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• Introduction: Tales of Wonder and Adventure • (1997) • essay by Mike Ashley
• A Bag of Poetry • (1997) • short story by Lawrence Schimel
• Beauty and the Beast • (1757) • short story by Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont (trans. of La belle et la bête)
• The Bells of Carillon-Land • (1997) • short story by E. Nesbit (variant of Belinda and Bellamant 1906) [as by Edith Nesbit]
• The Birthday Battle • (1997) • short story by Louise Cooper
• Blue Roses • (1903) • short story by Netta Syrett
• The Boy Who Plaited Manes • (1986) • short story by Nancy Springer
• The Castle • (1864) • short story by George MacDonald
• The Fortress Unvanquishable, Save for Sacnoth • (1908) • short story by Lord Dunsany
• The Cloak of Friendship • (1905) • short story by Laurence Housman
• The Cotton-Wool Princess • (1892) • short story by Luigi Capuana (trans. of La figlia del Re 1885)
• The Drawing School • (1913) • short story by J. Muñez Escomez
• The Dutch Cheese • juvenile • (1908) • short story by Walter de la Mare
• The Elves • (1823) • novelette by Ludwig Tieck (trans. of Die Elfen 1812)
• The Enchanted Watch • (1997) • short story by František Bayer (trans. of Hloupý Jenik 1874) [as by Charles Deulin (in error)]
• The Enchanted Whistle • juvenile • (1891) • short story by Alexandre Dumas (trans. of Le sifflet enchanté 1859)
• The Fairy Gift • (1925) • short story by Charlotte Brontë (variant of The Four Wishes 1918)
• The Forest Fairy • (1869) • short story by Lord Brabourne
• The Forest of Dreams • (1997) • short story by Lawrence Schimel (variant of Atmospheric Conditions 1994)
• The Girl Who Loved the Wind • juvenile • (1972) • short story by Jane Yolen
• The Glass Dog • (1901) • short story by L. Frank Baum
• The Green Bird • (1894) • short story by Laurence Housman
• The Happy Prince • juvenile • (1888) • short story by Oscar Wilde
• How Wry-Face Played a Trick on One-Eye • (1908) • short story by Agnes Grozier Herbertson
• Jack and the Beanstalk • (1912) • short story by Anonymous
• The Knave and the Fool • juvenile • (1997) • short story by Juliana Horatia Ewing (variant of Knave and Fool 1872) [as by Juliana H. Ewing]
• Little Red Riding Hood • (1997) • short story by Laura Valentine
• Little Snowdrop; or, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs • [
  KHM (Kinder- und Hausmärchen)^?KHM (Kinder- und Hausmaerchen)
  • 53] • (1997) • short story by Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm (trans. of
  Sneewittchen (Schneeweißchen)^?Sneewittchen (Schneeweisschen)
  1812) [as by The Brothers Grimm]
• The Mad-Hatter's Tea Party • [Alice] • (1997) • short story by Lewis Carroll
• The Mistreated Fellow • (1987) • short story by Jessica Amanda Salmonson
• Mother-of-All • (1997) • short story by F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre
• The Necklace of Tears • (1896) • short story by Mrs. Egerton Eastwick
• The Night the Stars Were Gone • (1977) • short story by Joan Aiken
• Old Pipes and the Dryad • (1885) • short story by Frank R. Stockton
• The Pied Piper of Hamelin • (1997) • short story by Charles Marelles (trans. of Le preneur du rats 1888)
• The Pot of Gold • (1864) • short story by Horace E. Scudder
• Princess Crystal; or, the Hidden Treasure • (1896) • short story by Isabel Bellerby
• Princess Sansu • (1972) • short story by Tanith Lee
• The Rat That Could Speak • (1860) • short story by Charles Dickens
• Rumpelstiltskin • [
  KHM (Kinder- und Hausmärchen)^?KHM (Kinder- und Hausmaerchen)
  • 55] • (1997) • short story by Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm (trans. of Rumpelstilzchen 1812) [as by The Brothers Grimm]
• The Seekers • (1926) • short story by H. E. Bates
• The Seven Families of the Lake Pipple-Popple • (1870) • short story by Edward Lear (variant of The History of the Seven Families of the Lake Pipple-Popple)
• The Seven Ravens • (1997) • short story by Ludwig Bechstein (trans. of Die sieben Raben 1845)
• The Snow Queen • juvenile • (1844) • novelette by Hans Christian Andersen (trans. of Snedronningen 1845)
• The Story of Nick • (1857) • short story by Christina Rossetti
• The Three Bears • (1870) • short story by Sarah Baker
• The Three Goats Named Bruse; or, The Three Billy-Goats Gruff • [Norske Folkeeventyr • 40] • (1859) • short story by
  Peter Asbjørnsen^?Peter Asbjoernsen
  Peter Asbjornsen
  and
  Jørgen Moe^?Joergen Moe
  Jorgen Moe
  (trans. of
  De tre Bukkene Bruse, som skulde gaae til Sæters og gjøre sig fede^?De tre Bukkene Bruse, som skulde gaae til Saeters og gjoere sig fede
  De tre Bukkene Bruse, som skulde gaae til Saeters og gjore sig fede
  1843)
• The Three Tasks • (1951) • short story by Geraldine Elliot
• The Touchstone • (1895) • short story by Robert Louis Stevenson
• Touk's House • (1985) • novelette by Robin McKinley
• The Tree's Wife • (1978) • short story by Jane Yolen
• The Ugly Duckling • (1909) • short story by Hans Christian Andersen (trans. of
  Den Grimme Ælling^?Den Grimme AElling
  1843)
• The Ugly Unicorn • (1991) • short story by Jessica Amanda Salmonson
• The Unhappy Princess • (1982) • short story by Richard Cowper
• The White Cat • (1997) • novelette by Comtesse d'Aulnoy (trans. of La chatte blanche 1697) [as by Marie-Cathérine d'Aulnoy]
• Cinderella or, The Little Glass Slipper • [Cendrillon] • (1729) • short story by Charles Perrault (trans. of Cendrillon ou La petite pantoufle de verre 1697)
• Sleeping Beauty • [La belle au bois dormant] • (1997) • short story by Charles Perrault (trans. of La belle au bois dormant 1697)