Helen Ashe Hays 3 hr 7 min read

The illustrious Lazybones family has shone like gems upon the earth, and none more distinguished, in their idle way, than the drowsy prince whose adventures open this garland of fairy tales.

Helen Ashe Hays's 1884 collection offers whimsical, gently moral fairy tales for children. Charming, imaginative, warmly told. Read it for a delightful Victorian storybook, a lazy prince, Christmas fairies, and other wonders, spun with humor and heart by the author of 'Princess Idleways.'

In its time

Published in 1884, during the 1880s, lost races and dying earths.

Reading it

3 hr 7 min read (a novel-length work, settle in).