The Garnet Story Book: Tales of Cheer Both Old and New

The Garnet Story Book: Tales of Cheer Both Old and New

About the middle of the last century there was printed in England a childrens story with the attractive title, The Good Natured Bear. This story, written by Robert H. Horne, was reviewed by William Makepeace Thackeray, who at that time signed his criticisms M. A. Titmarsh. Mr. Thackeray wrote an article entitled On Some Illustrated Childrens Books for Frasers Magazine in which he made the following comment: Let a word be said in conclusion about the admirable story of The Good Natured Bear, one of the wittiest, pleasantest, and kindest of books that I have read for many a long day. A few years ago the editors of this collection of stories found out-of-print copies of The Good Natured Bear, The Man of Snow, and Finikin and His Golden Pippinsall old-fashioned tales for children.[ii] Believing that young readers of to-day will enjoy the good cheer and merry humour of these stories, the editors have included them in this volume with other happy tales which are perhaps much better known. The excellent humourous stories in the folklore of all nations point out to us that good cheer and merriment were favourite themes of the olden-time story-teller. Some of his rarest treasures were nonsense rhymes, fables, and allegories which enlisted the sympathy of his audience by inducing them to laugh with him. With a merry twinkle in his eye we can hear him addressing the tiniest listeners: ......Buy Now (To Read More)

Product details

Ebook Number: 66948
Author: Skinner, Ada M. (Ada Maria)
Release Date: Dec 16, 2021
Format: eBook
Language: English
Publisher: Duffield and Company
Publication Date: 1920
Publisher Country: United States