Includes index. Reprint of the 1990 ed. Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-222).
Contents:
ch. 16. Folklore of childhood. ch. 2. Folktale liberation -- ch. 3. Fairy tale fiction: Fitzgerald to Updike -- ch. 4. Braking for elves: fashionable folklore for adults -- ch. 5. Child who followed the piper: Kate Greenaway -- ch. 6. Tales of terror: Mrs. Clifford -- ch. 7. Ford Madox Ford's fairy tales -- ch. 8. Animal liberation: Beatrix Potter -- ch. 9. Modern magic: E. Nesbit -- ch. 10. Boy who couldn't grow up: James Barrie -- ch. 11. Happy endings: Frances Hodgson Burnett -- ch. 12. Back to Pooh Corner: A.A. Milne -- ch. 13. Heroes for our time: J.R.R. Tolkien and T.H. White -- ch. 14. Power of Smokey: Richard Adams -- ch. 15. Games of dark: William Mayne -- ch. 16. Folklore of childhood.
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