Table of Contents

Preface Sources The 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

About the Author

British bibliographer, author, and editor Mike Ashley is a well-known anthologist and a recipient of the Mystery Writers of America's prestigious Edgar Award.