AN ENTIRELY NEW BOOK OF DELIGHTFUL FAIRY TALES.
Now ready, square 12mo, handsomely printed on toned paper, in cloth, green and gold, price 4s. 6d. plain, 5s. 6d. coloured (by post, 6d. extra),
Family Fairy Tales; or, Glimpses of Elfland at Heatherston Hall. Edited by CHOLMONDELEY PENNELL, Author of “The Naturalist Angler,” “Puck on Pegasus,” &c., adorned with beautiful Pictures of “My Lord Lion,” “King Uggermugger,” and other great folks.
CONTENTS.
- My Lord Lion.
- The Blue Fish.
- King Uggermugger; or, The Princess Silver-Silk.
- See Me.
- Spider Face.
- The Great Forest.
- The Legend of the Little Flower.
- “Patch;” or, The Smile Fairy.
- The Story of the Spring Fairies.
- A Fable with a Moral.
⁂ This charming volume of Original Tales has been universally praised by the critical press. From a great many reviews the following notices are selected:—
“When children have grown weary of boisterous play, and settled down on chair and footstool and rug, round the brightly-glowing fire, Mr. Cholmondeley Pennell’s ‘Fairy Tales’ will make their influence felt; cheering them up to renew their joyous laughter, and eventually sending them to bed with a store of droll fancies and pretty thoughts—thoughts and fancies which they will think about as they fall asleep, and dream about as they wake up on the following morning.”—Athenæum.
“They fully deserve the care which has preserved them, and in their present dress will afford amusement at the fireside at which they may be read. We may instance in particular the story of ‘The Blue Fish’ as one of the best Fairy Tales we have seen. The collection is excellent; the illustrations good.”—London Review.
“The tales are of the most charming kind we have read for a long time, and, we have no doubt, will cheer many a fireside. Our author is as tender as he is quaint and humorous, and seems to have imbibed the true spirit of fairy and legendary lore. The illustrations have our heartiest admiration. Miss Edwards works with a pencil as graceful as it is facile.”—Reader.
In fcap. 8vo, cloth, price 3s. 6d., beautifully printed,