Author: Maude Ashurt Biggs

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Published: 2017-12-05

Total Pages: 236

ISBN-13: 9781973185598

Dive into this fully-illustrated enchanting collection of mermaid stories! Mermaid legends have existed for centuries, and are popular in hundreds of cultures. Fairytalez has gathered tales of mermaids from around the world, with classics such as The Little Mermaid, The Girl-Fish, The Golden Mermaid, and much more. With tales of mermaids from France, Germany, China and many other locations, it's a treasury of mermaid lore. The book has 15 stories by Hans Christen Andersen, Andrew Lang, and other storytellers and more than 40 illustrations. Illustrators include Jennie Harbour, Helen Stratton, and Henry J. Ford. List of stories, including author/editor and origin:- The Little Mermaid, Hans Christian Andersen, Denmark- The Golden Mermaid, Andrew Lang, Germany- The Good Ferryman and the Water Nymphs, Maude Ashurt Biggs, Poland- The Mermaid Wife, Maude Ashurt Biggs, Scotland- The Girl-Fish, Andrew Lang, Spain- The Mermaid and the Boy, Andrew Lang, Sami- Ne Hwas, the Mermaid, Charles G. Leland, Native American- The Mermaid, Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald, Estonia- The Girl and the Fish, George Webbe Dasent, Norse- The Mermaid's Child, Abbie Farwell Brown, North America- The Mermaid of Knockdolion, George Douglas, Scotland- Lutey and the Mermaid, Mabel Quiller Couch, Cornwall- Melusina, Sabine Baring-Gould, France- The Princess of the Tung-t'ing Lake, Herbet A. Giles, China- The Story of Tremsin, the Bird Zhar and Natasia, the Lovely Maid of the Sea, Robert Nisbet Bain, Slavic Region