
THE Old-Fashioned Fairy Book
FAIRY DAYS.
INTRODUCTION.
THE PRINCESS EGLANTINE.
DAME MARTHA'S STEP-DAUGHTER;OR,THE GRANDMOTHER OF THE GNOMES.
THE ADVENTURES OF HA'PENNYOR,THE DWARF, THE WITCH, AND THE MAGIC SLIPPERS.
SYBILLA, MYRTILLO, AND FURIOSO.
ANNETTE;OR,THE MAGIC COFFEE-MILL.
JULIET;OR,THE LITTLE WHITE MOUSE.
THE FAIRIES AND THE FIDDLER.
A gentle, lyrical collection invites listeners into a world where fire‑lit evenings and nursery‑rhyme dreams give way to wandering fairies, brave knights, and mischievous giants. The opening verses set a nostalgic tone, recalling whispered stories told beside a hall‑fire and the yearning of a child to join those enchanted adventures. From there, the narrative follows two curious boys and their loyal collie as they explore sun‑dappled meadows, splash in babbling brooks, and stumble upon the hidden charms of forest spirits and water‑elves. Their playful inventiveness—building tiny boats, hunting for hidden treasures, and sharing a hearty supper with imagined creatures—captures the wonder of a summer day seen through a child’s eyes.
The tales blend classic fairy motifs with the simple pleasures of countryside life, offering gentle lessons in courage, kindness, and imagination. Listeners will be drawn into the rhythmic storytelling, feeling the rustle of leaves, the gleam of a knight’s sword, and the soft sigh of a fairy’s wing, all while the faithful collie watches over the adventure with quiet devotion. This timeless anthology promises a soothing escape into a world where every rustle in the grass might be a magical secret waiting to be heard.
Language
en
Duration
~6 hours (369K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by David Edwards, Matthew Wheaton and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Release date
2011-09-08
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
Subjects

1843–1920
A lively American novelist and playwright, she turned memories of the Civil War and life in high society into fiction, essays, and memoir. Writing as Mrs. Burton Harrison, she became a familiar literary name in the late nineteenth century.
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