Featuring Arthur Hughes' 13 original illustrations and the introduction by George MacDonald's son, Greville MacDonald, from the 1904 edition, plus a new Preface by MacDonald's great-great-grandson, Christopher, and a new Foreword by C.S. Lewis' stepson, Douglas Gresham.

For over 150 years, the childlike of all ages have delighted in these classic stories by George MacDonald (1824-1905), the grandfather of modern fantasy fiction. He was the single greatest influence on C.S. Lewis (author of the Chronicles of Narnia), who wrote "I have never concealed the fact that I regarded him as my master; indeed, I fancy I have never written a book in which I did not quote from him." MacDonald was revered by G.K. Chesterton and J.R.R. Tolkien in the last century, and by Andrew Peterson, author of The Wingfeather Saga, in our own--to name just a few of many!

Fairy Tales was first published in 1904 by the author's son, Greville MacDonald, and includes eight of his father's greatest short stories: The Light Princess, The Giant's Heart, The Golden Key, The Shadows, Little Daylight, Cross Purposes, The Carasoyn, and The Day Boy and the Night Girl.