These incidents, so simple, vivid, and beautiful when reverently interpreted as shadow plays, seem to carry something of the age-old mystery of the shadow. [Illustration: _Scenes from the human shadow play, "The Shepherdess."_ ] In the East, shadow plays are an intimate part of the everyday life of the people. In the Western world they have, so far, meant very little. European artists have already discovered their possibilities and are even carrying the shadow into the world of the movie, revealing new fields as a challenge to our creative efforts. [Illustration: [Fish]] BIBLIOGRAPHY A LIST OF BOOKS SUGGESTED FOR THE MAKING OF MARIONETTE PLAYS PAGE Humorous Tales 245 Heroic Tales 246 Tales of Adventure 247 Fairy Tales 248 Unclassified 249 A SHORT LIST OF REFERENCE BOOKS ON COSTUME 253 A SHORT LIST OF BOOKS ON MARIONETTES 257 A SHORT LIST OF BOOKS THAT CONTAIN INFORMATION ON THE MASK AND SHADOWS The Mask 261 Shadows 262 LIST OF BOOKS SUGGESTED FOR THE MAKING OF MARIONETTE PLAYS HUMOROUS TALES _Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland_, by Carroll. Macmillan _Gulliver’s Travels_, by Swift. Macmillan _Don Quixote_, by Cervantes. Dodd _Peter and Wendy_, by Barrie. Scribner _Just-So Stories_, by Kipling. Doubleday _Uncle Remus_, by Harris. Appleton _Tom Sawyer_, by Clemens. Harper _Alice, Through the Looking Glass_, by Carroll. Macmillan _Pinocchio, the Story of a Marionette_, by Lorenzini. Ginn _Midsummer Night’s Dream_, by Shakespeare. Edited by Rolfe, Am. Book Co., Hudson, Ginn _Rip Van Winkle_, by Irving. Macmillan _Arabian Nights_, by Colum. Macmillan _Rose and the Ring_, by Thackeray, Stokes. Macmillan _Wind in the Willows_, by Grahame. Scribner _Tales of Laughter_, by Wiggin and Smith. Doubleday HEROIC TALES _Sohrab and Rustum_, by Arnold. Houghton _The Boys’ Iliad_, by Perry. Macmillan _The Boys’ Odyssey_, by Perry. Macmillan _Robin Hood_, by Pyle. Scribner _The Tales of Troy and Greece_, by Lang. Longmans _The Story of Roland_, by Baldwin. Scribner _Brave Beowulf_, Ed. Cartwright. Dutton _Joan of Arc_, by Boutet de Monvel. Century _Ivanhoe_, by Scott. Houghton _Daniel Boone_, by White. Doubleday _Britain Long Ago_, by Wilmot-Buxton. London: Harrap _The Book of King Arthur and his Noble Knights_, by Macleod. Stokes