The Fantastical World of Magical Beasts
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Andrew Lang. The Fantastical World of Magical Beasts
The Fantastical World of Magical Beasts
Table of Contents
My Father's Dragon (Ruth Stiles Gannett)
Chapter One. MY FATHER MEETS THE CAT
Chapter Two. MY FATHER RUNS AWAY
Chapter Three. MY FATHER FINDS THE ISLAND
Chapter Four. MY FATHER FINDS THE RIVER
Chapter Five. MY FATHER MEETS SOME TIGERS
Chapter Six. MY FATHER MEETS A RHINOCEROS
Chapter Seven. MY FATHER MEETS A LION
Chapter Eight. MY FATHER MEETS A GORILLA
Chapter Nine. MY FATHER MAKES A BRIDGE
Chapter Ten. MY FATHER FINDS THE DRAGON
The Reluctant Dragon (Kenneth Grahame)
The Book of Dragons (E. Nesbit):
The Book of Beasts
Uncle James, or the Purple Stranger
The Deliverers of Their Country
The Ice Dragon, or Do as You Are Told
The Island of the Nine Whirlpools
The Dragon Tamers
The Fiery Dragon, or the Heart of Stone and the Heart of Gold
Kind Little Edmund, or the Caves and the Cockatrice
Five Children and It (E. Nesbit)
Chapter I. Beautiful as the Day
Chapter II. Golden Guineas
Chapter III. Being Wanted
Chapter IV. Wings
Chapter V. No Wings
Chapter VI. A Castle and No Dinner
Chapter VII. A Siege and Bed
Chapter VIII. Bigger Than the Baker's Boy
Chapter IX. Grown Up
Chapter X. Scalps
Chapter XI (And Last) The Last Wish
The Phoenix and the Carpet (E. Nesbit)
Chapter I. The Egg
Chapter II. The Topless Tower
Chapter III. The Queen Cook
Chapter IV. Two Bazaars
Chapter V. The Temple
Chapter VI. Doing Good
Chapter VII. Mews From Persia
Chapter VIII. The Cats, the Cow, and the Burglar
Chapter IX. The Burglar’s Bride
Chapter X. The Hole in the Carpet
Chapter XI. The Beginning of the End
Chapter XII. The End of the End
Chapter XIII. May-Blossom and Pearls
Chapter XIV. The Finding of the Treasure
Alice in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Christmas Greetings
Chapter 1. Down the Rabbit-Hole
Chapter 2. The Pool of Tears
Chapter 3. A Caucus-Race and a Long Tale
Chapter 4. The Rabbit Sends in a Little Bill
Chapter 5. Advice from a Caterpillar
Chapter 6. Pig and Pepper
Chapter 7. A Mad Tea-Party
Chapter 8. The Queen’s Croquet-Ground
Chapter 9. The Mock Turtle’s Story
Chapter 10. The Lobster Quadrille
Chapter 11. Who Stole the Tarts?
Chapter 12. Alice’s Evidence
Through the Looking Glass (Lewis Carroll)
Dramatis Personæ
Preface to the 1896 Edition
Chapter 1. Looking-Glass House
Chapter 2. The Garden of Live Flowers
Chapter 3. Looking-Glass Insects
Chapter 4. Tweedledum and Tweedledee
Chapter 5. Wool and Water
Chapter 6. Humpty Dumpty
Chapter 7. The Lion and the Unicorn
Chapter 8 ‘It’s my own Invention’
Chapter 9. Queen Alice
Chapter 10. Shaking
Chapter 11. Waking
Chapter 12. Which Dreamed It?
