of amber? Do you think the old man has a kind face? How old do you suppose he is? How old is Amber-Locks? Do you like his face?

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From Volume Two, Page 169, The Old Lady Combed her Hair: How many persons are there in the picture? In what is the old lady sitting? Is the chair decorated? What has the old lady on her head? Is she wearing an apron? What has the old lady in her right hand? What is she doing with her left hand? What ornament is the little girl wearing? Is the little girl wearing shoes? Have you ever seen people dressed as these are? In what country do people dress in this manner? What has Gerda in her lap? What is she holding in her right hand? What is

resting over the right arm of the chair? What are the light circles in the upper right-hand corner of the picture? What do you suppose is back of the chair on your left? What color was Gerda's hair? What colors were the panes in the window? Do you like this picture as well as the one on page 154? In what respects are the pictures alike? In what respects are they different? Can you find the name of the artist in each? Did the same artist draw both? On page 240 of the same volume in another picture by the same artist. Does it remind you of these

two?

From Volume Two, page 314, Tom and The Dragon Fly: What is the first thing you notice when you look at this picture? What is the second thing? On what is Tom sitting? Are there any flowers belonging to this big leaf ? Where is the dragon-fly? How many wings has it? How many legs can you see on the dragon-fly? How many fish can you see? ? Does Tom's hair look as though he had just come from the water? What is he looking at? Does he seem to be afraid, or happy? Can you tell where the surface of the water is? Is any part of Tom in the water? Are any parts of the fish out of the water? Are any of the plants wholly under water? Is there anything wholly out of the water? What are the circles from the fish's mouth to the surface of the water? Can you see sky or clouds in the picture? Does any land show?

From Volume Two, page 52, In the Old

Woman's House: Ask the child to close his eyes. Then find this picture and place it before him. Tell him to open his eyes, look at the picture and close them again as quickly as possible. Ask him to tell what he saw. Go through the process a second, third and fourth time. Tell him to try to see new things each time. When he has seen the chicken, the old woman, the cot, the bowl in her lap, the duckling, the chair and the fireplace, ask questions to lead him to tell what each figure is doing, how each is feeling, what each one thinks, judging solely from the picture.

From Volume Two, page 97, The Swallow and the Stork Came: After a picture has been examined as has been explained it is sometimes a good thing to study the way in which the artist has produced his effects. The effects in this picture are remarkably fine and Mr. Gage has accomplished his purposes very skilfully. Where are the great masses of white? Where are the great masses of black? Which represent the shadows in the picture? How are the very dark shadows produced? How are the lighter shadows made? Do you see the face in the fir tree? How are the eyes indicated? Are the lines and patches that make the face any different from those that indicate other leaves on the tree? Why then does it look like a face? Does the face have an expression of surprise? If the lines that suggest the eyebrows were so arranged as to make the ends of the curve turn upward, would the expression be changed? If the mouth

were a straight line or turned down at the corners instead of being roundish would the expression still be one of surprise? Is there any suggestion of feathers on the swallows? How are feathers indicated on the stork? Can you in this picture find any marks excepting lines and irregular patches of black? To make the background of the picture on page 68 the artist has used black dots. The artist can use his pen and ink in no other ways.

Facing page 110 is the portrait of Hans Christian Andersen. This was taken from a photograph, and under a microscope it can be seen that the ink is put on in fine dots. The border was drawn with pen and ink. The original of the picture facing page 396 was painted with a brush by the artist, Miss Spoor. The original photograph of Andersen and the painting by Miss Spoor were photographed through a screen and reduced to the size you see them. The pictures in the book are printed from the metal plates which put the ink on the paper in little dots. These prints are called halftones: the pen and ink borders and the drawings in the texts are called zinc etchings. The original of the colored frontispiece of the same volume was an oil painting by Miss Braidwood. This was reduced in size by photography and four plates were made, one showing all the black, and another all the red, a third all the blue and a fourth all the yellow in the original. Then the paper was run through the press four times, each time with ink to correspond with the color

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