In Fairyland: A Series of Pictures from the Elf World

by William Allingham, Richard Doyle (Illustrator)

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Genres: Childrens, Art, Nonfiction, Fairies

First published January 1, 1870

About the author

William Allingham was an Irish poet, diarist and editor. He wrote several volumes of lyric verse, and his poem 'The Faeries' was much anthologised; but he is better known for his posthumously published Diary, in which he records his lively encounters with Tennyson, Carlyle and other writers and artists.


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Reviews

[Ehryn · Rating 3 out of 5]

For this book I liked how the editor had the fairy tale and the poem side by side so you can better compare them to Richard Doyle’s art. I preferred Andrew Lang’s story to William Allingham’s poem, though both were good, yet clunky.

[Sanne · Rating 3 out of 5]

Such a cute little story with beautiful illustrations.

[Angel Rose · Rating 5 out of 5]

In Fairyland: A Series of Pictures from Elf-World, artwork by Richard Doyle illustrating The Princess Nobody: A Tale of Fairyland by Andrew Lang which is presented side by side with a fairy poem by William Allingham.

I am always down for some fairytales and The Princess Nobody is just an absolutely classic style of fairytale. Thumbelina/Rumplestiltskin birth story, magic mushrooms, a fairy godmother, an evil dwarf, and a spell to turn a funny looking little fairy into a hunk. A+

I snagged this at Old Post Antiques in Chepachet, RI.

Fun fact: Richard Doyle almost illustrated Alice in Wonderland.