Tales of magic and meaning
By: written and illustrated by Alfred Crowquill, author of "funny leaves for the younger branches," "The careless chicken," "Picture fables," etc
Contributors: Greenaway, John, 1816-1890, illustrator
Series: Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Children's Literature and Childhood; Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Children's Literature and Childhood
Publisher: Grant and Griffith, successors to Newbery and Harris
Published: 1856
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 175
Subjects: Fairy tales; Conduct of life; Juvenile fiction; Children's stories
Notes: Alfred Crowquill was the joint pseud. of Charles Robert Forrester and Alfred Henry Forrester, later used by Alfred Henry Forrester alone. Since Charles died in 1850, probably used by Alfred alone here.

Illustrations by the author, one plate engraved by Greenaway (i.e. John Greenaway).

Plates hand-colored, with guardsheets.

Publisher's ads 16 pages at end.

Reproduction of the original from the Baldwin Library of Historical Children's Literature, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida.
Table of contents: title: The princess with the golden wand; title: The two roses; title: The little silver bell; title: The mole knome; title: Young King Flexible, or, The growing fault; title: The dwarf and the woodcutter; title: To-day, or, the Prince and the sage; title: Little sunshine; title: The red-caps.