Download or read book Classic Celtic Fairy Tales written by John Matthews and published by Cassell Illustrated. This book was released on 1999 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “[A] well-researched, rather scholarly book...fanciful illustrations, in both black-and-white and color.”—Publishers Weekly. “Matthews...offers a very attractively presented collection...Not since Jeremiah Curtin, W.B. Yeats, Lady Gregory, and others at the turn of the century has such a collection been assembled... Each story is followed by a short yet informative note on the tale and its sources, and there is a good bibliography and index. This book would be attractive to younger readers as well as adults and is recommended for most public and academic libraries.”—Library Journal. “[The] collection is varied and brilliant... beautiful illustrations.”—KLIATT.