Caroline Sturgis Tappan & Lydia Maria Child 2 hr 37 min read

Young Gaspar, fed on his uncle's tales of China and far countries, covers his slate with turbaned Turks and long-queued Chinamen, longing above all else to sail away to adventure.

This 1856 collection by Caroline Sturgis Tappan and Lydia Maria Child gathers whimsical fairy tales for children. Charming, imaginative, gently moral. Read it for a warm treasury of early American children's fantasy, a magician's show box, a lady named Intelletta, and other wonders, from two notable literary women of their day.

In its time

Published in 1856, during the 1850s, fairy tale and moral fantasy for a mass reading public; the sensation novel stirs.

Reading it

2 hr 37 min read (a novel-length work, settle in).