The Scarecrow of Oz (L. Frank Baum)
‘Twixt You And Me
1. The Great Whirlpool
2. The Cavern Under the Sea
3. The Ork
4. Daylight at Last
5. The Little Old Man of the Island
6. The Flight of the Midgets
7 The Bumpy Man
8. Button-Bright is Lost and Found Again
9. The Kingdom of Jinxland
10. Pon, the Gardener’s Boy
11. The Wicked King and Googly-Goo
12. The Wooden-Legged GrassHopper
13. Glinda the Good and the Scarecrow of Oz
14. The Frozen Heart
15. Trot Meets the Scarecrow
16. Pon Summons the King to Surrender
17. The Ork Rescues Button-Bright
18. The Scarecrow Meets an Enemy
19. The Conquest of the Witch
20. Queen Gloria
21. Dorothy, Betsy and Ozma
22. The Waterfall
23. The Land of Oz
24. The Royal Reception
The Magical Monarch of Mo (L. Frank Baum)
The First Surprise. THE BEAUTIFUL VALLEY OF MO
The Second Surprise. THE STRANGE ADVENTURES OF THE KING'S HEAD
The Third Surprise. THE TRAMP DOG AND THE MONARCH'S LOST TEMPER
The Fourth Surprise. THE PECULIAR PAINS OF FRUITCAKE ISLAND
The Fifth Surprise. THE MONARCH CELEBRATES HIS BIRTHDAY
The Sixth Surprise. KING SCOWLEYOW AND HIS CAST-IRON MAN
The Seventh Surprise. TIMTOM AND THE PRINCESS PATTYCAKE
The Eighth Surprise. THE BRAVERY OF PRINCE JOLLIKIN
The Ninth Surprise. THE WIZARD AND THE PRINCESS
The Tenth Surprise. THE DUCHESS BREDENBUTTA'S VISIT TO TURVYLAND
The Eleventh Surprise. PRINCE FIDDLECUMDOO AND THE GIANT
The Twelfth Surprise. THE LAND OF THE CIVILIZED MONKEYS
The Thirteenth Surprise. THE STOLEN PLUM PUDDING
The Fourteenth Surprise. THE PUNISHMENT OF THE PURPLE DRAGON
The Master Key: An Electrical Fairy Tale (L. Frank Baum)
—Who Knows?—
1. Rob's Workshop
2. The Demon of Electricity
3. The Three Gifts
4. Testing the Instruments
5. The Cannibal Island
6. The Buccaneers
7. The Demon Becomes Angry
8. Rob Acquires New Powers
9. The Second Journey
10. How Rob Served a Mighty King
11. The Man of Science
12. How Rob Saved A Republic
13. Rob Loses His Treasures
14. Turk and Tatar
15. A Battle with Monsters
16. Shipwrecked Mariners
17. The Coast of Oregon
18. A Narrow Escape
19. Rob Makes a Resolution
20. The Unhappy Fate of the Demon
The Sea Fairies (L. Frank Baum)
CHAPTER 1. TROT AND CAP'N BILL
CHAPTER 2. THE MERMAIDS
CHAPTER 3. THE DEPTHS OF THE DEEP BLUE SEA
CHAPTER 4. THE PALACE OF QUEEN AQUAREINE
CHAPTER 5. THE SEA-SERPENT
CHAPTER 6. EXPLORING THE OCEAN
CHAPTER 7. THE ARISTOCRATIC CODFISH
CHAPTER 8. A BANQUET UNDER WATER
CHAPTER 9. THE BASHFUL OCTOPUS
CHAPTER 10. THE UNDISCOVERED ISLAND
CHAPTER 11. ZOG THE TERRIBLE AND HIS SEA DEVILS
CHAPTER 12. THE ENCHANTED ISLAND
CHAPTER 13. PRISONERS OF THE SEA MONSTER
CHAPTER 14. CAP'N JOE AND CAP'N BILL
CHAPTER 15. THE MAGIC OF THE MERMAIDS
CHAPTER 16. THE TOP OF THE GREAT DOME
CHAPTER 17. THE QUEEN'S GOLDEN SWORD
CHAPTER 18. A DASH FOR LIBERTY
CHAPTER 19. KING ANKO TO THE RESCUE
CHAPTER 20. THE HOME OF THE OCEAN MONARCH
CHAPTER 21. KING JOE
CHAPTER 22. TROT LIVES TO TELL THE TALE
Prince Mud-Turtle (L. Frank Baum)
Chapter I. Twinkle Captures the Turtle
