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 children. They love to hear how the giant buffeted with the storm-tossed waters, as his burden grew heavier and heavier, till he set the child safely on the farther bank and learned that he had been carrying the Maker of the world.

Of St. Cecilia, whose music drew the angels down from heaven to listen, of St. Ursula, who voyaged to distant shrines with ten thousand maiden attendants, and of St. Genevieve, the little French shepherdess whose name is revered in Paris, we also have many attractive story pictures.

From legend to allegory is but a step, and allegory is very common as a subject of mural decoration in public buildings. Such pictures are often very interesting and suggestive to children if properly explained, and possess a certain kind of story quality. The works of Puvis de Chavannes in the Boston Public Library are particularly appropriate for school, as they illustrate various branches of learning. The subjects in the Congressional Library, at Washington, are widely circulated and extremely popular for schoolroom. I refer to these more particularly in making recommendations for “The Use of Pictures in the Schoolroom.” In that chapter, too, are included the story pictures which illustrate subjects of chivalry, classic mythology, and history.

Of all the world stories none is so important religiously or educationally as the story of the life of Jesus. The subject has been the inspiration of the noblest art of past centuries, so that no one can in any measure understand the history of painting without