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Fairy Ring

The Science of Fairy Tales

An Enquiry Into Fairy Mythology

by Edwin Sidney Hartland

[1891]
Title Page
Authors Preface
Chapter I: The Art of Story-Telling
Chapter II: Savage Ideas
Chapter III: Fairy Births and Human Midwives
Chapter IV: Fairy Births and Human Midwives (continued)
Chapter V: Changelings
Chapter VI: Robberies from Fairyland
Chapter VII: The Supernatural Lapse of Time in Fairyland
Chapter VIII: The Supernatural Lapse of Time in Fairyland contd
Chapter IX: The Supernatural Lapse of Time in Fairyland contd.
Chapter X: Swan Maidens
Chapter XI: Swan Maidens contd.
Chapter XII: Conclusion
Appendix