Chapter II. Twinkle Discovers the Turtle Can Talk
Chapter III. The Turtle Tells of the Corrugated Giant
Chapter IV. Prince Turtle Remembers His Magic
Chapter V. Twinkle Promises to Be Brave
Chapter VI. Twinkle Meets the Corrugated Giants
Chapter VII. Prince Mud-Turtle Becomes Prince Melga
Chapter VIII. Twinkle Receives a Medal
The Princess and the Goblin (George MacDonald)
CHAPTER I. WHY THE PRINCESS HAS A STORY ABOUT HER
CHAPTER II. THE PRINCESS LOSES HERSELF
CHAPTER III. THE PRINCESS AND—WE SHALL SEE WHO
CHAPTER IV. WHAT THE NURSE THOUGHT OF IT
CHAPTER V. THE PRINCESS LETS WELL ALONE
CHAPTER VI. THE LITTLE MINER
CHAPTER VII. THE MINES
CHAPTER VIII. THE GOBLINS
CHAPTER IX. THE HALL OF THE GOBLIN PALACE
CHAPTER X. THE PRINCESS'S KING-PAPA
CHAPTER XI. THE OLD LADY'S BEDROOM
CHAPTER XII. A SHORT CHAPTER ABOUT CURDIE
CHAPTER XIII. THE COBS' CREATURES
CHAPTER XIV. THAT NIGHT WEEK
CHAPTER XV. WOVEN AND THEN SPUN
CHAPTER XVI. THE RING
CHAPTER XVII. SPRING-TIME
CHAPTER XVIII. CURDIE'S CLUE
CHAPTER XIX. GOBLIN COUNSELS
CHAPTER XX. IRENE'S CLUE
CHAPTER XXI. THE ESCAPE
CHAPTER XXII. THE OLD LADY AND CURDIE
CHAPTER XXIII. CURDIE AND HIS MOTHER
CHAPTER XXIV. IRENE BEHAVES LIKE A PRINCESS
CHAPTER XXV. CURDIE COMES TO GRIEF
CHAPTER XXVI. THE GOBLIN MINERS
CHAPTER XXVII. THE GOBLINS IN THE KING'S HOUSE
CHAPTER XXVIII. CURDIE'S GUIDE
CHAPTER XXIX. MASON-WORK
CHAPTER XXX. THE KING AND THE KISS
CHAPTER XXXI. THE SUBTERRANEAN WATERS
CHAPTER XXXII. THE LAST CHAPTER
The Princess and Curdie (George MacDonald)
CHAPTER I. THE MOUNTAIN
CHAPTER II. THE WHITE PIGEON
CHAPTER III. THE MISTRESS OF THE SILVER MOON
CHAPTER IV. CURDIE'S FATHER AND MOTHER
CHAPTER V. THE MINERS
CHAPTER VI. THE EMERALD
CHAPTER VII. WHAT IS IN A NAME?
CHAPTER VIII. CURDIE'S MISSION
CHAPTER IX. HANDS
CHAPTER X. THE HEATH
CHAPTER XI. LINA
CHAPTER XII. MORE CREATURES
CHAPTER XIII. THE BAKER'S WIFE
CHAPTER XIV. THE DOGS OF GWYNTYSTORM
CHAPTER XV. DERBA AND BARBARA
CHAPTER XVI. THE MATTOCK
CHAPTER XVII. THE WINE-CELLAR
CHAPTER XVIII. THE KING'S KITCHEN
CHAPTER XIX. THE KING'S CHAMBER
CHAPTER XX. COUNTER-PLOTTING
CHAPTER XXI. THE LOAF
CHAPTER XXII. THE LORD CHAMBERLAIN
CHAPTER XXIII. DR. KELMAN
CHAPTER XXIV. THE PROPHECY
CHAPTER XXV. THE AVENGERS
CHAPTER XXVI. THE VENGEANCE
CHAPTER XXVII. MORE VENGEANCE
CHAPTER XXVIII. THE PREACHER
CHAPTER XXIX. BARBARA
CHAPTER XXX. PETER
CHAPTER XXXI. THE SACRIFICE
CHAPTER XXXII. THE KING'S ARMY
CHAPTER XXXIII. THE BATTLE
CHAPTER XXXIV. JUDGMENT
CHAPTER XXXV. THE END
Lilybell and Thistledown (Louisa May Alcott)
Ripple, The Water Sprite (Louisa May Alcott)
The Brownie And The Princess (Louisa May Alcott)
Mermaids (Louisa May Alcott)
Snow-White and Rose-Red (Brothers Grimm)
Snowhite and the Seven Dwarfs (Brothers Grimm)
Rumpelstiltskin (Brothers Grimm)
The Young Giant (Brothers Grimm)
The Valiant Little Tailor (Brothers Grimm)
The Giant and the Tailor (Brothers Grimm)
The Elves and the Shoemaker (Brothers Grimm)
The Elf of the Rose (Hans Christian Andersen)
The Elfin Hill (Hans Christian Andersen)
