Editor Anne Markey, a research associate and teacher in the School of English at Trinity College Dublin, collects stories for children written by Irish authors and published between 1765 and
1808: Learning Better Than House and Land (1808) by John Carey; Stories of Old Daniel: or, Tales of Wonder and Delight (1808) by Margaret King Moore and Lady Mount Cashell; Fable of Three
Fishes, which contains "Three Fishes" from The Fool of Quality by Henry Brooke; "A Curious and Instructive Tale of Three Little Fishes" by Anonymous; and "The Three Little Fishes, A Story" by
John Clowes. An introduction gives information on the texts and their authors and their importance in the history of early children's fiction in English. B&w illustrations from the original
texts are included. Annotation 穢2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
