. Scottish fairy and folk tales. the , reader, is the man whom we speak of as Paleo-lithic Man. His performance had the innate perma-nence, from a human point of view, of all true remains, and it continues to interest, to this day;for it is the outcome of the first faint stirrings in thehuman breast of two passions: the Love of Beauty,and the Thirst for Fame. ^ One touch of naturemakes the whole world kin. The lapse of countlesscenturies does not prevent our entering into the feel-ings of that simple artist; and what he felt, in hisday and hour, is felt, in their degree, by
. Scottish fairy and folk tales. the , reader, is the man whom we speak of as Paleo-lithic Man. His performance had the innate perma-nence, from a human point of view, of all true remains, and it continues to interest, to this day;for it is the outcome of the first faint stirrings in thehuman breast of two passions: the Love of Beauty,and the Thirst for Fame. ^ One touch of naturemakes the whole world kin. The lapse of countlesscenturies does not prevent our entering into the feel-ings of that simple artist; and what he felt, in hisday and hour, is felt, in their degree, by the tellersof the Tales of the Scottish Peasantry. Art is not INTRODUCTION. 33 only a thing of bound volumes and of exhibitions;and the Scottish peasant has shown perhaps as keena sense of it—of the story-tellers art, at least—as hismental development and the conditions of his exis-tence would admit.^ GEOEGE DOUGLAS. 1 The substance of this Introduction was delivered as aLecture at the Royal lustitution, January 29th, Donald, Dougald and Duncan starting out to seek their fortune.—Page 35. Scottish Fairy Tales.
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