Tales of Wonder: Volume 1 (Foundations of Fantasy) - Softcover

Tales of Wonder, is the tenth book and sixth original short story collection of Irish fantasy writer Lord Dunsany, considered a major influence on the work of J. R. R. Tolkien, H. P. Lovecraft, Ursula K. Le Guin and others. The book collects 19 Short Stories by the Author:

"A Tale of London"

"Thirteen at Table"

"The City on Mallington Moor"

"Why the Milkman Shudders When He Perceives the Dawn"

"The Bad Old Woman in Black"

"The Bird of the Difficult Eye"

"The Long Porter's Tale"

"The Loot of Loma"

"The Secret of the Sea"

"How Ali Came to the Black Country"

"The Bureau d'Echange de Maux"

"A Story of Land and Sea"

"A Tale of the Equator"

"A Narrow Escape"

"The Watch-Tower"

"How Plash-Goo Came to the Land of None's Desire"

"The Three Sailors' Gambit"

"The Exiles' Club"

"The Three Infernal Jokes"

Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany (24 July 1878 – 25 October 1957) was an Irish writer and dramatist, notable for his work, mostly in fantasy, published under the name Lord Dunsany. More than eighty books of his work were published, and his oeuvre includes many hundreds of published short stories, as well as successful plays, novels and essays. Born to the second-oldest title (created 1439) in the Irish peerage, Dunsany lived much of his life at perhaps Ireland's longest-inhabited home, Dunsany Castle near Tara, worked with W.B. Yeats and Lady Gregory, received an honorary doctorate from Trinity College, was chess and pistol-shooting champion of Ireland, and travelled and hunted extensively.