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He goes no more to sleep�察�than he takes a ;constitutional; with his hoop 

and   hoopstick。      The   child   amuses   himself   up   to   the   last   of   his   waking 



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moments。       Happily�察�in the search for amusement�察�he is apt to learn some 

habit or to cherish some toy�察�either of which may betray him and deliver 

him up to sleep�察�the enemy。           What wonder�察�then�察�if a child who knows 

that everyone in the world desires his peace and pleasure�察�should clamour 

for   companionship       in  the  first  reluctant   minutes    of  bed�拭   �This    child�察�

being   happy�察  �did   not   weep   for   what   he   wanted�察 �he   shouted   for   it   in   the 

rousing tones of his strength。 After many evenings of this he was told that 

this was precisely the vociferous kind of wakefulness that might cause the 

man with two heads to show himself。 

     Unable to explain that no child ever goes to sleep�察�but that sleep�察�on 

the   contrary�察   �goes;   for   a   child�察  �the   little   boy   yet   accepted   the   penalty�察�

believed in the man�察�and kept quiet for a time。 

     There was indignation in the mother's heart when the child instructed 

her   as   to  what   might    be  looked    for  at  his  bedside�察   �she  used   all  her 

emphasis in assuring him that no man with two heads would ever trouble 

those   innocent   eyes�察  �for   there   was   no   such   portent   anywhere   on   earth。 

There is no such heart´oppressing task as the making of these assurances 

to a child�察�for whom who knows what portents are actually in wait�                    �She 

found him�察�however�察�cowering with laughter�察�not with dread�察�lest the man 

with   two   heads   should   see   or   overhear。   The   man   with   two   heads   had 

become his play�察�and so was perhaps bringing about his sleep by gentler 

means than the nurse had intended。             The man was employing the vacant 

minutes of the little creature's flight from sleep�察�called ;going to sleep; in 

the inexact language of the old。 

     Nor    would    the  boy    give  up   his  faith  with   its  tremor   and   private 

laughter。     Because a child has a place for everything�察�this boy had placed 

the monstrous man in the ceiling�察�in a corner of the room that might   be 

kept out of sight by the bed curtain。           If that corner were left uncovered�察�

the fear would grow stronger than the fun�察 �the man would see me�察─�said 

the little boy。    But let the curtain be in position�察�and the child lay alone�察�

hugging the dear belief that the monster was near。 

     He was earnest in controversy with his mother as to the existence of 

his man。     The man was there�察�for he had been told so�察�and he was there to 

wait for ;naughty boys�察─�said the child�察�with cheerful self´condemnation。 



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The little boy's voice was somewhat hushed�察�because of the four ears of 

the   listener�察  �but   it   did   not   falter�察  �except   when   his   mother's   arguments 

against the existence of the man seemed to him cogent and likely to gain 

the day。      Then   for   the   first   time   the   boy  was   a   little   downcast�察  �and   the 

light of mystery became dimmer in his gay eyes。 



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           CHILDREN IN BURLESQUE 



     Derision�察�which is so great a part of human comedy�察�has not spared the 

humours   of   children。       Yet   they   are   fitter   subjects   for   any   other   kind   of 

jesting。    In   the   first   place   they   are   quite   defenceless�察  �but   besides   and 

before   this�察  �it   might   have   been   supposed   that   nothing   in   a   child   could 

provoke the equal passion of scorn。             Between confessed unequals scorn is 

not even suggested。         Its derisive proclamation of inequality has no sting 

and no meaning where inequality is natural and manifest。 

     Children rouse the laughter of men and women�察�but in all that laughter 

the tone of derision is more strange a discord than the tone of anger would 

be�察�or the tone of theological anger and menace。 These�察�little children have 

had   to   bear   in   their   day�察  �but   in   the   grim   and   serious   moodsnot   in   the 

playof their elders。       The wonder is that children should ever have been 

burlesqued�察�or held to be fit subjects for irony。 

     Whether   the   thing   has   been   done   anywhere   out   of   England�察  �in   any 

form�察  �might   be   a   point   for   enquiry。    It   would   seem�察  �at   a   glance�察  �that 

English art and literature are quite alone in this incredible manner of sport。 

     And even here�察�too�察�the thing that is laughed at in a child is probably 

always a mere reflection of the parents' vulgarity。                None the less it is an 

unintelligible   thing   that   even   the   rankest   vulgarity   of   father   or   mother 

should      be  resented�察   �in   the  child�察  �with    the  implacable      resentment     of 

derision。 

     John Leech used the caricature of a baby for the purposes of a scorn 

that   was   not   angry�察  �but   familiar。  It   is   true   that   the   poor   child   had   first 

been burlesqued by the unchildish aspect imposed upon him by his dress�察�

which   presented   him�察  �without   the   beauties   of   art   or   nature�察  �to   all   the 

unnatural ironies。       Leech did but finish him in the same spirit�察�with dots 

for the childish eyes�察�and a certain form of face which is best described as 

a    fat   square    containing     two    circlesthe     inordinate     cheeks    of   that 

ignominious baby。          That is the child as Punch in Leech's day preserved 

him�察    �the  latest  figure    of  the  then    prevailing    domestic     raillery   of  the 

domestic。 

     In like manner did Thackeray and Dickens�察�despite all their sentiment。 



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Children   were   made   to   serve   both   the   sentiment   and   the   irony   between 

which those two writers�察�alike in this�察�stood double´ minded。                 Thackeray�察�

writing of his snobs�察�wreaks himself upon a child�察�there is no worse snob 

than    his  snob´child。     There     are  snob´   children    not  only   in  the   book 

dedicated to their parents�察�but in nearly all his novels。             There is a female 

snob´child in ;Lovel the Widower�察─�who may be taken as a type�察�and there 

are snob´children   at   frequent intervals   in   ;Philip。;      It is not   certain that 

Thackeray intended the children of Pendennis himself to be innocent and 

exempt。 

     In   one   of   Dickens's    early   sketches    there   is  a  plot   amongst     the 

humorous dramatis personae�察�to avenge themselves on a little boy for the 

lack of tact whereby his parents have brought him with them to a party on 

the   river。   The   principal   humorist   frightens   the   child   into   convulsions。 

The incident is the success of the day�察�and is obviously intended to have 

some kind of reflex action in amusing the reader。                In Dickens's maturer 

books the burlesque little girl imitates her mother's illusory fainting´fits。 

     Our    glimpses     of  children    in  the   fugitive   pages    of   that  day   are 

grotesque。      A   little   girl   in   Punch   improves   on   the   talk   of   her   dowdy 

mother   with   the   maids。     An   inordinate   baby   stares�察  �a   little   boy   flies�察�

hideous�察�from some hideous terror。 



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                             AUTHORSHIP 



     Authorship prevails in nurseriesat least in some nurseries。               In many 

it is probably a fitful game�察�and since the days of the Brontes there has not 

been   a   large   family   without   its   magazine。    The   weak   point   of   all   this 

literature is its commonplace。          The child's effort is to write something as 

much like as possible to the tedious books that are read to him�察�he is apt to 

be   fluent   and   foolish。   If   a   child   simple   enough   to   imitate   were   also 

simple enough not to imitate he might write nursery magazines that would 

not bore us。 

     As   it   is�察  �there   is   sometimes   nothing   but   the   fresh   and   courageous 

spelling   to   make   his   stories   go。 ;He�察─  �however�察  �is   hardly   the   pronoun。 

The girls are the more active authors�察�and the more prosaic。                  What they 

would write had they never read things written for 
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