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