Irish Fairy Tales

**Illustrated by John D. Batten. Stories selected by Jennifer Chandler, The Folklore Society.**

The captivating Irish stories collected in this new edition include both comic tales such as *Paddy O'Kelly and the Weasel*, and tales of heroes from ancient literature such as *How Cormac Mac Art went to Faery.*

By turns funny, fantastical and mysterious, the stories are matched in liveliness by the original illustrations of John D. Batten. It would be hard to find a better introduction for children to the special magic of Celtic storytelling.

The stories in this book are taken from Joseph Jacob's classic two-volume collection *Celtic Fairy Tales* (1891-2) and *More Celtic Fairy Tales* (1894)