The Goblin and the Huckster (Hans Christian Andersen)
Puss in Boots (Charles Perrault)
Jack the Giant Killer (Charles Perrault)
Jack and the Bean-Stalk (Charles Perrault)
Little Thumb or, Hop-o'-My-Thumb (Charles Perrault)
The Seven Voyages of Sindbad the Sailor (Andrew Lang)
The Enchanted Horse (Andrew Lang)
Beauty and the Beast (Andrew Lang)
The Enchanted Pig (Andrew Lang)
The Three Dwarfs (Andrew Lang)
The Story of Hok Lee and the Dwarfs (Andrew Lang)
The Dragon of the North (Andrew Lang)
The Dragon and His Grandmother (Andrew Lang)
The Seven-Headed Serpent (Andrew Lang)
The Giants and the Herd-Boy (Andrew Lang)
How the Dragon was Tricked (Andrew Lang)
The Goblin and the Grocer (Andrew Lang)
The Slaying of the Tanuki (Andrew Lang)
The Troll’s Daughter (Andrew Lang)
The Goblin Pony (Andrew Lang)
Herr Lazarus and the Draken (Andrew Lang)
The Ogre (Andrew Lang)
The History of Dwarf Long Nose (Andrew Lang)
The Headless Dwarfs (Andrew Lang)
The Prince and the Dragon (Andrew Lang)
Niels and the Giants (Andrew Lang)
The Story of the Hero Makóma (Andrew Lang)
The Three Treasures of the Giants (Andrew Lang)
The Nutcracker and the Mouse King (E. T. A. Hoffmann)
Christmas Eve
The Gifts
The Favorite
Wonder Upon Wonders
The Battle
The Sickness
The Story of the Hard Nut
The Uncle and Nephew
The Victory
The Puppet Kingdom
The Capital
The Conclusion
The Selfish Giant (Oscar Wilde)
The Greedy Old Man (Frances Jenkins Olcott)
The Boy who found the Pots of Gold (Frances Jenkins Olcott)
The Ragweed (Frances Jenkins Olcott)
The Bad Boy and the Leprechaun (Frances Jenkins Olcott)
Tom and the Knockers (Frances Jenkins Olcott)
The Knockers’ Diamonds (Frances Jenkins Olcott)
JACK THE TINNER’S STORY
The Leprechaun, or Fairy Shoemaker (Frances Jenkins Olcott)
Little Redcap (Frances Jenkins Olcott)
The Curmudgeon’s Skin (Frances Jenkins Olcott)
Judy and the Fairy Cat (Frances Jenkins Olcott)
The Boggart (Frances Jenkins Olcott)
The Sick-Bed Elves (Frances Jenkins Olcott)
How Peeping Kate was Piskey-Led (Frances Jenkins Olcott)
The Fairy’s Servants (Frances Jenkins Olcott)
The Pixies (Frances Jenkins Olcott)
The Brownie of Blednoch (Frances Jenkins Olcott)
OLD MADGE’S TALE
Elsa and the Ten Elves (Frances Jenkins Olcott)
Piskey Fine! and Piskey Gay! (Frances Jenkins Olcott)
The Fairy Wedding (Frances Jenkins Olcott)
The Tomts (Frances Jenkins Olcott)
Kintaro the Golden Boy (Frances Jenkins Olcott)
The Floating Prince (Frank R. Stockton)
How the Aristocrats Sailed Away (A Sequel) (Frank R. Stockton)
Huckleberry (Frank R. Stockton)
The Emergency Mistress (Frank R. Stockton)
The Sprig of Holly (Frank R. Stockton)
The Magician's Daughter and the High-Born Boy (Frank R. Stockton)
Derido; or, The Giant's Quilt (Frank R. Stockton)
The Castle of Bim (Frank R. Stockton)
The Griffin and the Minor Canon (Frank R. Stockton)
Old Pipes and the Dryad (Frank R. Stockton)
The Banished King (Frank R. Stockton)
The Philopena (Frank R. Stockton)
The Unicorn (Kate Douglas Wiggin)
The Troll’s Hammer (Kate Douglas Wiggin)
