The Oxford Book of Modern Fairy Tales ed. Alison Lurie (Oxford University Press, May 27, 1993, 0-19-214218-6, £17.95, xviii+455pp, hc, an, cover by Maxfield Parrish)
A representative anthology of 150 years of fairy tales.
- xi · Introduction · Alison Lurie · in
- 1 · Uncle David’s Nonsensical Story about Giants and Fairies · Catherine Sinclair · ss Holiday House, A Book for the Young by Catherine Sinclair, Ward, Lock, 1839
- 10 · Feathertop: A Moralized Legend · Nathaniel Hawthorne · ss The International Magazine February 1852 (+1)
- 29 · The King of the Golden River, or The Black Brothers · John Ruskin · nv Smith, Elder, 1841
- 51 · The Story of Fairyfoot · Frances Browne · ss Granny’s Wonderful Chair by Frances Browne, Griffith & Farrow, 1856
- 61 · The Light Princess · George MacDonald · na Adela Cathcart by George MacDonald, Hurst & Blackett, 1864
- 99 · The Magic Fishbone · Charles Dickens · nv from “Holiday Romance”, Our Young Folks January 1868 (+3)
- 109 · A Toy Princess · Mary de Morgan · ss On a Pincushion by Mary De Morgan, Seeley, Jackson & Halliday, 1877
- 120 · The New Mother · Lucy Lane Clifford · nv Anyhow Stories, Moral and Otherwise by Lucy Lane Clifford, Macmillan and Co., 1882
- 140 · Good Luck Is Better Than Gold · Juliana Horatia Ewing · ss Old-Fashioned Fairy Tales by Juliana Horatia Ewing, London, 1882
- 145 · The Apple of Contentment · Howard Pyle · ss Pepper and Salt or Seasoning for Young Folk by Howard Pyle, 1886
- 152 · The Griffin and the Minor Canon · Frank Stockton · nv St. Nicholas October 1885
- 166 · The Selfish Giant · Oscar Wilde · ss The Happy Prince and Other Tales by Oscar Wilde, David Nutt, 1888
- 170 · The Rooted Lover · Laurence Housman · ss A Farm in Fairyland by Laurence Houseman, Kegan Paul, 1894
- 178 · The Song of the Morrow · Robert Louis Stevenson · ss Longman’s Magazine September 1895
- 182 · The Reluctant Dragon · Kenneth Grahame · nv Dream Days by Kenneth Grahame, John Lane, 1898
- 203 · The Book of Beasts [Seven Dragons] · E. Nesbit · ss The Strand Magazine March 1899
- 215 · The Queen of Quok · L. F. Baum · ss American Fairy Tales by Frank L. Baum, George M. Hill, 1901
- 224 · The Magic Shop · H. G. Wells · ss The Strand Magazine June 1903
- 234 · The Kith of the Elf-Folk · Lord Dunsany · ss The Sword of Welleran and Other Stories by Lord Dunsany, George Allen & Sons, 1908
- 248 · The Story of Blixie Bimber and the Power of the Gold Buckskin Whincher · Carl Sandburg · ss Rootabaga Stories by Carl Sandburg, 1922
- 251 · The Lovely Myfanwy · Walter de la Mare · nv Broomsticks & Other Tales by Walter de la Mare, Constable, 1925
- 278 · The Troll · T. H. White · ss Gone to Ground, 1935
- 289 · Gertrude’s Child · Richard Hughes · ss Don’t Blame Me and Other Stories by Richard Hughes, Harper's, 1940
- 300 · The Unicorn in the Garden · James Thurber · vi The New Yorker October 21 1939
- 302 · Bluebeard’s Daughter · Sylvia Townsend Warner · nv The Cornhill Magazine November 1935
- 318 · The Chaser · John Collier · ss The New Yorker December 28 1940
- 321 · The King of the Elves · Philip K. Dick · nv Beyond Fantasy Fiction September 1953
- 341 · In the Family · Naomi Mitchison · ss The Scots Magazine December 1947
- 352 · The Jewbird · Bernard Malamud · ss The Reporter April 11 1963
- 361 · Menaseh’s Dream · I. B. Singer · ss When Shlemiel Went to Warsaw and Other Stories by Isaac Bashevis Singer, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1968
- 367 · The Glass Mountain · Donald Barthelme · ss City Life by Donald Barthelme, Farrar Straus Giroux, 1970
- 372 · Prince Amilec · Tanith Lee · ss Princess Hynchatti and Some Other Surprises by Tanith Lee, Macmillan, 1972
- 380 · Petronella · Jay Williams · ss McCall’s January 1973
- 387 · The Man Who Had Seen the Rope Trick · Joan Aiken · ss A Bundle of Nerves by Joan Aiken, Gollancz, 1976
- 396 · The Courtship of Mr. Lyon · Angela Carter · ss Vogue (UK) 1979
- 408 · The Princess Who Stood on Her Own Two Feet · Jeanne Desy · ss Stories for Free Children ed. Letty Pogrebin, McGraw Hill, 1982
- 418 · The Wife’s Story · Ursula Le Guin · ss The Compass Rose by Ursula K. Le Guin, Harper & Row, 1982
- 422 · The River Maid · Jane Yolen · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction January 1981
- 427 · The Porcelain Man · Richard Kennedy · ss Collected Stories by Richard Kennedy, Harper & Row, 1987
- 431 · Old Man Potchikoo · Louise Erdrich · ss Granta #27, Summer 1989
- 443 · Biographical Notes · [uncredited] · bg (r)
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