The mermaid reader :
and of mermen, nixies, water-nymphs, sea sirens, sea-serpents, sprites and kindred creatures of the deep /
selected by Helen O'Leary, decorations by Enrico Arno.
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| In collection: | Dr Patricia Donlon collection of Irish, Irish-related and other children's books |
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York,
F. Watts
[1964]
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| Notes: | Inscription from author on title page Physical description: x, 194 pages 24 cm more |
| Contained in: |
Mermaid reader. |
Table of Contents:
Mermaids defined / Encyclopedia Americana
The natural history of mermaids / Richard Carrington
John Reid and the mermaid / Elizabeth Sheppard Jones
John O'Glin / Mr. and Mrs. S.C. Hall
Sea-trows / Thomas Knightly
Scylla and Charybdis / Barbara Leonie Picard
Love-in-idleness / William Shakespeare
Of the sprite, Undine / Sarah Chokla Gross
The nix of the millpond / The brothers Grimm
The island mist / George Waldron
Little John Bottlejohn / Laura E. Richards
Daniel Webster and the sea serpent / Stephen Vinvent BeneĢt
A sea dirge / William Shakespeare
The plunderer (from The midnight folk) / John Masefield
The old man of Cury / Robert Hunt
The mermaird of Lighthouse Point / Bret Harte
The mermaid / Anonymous
Water babies / Charles Kingsley
The wonderful tune / T. Crofton Croker
Siren song / Joan Aiken
Melusine / Helen O'Clery
The mermaid of Margate / Thomas Hood
The little mermaid / Hans Christian Andersen
The forsaken merman / Matthew Arnold
The fisherman and his soul / Oscard Wilde
Tailpiece / Ogden Nash.
Mermaids defined / Encyclopedia Americana
The natural history of mermaids / Richard Carrington
John Reid and the mermaid / Elizabeth Sheppard Jones
John O'Glin / Mr. and Mrs. S.C. Hall
Sea-trows / Thomas Knightly
Scylla and Charybdis / Barbara Leonie Picard
Love-in-idleness / William Shakespeare
Of the sprite, Undine / Sarah Chokla Gross
The nix of the millpond / The brothers Grimm
The island mist / George Waldron
Little John Bottlejohn / Laura E. Richards
Daniel Webster and the sea serpent / Stephen Vinvent BeneĢt
A sea dirge / William Shakespeare
The plunderer (from The midnight folk) / John Masefield
The old man of Cury / Robert Hunt
The mermaird of Lighthouse Point / Bret Harte
The mermaid / Anonymous
Water babies / Charles Kingsley
The wonderful tune / T. Crofton Croker
Siren song / Joan Aiken
Melusine / Helen O'Clery
The mermaid of Margate / Thomas Hood
The little mermaid / Hans Christian Andersen
The forsaken merman / Matthew Arnold
The fisherman and his soul / Oscard Wilde
Tailpiece / Ogden Nash.