The modern tale is not so poor, however, when we mention such tales as Lewis Carroll's _Alice in Wonderland_, Oscar Wilde's _Happy Prince_, Alice Brown's _Gradual Fairy_, Frances Browne's _Prince Fairyfoot_, Miss Mulock's _Little Lame Prince_, Barrie's _Peter Pan_, Jean Ingelow's _Mopsa, the Fairy_ and _The Ouphe in the Wood_, Field's _The Story of Claus_, Stockton's _Old Pipes and the Dryad_, Kingsley's _Water Babies_, Ruskin's _King of the Golden River_, Collodi's _Pinocchio_, Maeterlinck's _Blue-Bird_, Kipling's _Just-So Stories_ and the tales of the _Jungle Books_, Selma Lagerlöf's _Wonderful Adventures of Nils_, the _Uncle Remus Tales_ of Harris, etc. But these classics are, with a few exceptions, the richness of the primary and elementary literature. The modern fairy tale suited to the kindergarten child, is at a disadvantage, for most likely it is hidden away in some magazine, waiting for appreciation to bring some attention to it. And in these complex modern days it is difficult to secure a tale whose simplicity suits the little child. Among the best tales for little people are Miss Harrison's _Hans and the Four Giants_ and _Little Beta and the Lame Giant_. In _Little Beta and the Lame Giant_ a natural child is placed in unusual surroundings, where the gentleness of the giant and the strength of love in the little girl present strong contrasts that please and satisfy. _The Sea Fairy and the Land Fairy_ in _Some Fairies I have Met_, by Mrs. Stawell, though possessing much charm and beauty, is too complicated for the little people. It is a quarrel of a Sea Fairy and a Land Fairy. It is marked by good structure, it presents a problem in the introduction, has light fancy suited to its characters, piquant dialogue, good description, visualized expressions, and it presents distinct pictures. Its method is direct and it gets immediately into the story. Its method of personification, which in this, perhaps the best story of the collection, is rather delightful, in some of the others is less happy and is open to question. _How Double Darling's Old Shoes Became Lady Slippers_, by Candace Wheeler, in _St. Nicholas_, is a really delightful modern fairy story suited to be read to the little child. It is the experience of a little girl with new shoes and her dream about her old shoes. But the story lacks in structure, there is not the steady rise to one great action, the episode of the Santa Claus tree is somewhat foreign and unnecessary, and the conclusion falls flat because the end seems to continue after the problem has been worked out.