THE BLUE FAIRY BOOK

The Editor thinks that children will readily forgive him for publishing another Fairy Book. We have had the Blue, the Red, the Green, and here is the Yellow . If children are pleased , and they are so kind as to say that they are pleased , the Editor does not care very much for what other people may say . Now , there is one gentleman who seems to think that it is not quite right to print so many fairy tales, with pictures , and to publish them in red and blue covers. He is named Mr. G. Laurence Gomme, and he is president of a learned body called the Folk Lore Society . Once a year he makes his address to his subjects , telling them what to think about many things . This is very valuable, but you must not read his address if you wish to be simple and happy . Mr. Gomme tells us that he expects us to learn by heart all the fairy tales of all nations, and to imitate the Fairies. This is no easy task, but I will try. His address was printed in the Athenæum , and will be found in the number for January 1894, to which everybody ought to subscribe. Only the Athenæum is rather dear , and the purses of the Editor of Fairy Books are but lean purses . Please buy the Athenæum , and read Mr . Gomme ’s address for yourselves.