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    An Arthurian Reader ed. John Matthews (Aquarian, October 13, 1988, 0-85030-778-3, £14.95, 351pp, hc, an, cover: The Beguiling of Merlin by Sir Edward Burne-Jones from 1877)
        Anthology of essays, stories and original texts on the Arthurian legend.
    • 11 · Introduction · John Matthews · in
    • 13 · Part One: The Matter of Britain
    • 15 · The Finding of Merlin · Harold Massingham · ar from Fe, Fi, Fo, Fum, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, 1926
    • 26 · Merlin and Grisandole · [uncredited] · ss 12??
    • 41 · Merlin · Walter Stein · ar The Present Age 193?
    • 50 · The Early Days of Arthur · Geoffrey of Monmouth; translated by Aaron Thompson & J. A. Giles · ex from The British History of Geoffrey of Monmouth, James Bohn, 1842; given as translated by J.W. Giles.
      translated from the Latin.
    • 65 · Arthurian Localities · J. S. Stuart-Glennie · ex Edmonston and Douglas, 1869
    • 121 · Arthur and Accolon · Sir Thomas Malory · ex from The Hoole Book of Kyng Arthur and of His Noble Knyghtes of the Rounde Table, William Caxton, 1485
    • 133 · Part Two: The Quest for the Grail
    • 135 · Mystic Gleams from the Holy Grail · Francis Rolt-Wheeler · ex Rider and Company, 1940
    • 155 · The High History of the Holy Grail · translated by Sebastian Evans · ex J.M. Dent, 1898
      translated from the French.
    • 164 · The Secret Heresy of the Middle Ages · Hannah Closs · ar Symposium v1 #3, November 1947, as “Courtly Love in Literature and Art”
    • 181 · The Grail & the Rites of Adonis · Jessie L. Weston · ar Folklore v18 #3, September 1907
    • 196 · Gawain at the Grail Castle · Heinrich von den Tülin; translated by J. L. Weston · ex David Nutt, 1903
      translated from the German (Diû Crone, c1230).
    • 203 · The Secret School of the Holy Grail · A. E. Waite · ex from The Holy Grail, Rider and Company, 1933
    • 221 · Part Three: The Realm of the Imagination
    • 223 · The Life of Sir Aglovale de Galis · Clemence Housman · ex Methuen, 1905
    • 245 · Sir Gawain and the Green Knight · translated by Ernest Kirtlan · ex Charles H. Kelly, 1912
    • 263 · Medraut and Gwenhwyvar · Edward Frankland · ex from England Growing, Macdonald, 1944
    • 270 · The Dream of Rhonabwy · translated by Lady Charlotte Guest · ss from The Mabinogion, Bernard Quaritch, 1877
      translated from the Welsh (“Brueddwyd Rhonabwy”).
    • 283 · Guinevere and Lancelot · Arthur Machen · ss T.P.’s Weekly April 2 1909, as “Many-Tower’d Camelot”
    • 292 · Arthur of Little Britain · translated by Lord Berners · ex from The History of Arthur of Lytell Brytaine, 1555
    • 307 · Merlin and Vortigern · Katherine M. Buck · pm from The Wayland-Dietrich Saga, A.H. Mayhew, 1928
    • 332 · Morte Arthure · translated by Andrew Boyle · ex J.M. Dent, 1912
    • 342 · Beyond the Blue Septentrions · Fiona Macleod · ss Country Life December 23 1905
    • 349 · Bibliography · [uncredited] · ms


    A Fairy Tale Reader ed. John & Caitlín Matthews (HarperAquarian, November 1993, 1-85538-283-0, $16.00, 304pp, tp, an, cover by Edward R. Hughes)
        Anthology of classic fairy tales and literary fairy tales by Stockton, Dunsany, etc., plus commentary culled from various sources ranging from Yeats to Jung and Joseph Campbell. This is a worldwide edition with US, UK, Canadian, and Australian prices.
    • 7 · Foreword · R. J. Stewart · fw
    • 9 · Introduction · John & Caitlín Matthews · in
    • 17 · The Faery Tradition · John & Caitlín Matthews · si
    • 20 · The Origin of the Fairies · Helen Drever · ss The Lure of the Kelpie by Helen Drever, Moray Press, 1937
    • 23 · Beauty and the Beast · Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont · ss The Young Misses Magazine by Madame Leprince de Beaumont, London, 1761
      translated from the French (Magasin des Enfants, 1757).
