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Fairy Tales - Modern Genre

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Books in the Fairy Tales - Modern genre:

The Enchanted Doll (1849)

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A wooden doll maker is punished for his laziness and envy of his neighbor, a silversmith. This story was written for the entertainment of Charles Dickens’ children. The image above is from a later edition. Read for free online at HathiTrust.... View More

Author(s): Mark Lemon
Illustrator(s): Richard Doyle

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The King of the Golden River (1851)

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The Southwest Wind, Esq. pays a visit to Hans, Schwartz and Gluck and things are never the same. Third and later editions have a modified frontispiece wherein the goblin has a conventional nose instead of a “hooter.” Read online at Intern... View More

Author(s): John Ruskin
Illustrator(s): Richard Doyle

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The King of the Golden River (1860)

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Gluck and his two evil older brothers lived in the Treasure Valley until the South West Wind turned it into a desert. How it was changed back again is the burden of the story. In this edition the King has a regular nose instead of the “hooter.&... View More

Author(s): John Ruskin
Illustrator(s): Richard Doyle

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Dealings with the Fairies (1867)

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A collection of stories including ‘The Light Princess’ about a princess who losses her gravity. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): George MacDonald
Illustrator(s): Arthur Hughes

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Fairy Tales (1868)

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Includes The Enchanted Doll and The Chronicles of the Three Sisters. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Mark Lemon
Illustrator(s): Charles H. Bennett
Richard Doyle

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King Gab’s Story Bag (1869)

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Fifteen new fairy stories. The Blue Pip and the Fairy is likely the best of them. Read for free online at Google Books.... View More

Author(s): Heraclitus Grey
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane

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In Fairyland: Pictures from the Elf-World (1870)

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Richard Doyle drew the pictures, then William Allingham wrote the poem, A Forest in Fairyland to go with them. Read online at the University of Florida.... View More

Author(s): William Allingham
Illustrator(s): Richard Doyle

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Ting-a-Ling Tales (1870)

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Four original American fairy tales. Read online at Hathitrust.

Author(s): Frank R. Stockton
Illustrator(s): E. B. Bensell

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Granny’s Story Box (1873)

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A collection of eight new fairy tales. Read for free online at the University of Florida.

Author(s): Kay Spen
Illustrator(s): Randolph Caldecott

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Baron Bruno, or, The Unbelieving Philosopher and Other Fairy Stories (1875)

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Six new fairy tales. Read for free online at Project Gutenberg.

Author(s): Louisa Morgan
Illustrator(s): Randolph Caldecott

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Fairy Gifts: or A Wallet of Wonders (1875)

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A half dozen new fairy tales. Read online at the University of Florida. Or at Google.... View More

Author(s): Kathleen Knox
Illustrator(s): Kate Greenaway

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The Fairy Spinner and "Out of Date or Not?" (1875)

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Two modern fairy tales. Read online at the University of Florida.

Author(s): Miranda Hill
Illustrator(s): Kate Greenaway

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Higgledy-Piggledy (1876)

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Six fairy stories by a British MP. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): E. H. Knatchbull-Hugessen
Illustrator(s): Richard Doyle

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On a Pincushion (1877)

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Seven new fairy tales. Read for free online at Internet Archive.

Author(s): Mary A. de Morgan
Illustrator(s): William De Morgan

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The Babes in the Wood (1879)

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Babes in the Wood is a traditional children’s tale first published as a ballad by Thomas Millington in Norwich in 1595. This is R. Caldecott’s Picture Book #4. Read online at Hathitrust.... View More

Author(s): Randolph Caldecott
Illustrator(s): Randolph Caldecott

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How the Froggies Go to Sleep (1879)

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A collection of sixteen short stories and poems - better than average for its era. Read online at Baldwin Library.

Author(s): Palmer Cox
Kirk Munroe
Et al
Illustrator(s): Palmer Cox
Louisa Parsons Stone Hopkins

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The Necklace of the Princess Fiorimonde (1880)

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A collection of new fairy tales - including an evil princess. Read for free online at Internet Archive.

Author(s): Mary A. de Morgan
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane

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The Floating Prince and Other Fairy Tales (1881)

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Ten American fairy tales. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Frank R. Stockton
Illustrator(s): E. B. Bensell

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Christmas-Tree Land (1884)

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Rollo and Maia go to stay with an elderly cousin at an ancient castle in Thuringia. Read for free online at Internet Archive.

Author(s): Mrs. Molesworth
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane

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The Princess Nobody: A Tale of Fairyland (1884)

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Richard Doyle drew a series of fairy illustrations. William Allingham then wrote poetry to go with them to produce the first book, In Fairy Land. Several years later, Andrew Lang wrote a fairy story to go with the illustrations. Read online at the Un... View More

Author(s): Andrew Lang
Illustrator(s): Richard Doyle

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