A Book of Magical Beasts
Author	Ruth Manning-Sanders (editor)
Illustrator	Raymond Briggs
Cover artist	Raymond Briggs
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre(s)	Fairy Tales
Publisher	Thomas Nelson
Publication date	1970
Media type	Print (hardcover)
Pages	244 pp

A Book of Magical Beasts is a 1970 anthology of 37 fairy tales and fantasy poems from around the world that have been collected and presented, in other authors' versions, by Ruth Manning-Sanders. Ruth Manning-Sanders (born 1888 in Swansea, Wales; died October 12, 1988, in Penzance, England) was a Welsh Raymond Redvers Briggs (born 18 January 1934 is an English Illustrator, Cartoonist, Graphic novelist, and Author who has achieved Raymond Redvers Briggs (born 18 January 1934 is an English Illustrator, Cartoonist, Graphic novelist, and Author who has achieved The United States of America —commonly referred to as the English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States A fairy tale or fairy story is a fictional Story that may feature folkloric characters (such as fairies, enchantments]] often involving Publishing is the process of production and dissemination of Literature or Information &ndash the activity of making information available for public view Thomas Nelson is a publishing firm that began in Scotland in 1798 as the namesake of its founder A hardcover (or hardback or hardbound) is a Book bound with rigid protective covers (typically of cardboard covered with Cloth Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. A fairy tale or fairy story is a fictional Story that may feature folkloric characters (such as fairies, enchantments]] often involving Ruth Manning-Sanders (born 1888 in Swansea, Wales; died October 12, 1988, in Penzance, England) was a Welsh Manning-Sanders thus serves as the editor of this volume, whereas in many other anthologies she is retelling the tales that she has collected.

This book was first published as The Hamish Hamilton Book of Magical Beasts in the Great Britain in 1965, by Hamish Hamilton. See also Kingdom of Great Britain Great Britain (Breatainn Mhòr Prydain Fawr Breten Veur Graet Breetain is the larger of the two main islands Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. For other uses of the name Hamish Hamilton please see Hamish Hamilton (disambiguation Hamish Hamilton Limited was a British book publishing house

