Children in Fiction by Agnes Repplier

Mr. Rudyard Kipling has prefaced his little volume of _Child Stories_ with a modest intimation that he finds the subject almost beyond his grasp. He says:

"Only women understand children thoroughly; but if a mere man keeps very quiet, and humbles himself properly, and refrains from talking down to his superiors, the children will sometimes be good to him, and let him see what they think about in the world. Yet, even after patient investigation and the condescension of the nursery, it is hard to draw babies."