A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys , by Nathaniel Hawthorne Hawthorne's retellings of classical myths are still remarkably fresh and effective. The Arabian Nights Entertainments Online versions of some of Andrew Lang's popular collections. Those with access to the print versions of these and others in the series may also be interested in this Index to Andrew Lang's Fairy Books compiled by Emily Crawford. Wonder An archive of folk and fairy tales from around the world, compiled by Richard Darsie. Includes extremely well-done illustrated versions of poems, folktales, hero tales, and fables.
Stories submitted by young people are available elsewhere at the site.
A text and image archive of a dozen English-language versions of Cinderella published between 1729 and 1912. The texts used come from the collections of the de Grummond Children's Literature Research Collection at the University of Southern Mississippi. An excellent site by Kay Vandergrift includes good comparative texts and illustrations, and takes an academic look at the fairy tale and its variations. Folktales from around the World Folktales about Anansi and Los Nobos the wolf. This 1914 book by Frances Jenkins Olcott includes folktales, myths, and historical stories.