    • 32 · Descriptions of the Faery · Lewis Spence · ar The Fairy Tradition in Britain by Lewis Spence, Rider, 1943
    • 50 · The Sleeping Beauty in the Woods · Charles Perrault; translated by Robert Samber · ss The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault by Charles Perrault, tr. Robert Samber, 1729
      translated from the French (“La Belle au Bois Dormant”, Mercure Galant, 1696).
    • 58 · About the Sleeping Beauty · P. L. Travers · ar About the Sleeping Beauty by P. L. Travers, McGraw-Hill, 1975
    • 67 · One-eye, Two-eyes and Three-eyes · Wilhelm & Jakob Grimm · ss German Popular Stories by trans. by Edgar Taylor, 1823
    • 72 · The Work of the Brothers Grimm · Joseph Campbell · ar The Complete Grimm’s Fairy Tales by The Brothers Grimm, Pantheon, 1944
    • 91 · Fairer-Than-a-Fairy · Andrew Lang · ss The Yellow Fairy Book ed. Andrew Lang, Longman, 1894
    • 98 · The Friends of the People of Faery · W. B. Yeats · ar from “The Tribes of Danu”, The New Review #102, November 1897
    • 102 · The Princess of Land-Under-Waves · Donald A. Mackenzie · ss Wonder Tales from Scottish Myth and Legend by Donald A. Mackenzie, Blackie, 1917
    • 115 · The Ferly Court · John & Caitlín Matthews · si
    • 117 · Childe Rowland · Joseph Jacobs · ss English Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs, David Nutt, 1890
    • 122 · British Goblins · Wirt Sikes · ar British Goblins by Wirt Sikes, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1880
    • 128 · The Language of Birds · John F. Campbell · ss Popular Tales of the West Highlands ed. John F. Campbell, Edmonston and Douglas, 1860; a story learned from Janet Currie and passed down through generations from the bard Niel Currie.
    • 134 · Commentary on “The Language of Birds” · John G. McKay · ar Scottish Gaelic Studies v3, 1934
    • 142 · The Fairy Life · Lewis Spence · ar The Fairy Tradition in Britain by Lewis Spence, Rider, 1943
    • 168 · Robin Goodfellow · Ernest Rhys · ss Fairy Gold by Ernest Rhys, Dent, 1906
    • 173 · The Fairy Mythology of Shakespeare · Alfred Nutt · ar The Fairy Mythology of Shakespeare by Alfred Nutt, David Nutt, 1900
    • 191 · Ballads, Songs and Faery Lore · John & Caitlín Matthews · si
    • 193 · Faery Songs and Rhymes · Alexander Carmichael · gp The Carmina Gadelica by Alexander Carmichael, Oliver & Boyd, 1954
    • _193 · The Hunter and the Fairy · Alexander Carmichael · pm The Carmina Gadelica by Alexander Carmichael, Oliver & Boyd, 1954
    • _193 · The Fairy Woman’s Lullaby · Alexander Carmichael · pm The Carmina Gadelica by Alexander Carmichael, Oliver & Boyd, 1954
    • 196 · The Ballad Fairy · Lowry Charles Wimberly · ar Folk-lore in the English and Scottish Ballads by Lowrey Charles Wimberly, University of Chicago, 1928
    • 219 · Thomas Rhymer · [unknown author] · pm (r)
    • 222 · Lady Isobel and the Elf-Knight · [unknown author] · pm (r)
    • 223 · Harpkin · [unknown author] · pm (r)
    • 224 · King Orfeo · [unknown author] · pm (r)
    • 226 · The Lord Nann and the Fairy · [unknown author] · pm (r)
    • 229 · The Legend of Knockgrafton · T. Crofton Croker · ss Fairy Legends and Traditions of the South of Ireland by T. Crofton Croker, John Murray, 1825, uncredited.
