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| OUTLINE | |||||||
| I. THE WORTH OF FAIRY TALES | |||||||
| I. | Two public tributes | 1 | |||||
| II. | The value of fairy tales in education | 3 | |||||
| 1. | They bring joy into child-life | 3 | |||||
| 2. | They satisfy the play-spirit of childhood | 4 | |||||
| 3. | They give a power of accurate observation | 6 | |||||
| 4. | They strengthen the power of emotion, develop the power of imagination, train the memory and exercise the reason | 6 | |||||
| 5. | They extend and intensify the child's social relations | 7 | |||||
| 6. | In school they unify the child's work or play | 8 | |||||
| 7. | In the home they employ leisure time profitably | 9 | |||||
| 8. | They afford a vital basis for language-training | 10 | |||||
| II. | References | 12 | |||||
| II. PRINCIPLES OF SELECTION FOR FAIRY TALES | |||||||
| I. | The interests of children | 13 | |||||
| 1. | Fairy tales must follow the law of composition and must contain the interests of children | 13 | |||||
| a. | A sense of life | 14 | |||||
| b. | The familiar | 14 | |||||
| c. | The surprise. | 15 | |||||
| d. | Sense impression | 17 | |||||
| e. | The beautiful | 18 | |||||
| f. | Wonder, mystery, magic | 19 | |||||
| g. | Adventure | 19 | |||||
| h. | Success | 20 | |||||
| i. | Action | 20 | |||||
| j. | Humor | 21 | |||||
| k. | Poetic justice | 22 | |||||
