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A Choice of Magic

A Choice of Magic
First edition
Author	Ruth Manning-Sanders
Illustrator	Robin Jacques
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre	Fairy Tales
Publisher	E. P. Dutton
Publication date	1971
Media type	Print (hardcover)
Pages	319 pp
ISBN	0-525-27810-9
OCLC	257122
Dewey Decimal	398.21
LC Class	PZ8.M333 Ch

A Choice of Magic is a 1971 anthology of 32 fairy tales from around the world that have been collected and retold by Ruth Manning-Sanders. In fact, the book is mostly a collection of tales published in previous Manning-Sanders anthologies. Stories are pulled from A Book of Princes and Princesses (1969), A Book of Giants (1962), A Book of Dwarfs (1963), A Book of Dragons (1964), A Book of Ghosts and Goblins (1968), A Book of Witches (1965), A Book of Mermaids (1967), and A Book of Wizards (1966). There are also four previously unpublished stories.

It is followed by the anthology Folk and Fairy Tales (1978), another collection of (mostly) previously published Manning-Sanders tales.

Table of contents

Foreword
1. The Wonderful Shirt (Russia)
2. The Frog (Ukraine)
3. Jack and the Beanstalk (England)
4. Knurremurre (Zeeland)
5. Bottle Hill (Ireland)
6. The Nine Doves (Greece)
7. The Goblins at the Bath House (Estonia)
8. Johnny and the Witch-Maidens (Bohemia)
9. Sven and Lilli (Denmark)
10. Aniello (Sicily)
11. Aladdin (Arabia)
12. Esben and the Witch (Denmark)
13. Sneezy Snatcher and Sammy Small (England)
14. Mons Tro (Denmark)
15. Rake Up! (Denmark)
16. King Johnny (Slavonia)
17. The Enchanted Prince (Hungary)
18. The Adventures of Billy MacDaniel (Ireland)
19. Little Hiram (India)
20. Prince Loaf (Rumania)
21. Hans and His Master (Hungary)
22. Golden Hair (Corsica)
23. Constantes and the Dragon (Greece)
24. Tatterhood (Norway)
25. The Princess's Slippers (Archangel)
26. Jack and the Wizard (Wales)
27. The Two Wizards (Africa)
28. The Three Mermaids (Italy)
29. The Girl Who Picked Strawberries (Germany)
30. The Magic Lake (Ireland)
31. Old Verlooka (Russia)
32. Stan Bolovan (Rumania)

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