    • 233 · Voyage of Bran, Son of Febal, to the Land of the Living · Alfred Nutt & Kuno Meyer · ex 1895
    • 241 · Story-Telling—A Folk Art · Ruth Sawyer · ar The Way of the Storyteller by Ruth Sawyer, Harrap, 1944
    • 250 · Wee Meg Barnileg and the Fairies · Ruth Sawyer · ss The Way of the Storyteller by Ruth Sawyer, Harrap, 1944
    • 259 · The Literary Heritage · John & Caitlín Matthews · si
    • 261 · The Origins of Faery · Edmund Spenser · ex from The Faerie Queene, William Ponsonby, 1590
    • 265 · The Tinder Box · Hans Christian Andersen · ss (r)
      translated from the Danish (“Fyrtøjet”, Eventyr, Fortalte for Børn. Første Samling. Første Hefte, C.A. Reitzel, 1835).
    • 272 · The Stolen Child · W. B. Yeats · pm The Irish Monthly December 1886
    • 274 · The Poet’s Fee · Ella Young · ss The Hornbook Magazine May/June 1939
    • 278 · The Fairy Child · Lord Dunsany · pm To Awaken Pegasus by Lord Dunsany, George Ronald, 1949
    • 280 · The Wood-Fairies · Laurence Housman · pm Temple Bar March 1905
    • 286 · Shadow-of-a-Leaf · Alfred Noyes · pm (r)
    • 288 · The Griffin and the Minor Canon · Frank R. Stockton · nv St. Nicholas October 1885
    • 299 · The Hosts of Faery · Kuno Meyer · pm Ancient Irish Poetry by Kuno Meyer, Constable, 1913
    • 300 · The Five Boons of Life · Mark Twain · vi Harper’s Weekly July 5 1902
    • 302 · The Song of the Lordly Ones · Fiona Macleod · pm (r)
    • 303 · Further Reading · [uncredited] · bi


    From the Isles of Dream ed. John Matthews (Floris Books, 1993, 0-86315-523-5, £7.99, 286pp, tp, an)
        Visionary stories and poems of the Celtic Renaissance.


    Within the Hollow Hills: An Anthology of New Celtic Writing ed. Josh Matthews (Lindisfarne Press, 1994, 0-940262-70-3, $17.95, 336pp, tp, an, cover: Aiofe by John Duncan)
        Fantasy anthology.
    Details supplied by Denny Lien.
    • 7 · Forward · George Mackay Brown · fw
    • 9 · The Lordly Ones · Josh Matthews · in
    • 17 · Part I: The Darkening Vision
    • 19 · I Cannot Go Hunting Tomorrow · Henry Treece · ss I Cannot Go Hunting Tomorrow by Henry Treece, Grey Walls, 1946
    • 32 · Flowering Dagger · Rosemary Sutcliff · nv The Real Thing ed. Peggy Woodford, The Bodley Head, 1977
    • 56 · The Dark Tower · Peter Vansittart · ss The Dark Tower by Peter Vansittart, MacDonald, 1965
    • 64 · The Story of Kigva · Sian Hayton · ex from Hidden Daughters, Polygon, 1992
    • 92 · Lapis ex Caelis · Anne Cameron · nv Tales of the Cairds by Anne Cameron, Harbour Publishing, 1989
    • 127 · Part II: The Tangled Dream
    • 129 · The Music from Behind the Moon · James Branch Cabell · nv John Day, 1926
    • 154 · The Three Gwenhwyfars · Caitlin Matthews · nv
    • 183 · Five Denials on Merlin’s Grave · Robin Williamson · ex Pigs Whisker Music, 1979
    • 190 · Within the Brugh · John Matthews · ss
    • 198 · An Adventure of the Grail · David Spangler · nv
    • 226 · My Lady of Hy-Brasil · Peter Tremayne · ss Kadath Fall 1984
    • 243 · Finvarra · Ann Moray · ss A Fair Stream of Silver by A. Moray, Longmans, 1965
    • 261 · Part III: The Opening Door
    • 263 · The Cold Well · Margaret Elphinstone · nv An Apple from a Tree by Margaret Elphinstone, The Women's Press, 1991
    • 294 · Charliwill · R. J. Stewart · ss; “A Cautionary Fairy Tale”.
    • 299 · The Rainslug · Dwina Murphy-Gibb · vi
    • 301 · The Waterhorse · Dwina Murphy-Gibb · ss
    • 307 · On Macha’s Mound · Diana Paxson · nv
    • 331 · Notes on the Contributors · [uncredited] · bg
    • 334 · Further Reading · The Editor · bi











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