Contents (view Concise Listing)

• xi • Introduction (Beyond the Looking Glass: Extraordinary Works of Fairy Tale and Fantasy) • (1973) • essay by Leslie A. Fiedler [as by Leslie Fiedler]
• xxi • Notes on Fairy Faith and the Idea of Childhood • (1973) • essay by Jonathan Cott
• 1 • The King of the Golden River • (1841) • novelette by John Ruskin
• 39 • Petsetilla's Posy • (1871) • novel by Tom Hood
• 147 • Wooden Tony: An Anyhow Story • (1973) • short story by Lucy Clifford (variant of Wooden Tony 1892) [as by Mrs. Clifford]
• 163 • Through the Fire • (1877) • short story by Mary de Morgan
• 193 • The Wanderings of Arasmon • (1880) • short story by Mary de Morgan
• 215 • Wanted- A King • (1890) • novel by Maggie Browne (variant of Wanted—A King: Or, How Merle Set the Nursery Rhymes to Right)
• 391 • The Golden Key • (1867) • novelette by George MacDonald
• 391 • Tinykin's Transformations • (1869) • novella by Mark Lemon
• 421 • The Day Boy and the Night Girl • (1879) • novelette by George MacDonald (variant of The History of Photogen and Nycteris: A Day and Night Mährchen)
• 465 • Goblin Market • (1859) • poem by Christina Rossetti [as by Christina Georgina Rossetti]