Books with author Faith Adams

Excerpt from Fairy Tales From ShakespeareA long, long time ago, when Fairies, Sprites, and Witches dwelt in the forests, there lived a tiny Fairy King whose name was Oberon, and though a wee mite, he felt very large, and would strut around in a most amusing manner.His Queen Titania was a beautiful fairy, and for so small a body she carried herself with great grace and dignity.Now, we find that fairies sometimes quarrel and do naughty things, just as do little girls and boys and even grown-ups at times.Fairy King Oberon and Queen Titania Often quarreled because Titania refused to give a little boy (whom she had reared) to King Oberon for a page.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Fairy Tales From ShakespeareWhen a child arrives at the "story age" the fairy tale claims and holds immediate attention.The minds of children dwell in realms of fancy. With magical eyes they see the things which are read or told to them, and retain the pictures in memory ever after.The retentive age begins when children can understand, and long before they begin to read for themselves. Thus it is that older people remember more of the stories that were told to them in their early years than of those which came to them by their own reading later on.In these stories the purpose has been to introduce in fairy tale fashion plots and characters from several Shakespearian plays, and by so doing familiarize the childish mind with the work of the great English poet.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.