“A superb anthology. The keynote of the collection is pure enchantment.”
—The Washington Post Book World
“The language is elegant and lush, shot through with starlight and rainbows.”
—The Philadelphia Inquirer
“A delight.”
—Madeleine L’Engle
INTRODUCTION • xv
THE KING OF GOLDEN RIVER • 3
by John Ruskin • illustrated by Richard Doyle
THE PIED PIPER OF HAMELIN • 25
by Robert Browning • illustrated by George Cruikshank
THE ROSE AND THE RING • 37
by William Makepeace Thackeray • illustrated by the author
THE MAGIC FISH-BONE • 107
by Charles Dickens • illustrated by John Gilbert
MELILOT • 117
by Henry Morley • illustrated by Charles H. Bennett
THE FAIRIES • 129
by William Allinghamd • illustrated by Arthur Hughes
THE LITTLE LAME PRINCE AND HIS TRAVELLING-CLOAK
by Dinah Maria Mulock Craik • illustrated by John McL. Ralston
GLOBLIN MARKET • 193
by Christina Rossetti • illustrated by Dante Gabriel Rossetti
THE NECKLACE OF PRINCESS FIORIMONDE • 211
by Mary De Morgan • illustrated by Walter Crane
THE GOLDEN KEY • 229
by George MacDonald • illustrated by Arthur Hughes
THE STOLEN CHILD • 252
by William Butler Yeats
THE SELFISH GIANT • 255
by Oscar Wilde • illustrated by Walter Crane
THE BROWN OWL • 261
by Ford Madox Ford • illustrated by Ford Madox Brown
ROCKING-HORSE LAND • 319
by Laurence Housman • illustrated by the author
THE RELUCTANT DRAGON • 327
by Kenneth Grahme • illustrated by Maxfield Parrish
THE DELIVERERS OF THEIR COUNTRY • 347
by E. Nesbit • illustrated by H. R. Miller
From PETER PAN IN KENSINGTON GARDENS • 359
by J. M. Barrie • illustrated by Arthur Rackham
ABOUT THE AUTHORS AND ILLUSTRATORS • 381
