The title and the characters of Mamillius and Queen Hermione come from Shakespeare’s A Winter’s Tale, Act 2, Scene 5, ll.25ff:
“A sad tale’s best for winter; I have one of sprites and goblins… There was a man… Dwelt by a churchyard…”
First published in the Eton ephemeral Snapdragon, December 6, 1924.
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