"Dive headfirst into the fantastical wonderland that has captivated generations! Lewis Carroll's 'Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland' is a timeless masterpiece that promises a thrilling escape from reality. Join Alice, a curious and spirited young girl, as she tumbles down the rabbit hole into a world where the ordinary transforms into the extraordinary. Encounter eccentric characters like the grinning Cheshire Cat, the zany Mad Hatter, and the formidable Queen of Hearts in a whimsical journe...

Now the King Of the North had a beautiful daughter called Crystal. Her eyes were bright like the stars; her hair was black like the sky at night and her skin was as white as the snow which covered the ground outside the palace where she lived, which was built entirely Of crystals clear as the clearest glass.

And the King Of the South had a son who had been named Sunshine on account of his brightness and warmth of heart.

The King of the East had a son who, because he was always up early and wa...

The existence of the Russian Skazki or Marchen was first made generally known to the British Public some twenty years ago by Mr. W. R. S. Ralston in his Russian Folk Tales. That excellent and most engrossing volume was, primarily, a treatise on Slavonic Folk-Lore, illustrated with admirable skill and judgment, by stories, mainly selected from the vast collection of Afanasiev, who did for the Russian what Asbjornsen has done for the Norwegian Folk-Tale.

A year after the appearance of Mr. Ralst...

Under the Irish Sea, fifteen or sixteen miles south-west of the Calf, there is an enchanted isle. Long, long ago it was on the surface of the water – that was in the days when Manannan ruled Mann – but when Saint Patrick drove Manannan and his men from the island in the form of three-legged creatures, they came upon this isle. Manannan dropped it to the bottom of the sea, and they were seen no more.

Now it is home of Manannan Mac Lir, Son of the Sea, and he rules it as he used to rule Man...