We remember that whenever a storyteller wishes to make enchantment seem thoroughly genuine, he begins upon an island.
"Waiting for Daylight"
Henry Major Tomlinson
In one house I was "Miss Spence, the storyteller," in the other "Miss Spence, the teller of tales!"
"An Autobiography"
Catherine Helen Spence
"Be it so," replied the pacha; "Let Menouni be rewarded, and we will try to find some other storyteller, until his return from his pilgrimage."
"The Pacha of Many Tales"
Captain Frederick Marryat