Best of
Fairies
1967
The Fairies in Tradition and Literature
Katharine M. Briggs - 1967
To some they offer tantalizing glimpses of other worlds. to others a subversive counterpoint to human arrogance and weakness. Like no other author. Katharine Briggs throughout her work communicated the thrill and delight of the world of fairies. and in this book she articulated for the first time the history of that world in tradition and literature.From every period and every country. poets and storytellers have described a magical world inhabited by elfin spirits. Capricious and vengeful. or beautiful and generous. theyve held us in thrall for generations. And on a summers morn. as the dew dries softly on the grass. if you kneel and look under a toadstool. well ...
FAIRY TALES OF IRELAND: The Emerald Ring; The Pooka; The Enchante Lake; The Three Drinks; The Hare of Slievebawn; The stolen Child; The Rightful King; The Hungry Grass; The Two Trees; The Old Cornet; The Haunted House; The Verdant Valley; The Fairy Hill
Sinéad de Valera - 1967
A fairyland so real that young readers will know that it is just around the corner.Here the prices are good and handsome, the princesses beautiful and honest. There is a crock of gold at the end of every rainbow. The good people and the kind people always get their just reward. And the evil-doer gets his just deserts.In other words, here is the land of the imagination of the young. A land with a special charm and appeal that makes grown-ups wish they ere young again - and makes children happy that they still have the power to believe. "All the stories are beautifully told. How happy Mrs. de Valera must be writing stories thay bring so much happiness to children and parents alike." - back cover blurb.