Contents

• Introduction
• The Hedley Kow (Joseph Jacobs)
• The Straw Ox (R. The Hedley Kow is an English Fairy tale collected by Joseph Jacobs in More English Fairy Tales. Joseph Jacobs ( 29 August 1854 - 30 January 1916) was a literary and Jewish Historian. N. Bain)
• The Last of the Dragons (E. Nesbit)
• The Audacious Kitten (Oliver Herford)
• Lord Peter (G. W. Dasent)
• Europa and the Bull (Anon)
• The Fisherman's Son (Adolf Dirr)
• The Stone Monkey (H. A. Giles)
• The Tinder Box (Hans Andersen)
• Alison Gross (Anon)
• The Serpent and the Peasant (Margery Wardrop)
• The Horny-goloch (Anon)
• Dapplegrim (G. W. Dasent)
• The Derbyshire Ram (Anon)
• The Grateful Goat (W. H. D. Rouse)
• Prince Prigio and the Firedrake (Andrew Lang)
• Jabberwocky (Lewis Carroll)
• The Golden Crab (Bernhard Schmidt)
• The Magic Swan (H. Edith Nesbit (married name Edith Bland; 15 August 1858 - 4 May 1924) was an English author and poet whose children's Oliver Herford (1863 - 1935 was a British born American Writer, Artist and Illustrator who has been called "The American Oscar Wilde Lord Peter or Squire Per is a Norwegian Fairy tale collected by Asbjørnsen and Moe. Sir George Webbe Dasent ( May 22, 1817 &ndash June 11, 1896) English writer was born in St Europa ( Greek Εὐρώπη was a Phoenician woman of high lineage in Greek mythology, from whom the name of the Continent Europe Herbert Allen Giles ( 8 December, 1845 – 13 February, 1935) was a British diplomat and Sinologist, educated at Charterhouse "The Tinder Box" (Fyrtøiet is a Fairy tale by Danish Poet and Author Hans Christian Andersen about a Soldier Hans Christian Andersen (ˈhanˀs ˈkʰʁæʂd̥jan ˈɑnɐsn̩ in Danish or simply H "Allison Gross" (also known as Alison Cross) is a traditional Ballad, catalogued as Child Ballad #35 Dapplegrim is a Norwegian Fairy tale collected by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe in their Norske Folkeeventyr. Sir George Webbe Dasent ( May 22, 1817 &ndash June 11, 1896) English writer was born in St William Henry Denham (W H D Rouse (1863-1950 was a pioneering British teacher who advocated the use of the Direct Method of teaching Latin and Greek. Prince Prigio is a literary and comic Fairy tale written by Andrew Lang and illustrated by Gordon Browne. For the former National Basketball Association player see Andrew Lang (basketball. " Jabberwocky " is a Poem of Nonsense verse written by Lewis Carroll, originally featured as a part of his novel Through the Looking-Glass Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (ˈdɒdsən (27 January 1832 &ndash 14 January 1898 better known by the Pen name Lewis Carroll (/ˈkærəl/ was an English The Golden Crab is a Greek Fairy tale collected as "Prinz Krebs" by Bernhard Schmidt in his Griechische Märchen Sagen and Volkslieder. The Magic Swan is a European fairy tale collected by Hermann Kletke. Kletke)
• The Lion and the Unicorn (Anon)
• The Story of the Stone Lion (Capt. W. F. O'Connor)
• The Tea-Kettle (Grace James)
• A Frog He Would A Wooing Go (Anon)
• The Frog (Leonora Alleyne)
• The Seven Foals (G. W. Dasent)
• The Strange White Beast (J. The Seven Foals is a Norwegian Fairy tale collected by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe. Sir George Webbe Dasent ( May 22, 1817 &ndash June 11, 1896) English writer was born in St B. )
• The Husband of the Rat's Daughter (Leonora Alleyne)
• The Friendly Animals (W. The Husband of the Rat's Daughter is a Japanese Fairy tale. Andrew Lang included it in The Brown Fairy Book. M. Petrovitch)
• Earl Mar's Daughter (Anon)
• The White Bear (G. W. Dasent)
• Kempe Owyne (Anon)
• Jack and his Comrades (Joseph Jacobs)
• The Lame Vixen (A. The Earl of Mar's Daughter is Child ballad number 270 Synopsis The Earl of Mar's daughter saw a lovely bird and promised it a golden cage if it would come White-Bear-King-Valemon is a Norwegian Fairy tale collected by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen. Sir George Webbe Dasent ( May 22, 1817 &ndash June 11, 1896) English writer was born in St " Kemp Owyne " is Child Ballad number 34 Synopsis The heroine is turned into a worm (dragon usually by her stepmother Jack and his Comrades is an Irish Fairy tale collected by Joseph Jacobs, listing as his source Patrick Kennedy's Legendary Fictions of the Irish Celts. Joseph Jacobs ( 29 August 1854 - 30 January 1916) was a literary and Jewish Historian. Laughing Eye and Weeping Eye or The Lame Fox is a Serbian Fairy tale collected by A H. Wratislaw)
• The Kraken (Lord Tennyson)
• Drakestail (Charles Morelles)
• The Well of the World's End (Joseph Jacobs)
• Little Red Bird (Mona Douglas)
• Acknowledgments

Alfred Tennyson 1st Baron Tennyson (6 August 1809 – 6 October 1892 was Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom and remains one of the most popular English poets Drakestail also known as Quackling is a French Folk tale about a duck where repetition forms most of the logic behind the plot The Well of the World's End is a Scottish Fairy tale, from the Lowlands collected by Joseph Jacobs in English Fairy Tales. Joseph Jacobs ( 29 August 1854 - 30 January 1916) was a literary and Jewish Historian.

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