Fairies and Elves

by Tristram Potter Coffin

Book Overview

Fairies and Elves (Enchanted World Series) This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080945212X
• ISBN13: 9780809452125
• Release Date: January 1984
• Publisher: Time Life Medical
• Length: 143 Pages

Customer Reviews

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Beautifully illustrated mythology

This book is one in Time Life Books' The Enchanted World series. Each of these books covers a different aspect of folklore and mythology, and they are an excellent set. They tell stories in a similar format and complement each other well without repeating the content. Each is about 140 pages. This is a beautifully illustrated well printed volume. Artists include Mark Hess, Alicia Austin, Winslow Pinney Pels, James C Christensen, Yvonne Gilbert, Wyne Anderson, Lucy Maxym, Kinuko Y Craft and Jozef Sumichrast. Older depictions of fairies and elves are common, including work by John Atkinson Grimshaw, Edmund Dulac, John Anster Fitzgerald, Daniel Maclise, Moritz von Schwind, Joseph Noel Patton and of course John Waterhouse. Stories are retold in a style that makes for a good read. These stories come from all over the world. Often there will be smaller illustrations and captions in the margins to the main story. These tell variations of the story and related stories from other cultures. This is a beautifully bound and printed book. The binding is just cloth to collectors, but it is printed to look like a wizard's book. The cover shows a dragon holding a picture of a fairy rising out of a lake. I think it was the cover that got me reading this when I was child (this would be for older children because of the spooky nature). Chapters include: Lands behind Enchantment's Veil: A world in miniature Guardians of Field and Forest: The myrtle tree's tenant Of Fairy Raids and Mortal Missteps: Tam Lin The Heart's Far-Carrying Call: Trials of a Charmed Passion This is a well researched nicely produced series. For me one book in the series (This very book!!) had me hooked. If you are interested in mythology and all things magic then it is definitely worth trying out the series. High school and middle school libraries should consider the series. Some books might cause issues since they are about the occult, but some like The Legend of Camelot book will be completely Kosher.