Book of the Week: Victorian fairy tales By SHIRLEY SAAD SAN DIEGO, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- There was a time when children used to sit and read, and dream of fairies and princes and princesses.

The Victorians were also fascinated by fairylands, explains editor Michael Newton in his introduction to Victorian Fairy Tales (OUP, £16.99), thus this era saw some of the best fairy tales ever ...

Abstract During the Victorian period, the concept of miniature worlds, invisible to the eye but ever-present to the imagination, captivated both readers of microscopic literature and audiences of ...

Among the delights of this book are the illustrations, ... The Scientific Fairy Tales of Victorian Britain, by Melanie Keene, Oxford University Press, RRP£16.99, 256 pages.

Book of the Week: Victorian fairy tales By SHIRLEY SAAD SAN DIEGO, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- There was a time when children used to sit and read, and dream of fairies and princes and princesses.