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Curious stories about fairies, and other funny people / With illustrations by Billings.

Athenaeum of Philadelphia - American Imprints 1856 Curious
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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Billings, Hammatt, 1818-1874., Illustrator.
Breck, Samuel, 1771-1862., Donor.
American Imprints Collection (Athenaeum of Philadelphia)
Language:
English
Physical Description:
3 p. ., 303 p., [5] leaves of plates : ill. ; 18 cm.
Place of Publication:
Boston : Ticknor and Fields, 1856.
Contents:
The king of the Golden River [by John Ruskin]
The heroic life and exploits of Siegfried the dragon-slayer <an old German story>.
The good-natured bear, a tale, by R.H. Horne.
The story without an end. Translated from the German [of F.W. Carové] by Sarah Austin.
The glow-worm.
Sir Calidore.
The pied piper of Hamelin, by Robert Browning.
Notes:
Added t.-p., engr.
Local Notes:
Athenaeum copy: Breck bequest bookplate.
Athenaeum copy: Endpaper inscribed, in pencil: "S. Breck."

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