What in Cawein's verse would indicate that he wrote his poems out of doors? Compare the definiteness of his references to nature with Hayne's. What specific references in Cawein's nature poems please you most? Compare Keats's poems _On the Grasshopper and Cricket, Fancy,_ and stanzas here and there from _The Eve of St. Agnes_ with Cawein's imagery and method of appealing to the senses. Prose.--Take one of Poe's tales, and point out how it illustrates his theory of the short story given on p. 299. In order to hold the attention of an average audience, should you select for reading one of Irving's, Hawthorne's, or Poe's short stories? Should you use the same principle in selecting one of these stories for a friend to read quietly by himself? Is Simms dramatic? In what particulars does he remind you of Cooper? In the selection from _The Yemassee_ (Mims and Payne) are there any qualities which Poe indicates for a short story? What is the secret of the attractiveness of the stories of Joel Chandler Harris? Point out some valuable philosophy of human nature which frequently crops out. What special characteristics of Uncle Remus are revealed in these tales? What are the most prominent qualities of Brer Rabbit? Why does the negro select him for his hero? What is the final result of Brer Fox's trick in _The Wonderful Tar Baby Story_? What resemblances and differences can you find between the animal stories of Harris and Kipling? Why are Cable's stories called romantic? What remarkable feature do you notice about their local color? Give instances of his poetic touch and of his power to draw character. Does he reveal his characters in a plain, matter-of-fact manner, or by means of subtle touches and unexpected revelations? Compare Page's negroes with Uncle Remus. What characteristics of Virginia life do the stories of Page reveal? What do you find most attractive in him as a story-teller? What impression does Allen's _King Solomon of Kentucky_ make on you? What are some of the strong situations in _The Choir Invisible_? What effect does the natural setting have on his scenes? In the presentation of what scenes does Craddock excel? What are some of the characteristics of her mountain people? Is the individuality of the characters strongly marked or are they more frequently general types? In what parts of the South are the scenes of the stories of Cable, Page, Allen, and Craddock chiefly laid? How should you define "local color" in terms of the work of each of these writers? CHAPTER VI WESTERN LITERATURE