Myth & Fairy Tales Books

The Fisherman and his soul

Oscar Wilde

The Fisherman and his soul is part of Oscar Wilde's short stories collection A House of Pomegranates.Every evening he went out upon the sea, and one evening the net was so heavy that hardly could..

Once on a Time

A. A. Milne

Once On A Time is a fairy tale created by A. A. Milne. Written in 1917, Milne's own introduction begins 'This is an odd book', and indeed it is very difficult to classify.Written in 1917, Milne's own ..

Die Biene Maja und ihre Abenteuer

Waldemar Bonsels

Die Biene Maja und ihre Abenteuer is a collection of folk tales written by Waldemar Bonsels, a German writer. Waldemar Bonsels's most famous work is the children's book Die Biene Maja und ihre Ab..

The Iliad of Homer

William Cowper

Whether a translation of Homer may be best executed in blank verse or in rhyme, is a question in the decision of which no man can find difficulty, who has ever duly considered what translation ought t..

The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 9

Sir Richard Francis Burton

The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night (1885), subtitled A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights Entertainments, is an English language translation of One Thousand and One Nights (t..

The Royal Book of Oz

Ruth Plumly Thompson

The Royal Book of Oz is the fifteenth in the series of Oz books, and the first, by Ruth Plumly Thompson, to be written after L. Frank Baum's death. Although Baum was credited as the author, it was wri..

The Chinese Boy and Girl

Isaac Taylor Headland

No thorough study of Chinese child life can be made until the wall of Chinese exclusiveness is broken down and the homes of the East are thrown open to the people of the West. Glimpses of that life ho..

Andersen's Fairy Tales

Hans Christian Andersen

Hans Christian Andersen was a Danish author. Although a prolific writer of plays, travelogues, novels, and poems, he is best remembered for his fairy tales. Andersen's popularity is not limited to chi..