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•  The Book of Dragons • (1995) • interior artwork by Michael Hague
• 1 • The Dragon and the Enchanted Filly • (1980) • short story by Italo Calvino (trans. of II Drago e la cavallina fatata 1956)
• 10 • The Adventures of Eustace • [Narnia] • short fiction by C. S. Lewis
• 16 • Perseus and Andromeda • short fiction by Padraic Colum
• 20 • The Reluctant Dragon (excerpt) • short fiction by Kenneth Grahame
• 26 • The Flower Queen's Daughter • short story by Heinrich von Wlislocki (trans. of Die Tochter der Blumenkönigin 1891) [as by Andrew Lang]
• 35 • Li Chi Slays the Serpent • (1979) • short story by Gan Bao (trans. of 李寄斩蛇 unknown) [as by Kan Pao]
• 39 • Bilbo Baggins and Smaug • [The Hobbit] • short fiction by J. R. R. Tolkien
• 47 • Uncle Lubin and the Dragon • short fiction by W. Heath Robinson
• 50 • The Deliverers of Their Country • [The Seven Dragons • 3] • (1899) • short story by E. Nesbit
• 67 • The Devil and His Grandmother • [
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  • 125] • (1944) • short story by Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm (trans. of Der Teufel und seine Großmutter 1815) [as by The Brothers Grimm]
• 72 • Sigurd and Fafnir • [Volsungs] • short story by Andrew Lang and William Morris (variant of The Story of Sigurd 1890) [as by Andrew Lang]
• 78 • The Story of Wang Li • (1958) • short story by Elizabeth Coatsworth (variant of Wang Li and the Princesses 1932)
• 89 • St. George and the Dragon • short story by William H. G. Kingston
• 96 • Stan Bolovan • short story by Mite Kremnitz (trans. of Stan Bolovan 1882) [as by Andrew Lang (in error)]
• 110 • The Good Sword • (1939) • short story by Ruth Bryan Owen
• 121 • The Dragon of Wantley • (1881) • poem by unknown
• 128 • The Dragon Tamers • [The Seven Dragons • 6] • (1899) • short story by E. Nesbit