Dreams and Wonders Stories from the Dawn of Modern Fantasy

Original anthology of 23 tales samples some of the best modern fantasy literature from the 19th and early 20th centuries. It features writers who influenced J. R. R. Tolkien, C. S. Lewis, and other master fantasists, including Andrew Lang, Kenneth Grahame, George MacDonald, Edith Nesbit, William Morris, and E. T. A. Hoffmann.

PrefaceSourcesThe New Paris by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Sir Bertrand, A Fragment by Anna Letitia Barbauld
The Mines of Falun by E. T. A. Hoffmann
The Life of Dreams by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Siope - A Fable by Edgar Allan Poe
The Lady of Shalott by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
The Death of Fafnir by William Morris and Eirikr Magnusson
The Golden Key by George MacDonald
The Story of Willie and Fancy by Lucy Lane Clifford
The Poor Lovers by Edith Nesbit
The Fountain of Gold by Lafcadio Hearn
The Potion of Lao-Tsze by Richard Garnett
Charon Makes a Discovery by John Kendrick Bangs
The Adventure of the Snowing Globe by F. Anstey
The Magic Mirror by Charles Aken Fairbridge
The Riddle by Walter de la Mare
The Piper at the Gates of Dawn by Kenneth Grahame
Inside-Out: The Story of Bunder-Runder, the Jailbird by Laurence Housman
Tales of Two Thieves by Lord Dunsany
Celephais by H. P. Lovecraft
Under the Moons of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs
Through the Dragon Glass by A. Merritt
The Door in the Wall by H. G. Wells