The Dedalus Book of British Fantasy: The 19th Century ed. Brian M. Stableford (Dedalus, September 18, 1991, 0-946626-78-2, £8.99, 416pp, tp, an, cover by Tim Grey)
Anthology of 21 fantasy pieces published in the 19th Century, with a long introductory essay. A hardcover edition (-84-7, £18.99) was announced but not seen.
- 1 · Introduction · Brian M. Stableford · in
- 39 · Henry Fitzowen · Nathan Drake · nv Literary Hours 1798
an earlier version was published as “Sir Gawen” in The Speculator v.1, 1790.
- 69 · Kubla Khan · Samuel Taylor Coleridge · pm Christabel/Kubla Khan/The Pains of Sleep by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, John Murray, 1816
- 72 · Lamia · John Keats · pm Lamia, Isabella, the Eve of St. Agnes, and Other Poems by John Keats, Taylor and Hessey, 1820
- 93 · The Nymph of the Lurlei Berg · Sir Edward George Bulwer-Lytton, Lord Lytton · ss The New Monthly Magazine November 1832
- 108 · Ixion in Heaven · Benjamin Disraeli · nv The New Monthly Magazine December 1832 (+1)
- 137 · The Story of the Goblins Who Stole a Sexton · Charles Dickens · ss The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club by Charles Dickens, Chapman & Hall, 1837
- 150 · A Chronicle of England · John Sterling · ss 1840
- 166 · Erotion · Dinah Maria Mulock · nv Avillion and Other Tales by Diana Maria Mulock, Smith, Elder, 1853
- 193 · Morte d’Arthur · Alfred, Lord Tennyson · pm 1842
- 203 · The Walking Stick of Destiny · Lewis Carroll · ss 1932; written about 1850.
- 218 · A Dream · William Morris · ss Oxford and Cambridge Magazine March 1856
- 236 · The Woman in the Mirror · George MacDonald · ex from Phantastes, Smith, Elder, 1858
- 259 · Goblin Market · Christina Georgina Rossetti · pm The Goblin Market and Other Poems by Christina Rossetti, 1862; dated 1859.
- 276 · The Sacristan of St. Botolph · William Gilbert · nv The Magic Mirror by William Gilbert, Alexander Strahan, 1866
- 298 · The Dong with the Luminous Nose · Edward Lear · pm Laughable Lyrics by Edward Lear, Robert John Bush, 1877
- 302 · Sir Jocelyn’s Cap · Walter Besant & Walter Herries Pollock · nv Longman’s Magazine December 1884 (+1), uncredited.
- 352 · The Siren · F. Anstey · ss The Graphic Summer 1882
- 362 · In the Wrong Paradise · Andrew Lang · ss The Fortnightly Review December 1883
- 377 · The House of Judgement · Oscar Wilde · pp The Spirit Lamp February 1893
- 380 · St. Eudæmon and His Orange Tree · Vernon Lee · ss Pope Jacynth and Other Fantastic Tales by Vernon Lee, Grant Richards, 1904
- 392 · Alexander the Ratcatcher · Richard Garnett · ss The Yellow Book January 1897
- 409 · Appendix · Brian M. Stableford · ms (r)
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