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Issue Details: First known date: 1897... 1897 Australian Fairy Tales
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Contents

* Contents derived from the London,
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England,
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United Kingdom (UK),
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Western Europe, Europe,:Ward, Lock , 1897 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Golden Cloud : A Christmas Story for Young People, Atha Westbury , single work novella fantasy

On Christmas Eve, Sampson the Nugget, guarding the gold-mine until his mates return the next day, is unexpectedly confronted by a strange creature calling itself Grapple, who takes him to the land of Golden Cloud.

 (p. 9-47)
Twilight, Atha Westbury , single work children's fiction fantasy

An impoverished barber in Melbourne receives an unexpected visitor: Baron Thimble of Faydell Twilight, a vast kingdom in the centre of Australia, to which no Anglo-Saxon has ever penetrated. There, if he can perform a signal service, he will receive reward enough to enable him to shut up shop for good.

 (p. 48-72)
Tim, Atha Westbury , single work children's fiction fantasy

A young boy, tramping in search of work, comes across a farm owned by a bad-tempered but good-hearted farmer: with the aid of a fairy parrot, he successfully milks a cantankerous cow, and wins the farmer's approval, the hand of his daughter, and the farm.

 (p. 73-81)
Three Sparrows, Atha Westbury , single work children's fiction fantasy

Toby Grumbleton (Toby the Growler) is the laziest boy in any gold mine in Ballarat, until the day a dwarf takes him to visit the Land of the Three Sparrows: Test, Try, and Cure.

 (p. 82-90)
King Dunce, Atha Westbury , single work children's fiction fantasy
Noel Biffin, son of a tinsmith, wants to be a king, and neglects his schoolwork in daydreams. But one evening, when he has been kept back in school again and the usher is snoozing, a small figure in full armour appears through the school window, claiming to be one of Noel's subjects.
 (p. 91-97)
'I Don't Know', Atha Westbury , single work children's fiction fantasy
Careless Harry's toys and the characters from his favourite books resolve to teach him a lesson for the careless way in which he uses and damages them.
 (p. 98-105)
The Bank Cat, Atha Westbury , single work children's fiction fantasy
Toney Buck, a young orphan who works as a messenger for the town bank, is surprised one night to be woken by the bank's cat, Tabby, who tells him that the bank will be robbed that very night.
 (p. 106-114)
Gumtree Hollow, Atha Westbury , single work children's fiction
When a poor widow is forced to leave the farm on which the bank has foreclosed, her eldest son's chance meeting with a leprechaun is the only thing that stands between them and disaster.
 (p. 115-122)
Whiskerkiss, Atha Westbury , single work children's fiction (p. 123-130)
A Crooked Sixpence, Atha Westbury , single work children's fiction (p. 131-138)
The Ball in the Dell, Atha Westbury , single work children's fiction (p. 148-154)
Elsie, Atha Westbury , single work children's fiction (p. 155-161)
The Wishing-Cap, Atha Westbury , single work children's fiction (p. 162-175)
Two Giants, Atha Westbury , single work children's fiction (p. 176-183)
Mothland, Atha Westbury , single work children's fiction (p. 184-196)
Moonland, Atha Westbury , single work children's fiction (p. 197-220)
Sailor, Atha Westbury , single work children's fiction (p. 221-227)
Nellie, Atha Westbury , single work children's fiction (p. 228-242)
In the Clouds, Atha Westbury , single work children's fiction (p. 243-250)
Wonderland, Atha Westbury , single work children's fiction (p. 251-258)
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