Howard Pyle Katharine Pyle ~5 hr read

Twenty-four marvelous tales, one for each hour struck by the great Wonder Clock, princes and dragons, clever lasses and foolish giants, told with woodcut charm and old-world delight.

Howard Pyle's 1887 collection (with verses by Katharine Pyle) is a beloved classic of children's fantasy. Rich, humorous, beautifully illustrated. Read it for a treasury of original fairy tales in the great folk tradition, penned and illustrated by the master American storyteller, brimming with wit, wisdom, and the timeless magic of the wonder-tale.

In its time

Published in 1887, during the 1880s, lost races and dying earths.

Reading it

~5 hr read (a novel-length work, settle in).