The Iron Wolf (Kate Douglas Wiggin)
The Good Sea Monster (Abbie Phillips Walker)
Hilda's Mermaid (Abbie Phillips Walker)
The Tell-Tale Goblin (Abbie Phillips Walker)
The Revenge of the Gnomes (Abbie Phillips Walker)
The Rain Elves (Abbie Phillips Walker)
The Dwarf with the Golden Beard (Katharine Pyle)
The Great White Bear and the Trolls (Katharine Pyle)
The King of the Buffaloes (Katharine Pyle)
The Farmer and the Pixy (Katharine Pyle)
Mudjee Monedo (Katharine Pyle)
The Four Wishes (Katharine Pyle)
Beowulf (Hamilton Wright Mabie)
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER I. WIGWAM LEGEND OF HIAWATHA1
CHAPTER II. BEOWULF
CHAPTER III. CHILDE HORN
CHAPTER IV. SIR GALAHAD
CHAPTER V. RUSTEM AND SOHRAB
CHAPTER VI. THE SEVEN SLEEPERS OF EPHESUS
CHAPTER VII. GUY OF WARWICK
CHAPTER VIII. CHEVY CHASE
CHAPTER IX. THE FATE OF THE CHILDREN OF LIR
CHAPTER X. THE BELEAGUERED CITY
CHAPTER XI. PRESTER JOHN
CHAPTER XII. THE WANDERING JEW
CHAPTER XIII. KING ROBERT OF SICILY
INTERLUDE
CHAPTER XIV. THE BEATO TORELLO DA POPPI
CHAPTER XV. THE LORELEI
CHAPTER XVI. THE PASSING OF ARTHUR
CHAPTER XVII. RIP VAN WINKLE
CHAPTER XVIII. THE GRAY CHAMPION
CHAPTER XIX. THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW FOUND AMONG THE PAPERS OF THE LATE DIEDRICH KNICKERBOCKER
The Gorgon’s Head (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
INTRODUCTORY TO THE GORGON’S HEAD
The Chimæra (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
INTRODUCTORY TOTHE CHIMÆRA
The Minotaur (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Pygmies (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Dragon’s Teeth (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Golden Fleece (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Fire Bird
Story of Lyubim Tsarevich and the Winged Wolf
The Demon's Dance (Kazimierz Władysław Wóycicki)
Lidushka and the Water Demon's Wife (Matěj Mikšíček)
Yanechek and the Water Demon ( Josef Kajetán Tyl)
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Ruth Stiles Gannett, Kenneth Grahame, E. Nesbit, Lewis Carroll, L. Frank Baum, George MacDonald, Louisa May Alcott, Brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Andersen, Charles Perrault, Andrew Lang, E. T. A. Hoffmann, Oscar Wilde, Frances Jenkins Olcott, Frank R. Stockton, Kate Douglas Wiggin, Abbie Phillips Walker, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Matěj Mikšíček, Kazimierz Władysław Wóycicki, Josef Kajetán Tyl, Katharine Pyle
Mermaids, Dragons, Elves, Gnomes, Trolls, Goblins, Phoenix, Unicorn and many more (120 Titles in One Volume)
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"It'll only end in your wishing for something you don't really want, as you did about the castle," said the Psammead, stretching its brown arms and yawning. "It's always the same since people left off eating, really wholesome things. However, have it your own way. Good-bye."
"Good-bye," said Cyril politely.
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