The science of fairy tales

CHAPTER I.

THE ART OF STORY-TELLING.

The art of story-telling--Unity of human imagination--Definition of Fairy Tales--Variable value of Tradition--Story-telling and the story-teller among various peoples--The connection of folk-tales with folk-songs--Continuity of Tradition--Need of accuracy and good faith in reporting stories.

The art of story-telling has been cultivate...