Fairy Gold

A Book of Old English Fairy Tales

Ernest Rhys, Herbert Cole

• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Year: 2013
• eBook ISBN:
  9780486174303
• Print ISBN:
  9780486461380

From the founding editor of Everyman's Library comes this enthralling illustrated collection of thirty-three fairy tales to please children of all ages—and the parents who read to them. Favorite English characters such as Dick Whittington, Jack the Giant Killer, and King Arthur appear alongside Tom Thumb, Chicken-Licken, and other figures from the wider world of folklore.

Young readers will be spellbound by tales of an orphan who rises from scullery boy to Mayor of London with the aid of his cat, how a worm becomes the scourge of Britain, and of the beanstalk that helps a young man avenge his father's death and find his fortune. Children will also be thrilled to meet "The Green Knight," "The Princess of Colchester," and "The Giant of Saint Michael's." Plus, this treasury includes a beautiful array of full-color plates.

Table of contents

• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• THE IMP TREE
• THE PIXY FLOWER
• THE BLACK BULL OF NORROWAY
• THE LAMBTON WORM
• The Laidley Worm of Spindleston
• THE GREEN KNIGHT
• THE GREEN CHILDREN
• The Story of the Fairy Horn
• THE LADY MOLE
• CATSKIN
• “TOM TIT TOT”
• THE FAIRY BEGGAR
• THE CAULD LAD OF HILTON
• “AINSEL”
• THE FAIRY’S DINNER
• THE GIANT THAT WAS A MILLER
• THE PRINCESS OF COLCHESTER
• LAZY JACK - A STORY WITHOUT A MORAL
• ROBIN GOODFELLOW
• TOM HICKATHRIFT
• THE THREE BEARS
• THE HISTORY OF TOM THUMB.
• THE GIANT OF SAINT MICHAEL’S
• THE FAIRIES’ FROLIC - SCENE FROM A FAIRY PLAY
• JACK AND THE BEAN-STALK
• QUEEN MAB’S GOOD GRACE
• OLD FORTUNATUS
• DICK WHITTINGTON AND HIS CAT
• The King of the Vipers
• THE KING OF THE CATS
• CHICKEN LICKEN
• QUEEN MAB’S BED