Thursday, May 29, 2014

Stung by the Remarks of Some Mischief-Makers, He Intruded Upon His Wife's Privacy, and Found Her in Mermaid Form Disporting Herself in Her Bath. She Gave One Piercing Shriek and Then Vanished For Ever. (1895)

Frederick Edward Hulme. Natural History: Lore and Legend : Being Some Few Examples of Quaint and By-gone Beliefs, Gathered in from Divers Authorities, Ancient and Mediæval, of Varying Degrees of Reliability. (London: Bernard Quaritch, 1895).

Wednesday, May 28, 2014

The Manner in Which the Fudge Mermaid Was Said to Be Captured. A Fancy Sketch. (1856)

Petite Bunkum. The Autobiography of Petite Bunkum, the Showman Showing His birth, Education, and Bringing Up, His Astonishing Adventures by Sea and Land, His Connection with Tom Thumb, Judy Heath, the Woolly Horse, the Fudge Mermaid, and the Swedish Nightingale: Together with Many Other Strange and Startling Matters in His Eventful Career, All of Which Are Illustrated with Numerous Engravings. (New York: A. Raney, 1856).

Monday, May 26, 2014

One Can Easily Imagine That the Double Tail, Like the Twin Screws of an Ironclad or Ocean Liner, Might Be of Great Assistance in Steering. (1895)

Frederick Edward Hulme. Natural History: Lore and Legend : Being Some Few Examples of Quaint and By-gone Beliefs, Gathered in from Divers Authorities, Ancient and Mediæval, of Varying Degrees of Reliability. (London: Bernard Quaritch, 1895).

Thursday, May 22, 2014

The Mermaid Comes Back to Sleepy Tönnis. "I Desire Not Your Death," She Replied (1899)

F. Ethel Hynam, Tr. "The Mermaid." The Secrets of the Night and other Esthonian Tales. Illustrated by H. Oakes-Jones. (London: Elliot Stock, 1899).

Tuesday, May 20, 2014

The Peasant & the Mermaid (1885)

Fletcher S. Bassett. Legends and Superstitions of the Sea and of Sailors in All Lands and at All Times. (Chicago: Belford Clarke and Company, 1885).


Friday, May 16, 2014

Wednesday, May 14, 2014

John Smith in 1614, Near the New Continent, Spies—Her Tresses Green and Long—the Siren of America Gracefully Swimming (1875)

Armand Landrin. Monsters of the Deep: and Curiosities of Ocean Life. A Book of Anectdotes, Traditions, and Legends. (London: T. Nelson and Sons, 1875).

Monday, May 12, 2014

The Mermaids of Honor, Like the Dames of the Earth, Were Much Given to Prying (1808).

A. Tabby. The Fishes' Feast, with a Mermaid's Song: Dedicated to the Author of the "Peacock at Home" : with a Poetical Address : to which is Added The Ape's Concert. (London: W. MacDowall, 1808).

Friday, May 9, 2014

A Beautiful Tail Like a Fish, With Which She Swam (1891)

Andrew Lang, ed. "The Yellow Dwarf." Andrew Lang's Blue Fairy Book. (London: Longmans, Green, and Company, 1914).

Thursday, May 8, 2014

A Hundred Miles from Shore in the Sea Valleys Where the Herrings Hide (1904)

Dollie Radford. Sea-thrift: A Fairy Tale. Illustrated by Gertrude Bradley. (London: Alexander Moring Limited, 1904).

Wednesday, May 7, 2014

The Mermaid and the Boy (1914)

Andrew Lang, ed. "The Mermaid and the Boy." Andrew Lang's Brown Fairy Book. (London: Longmans, Green, and Company, 1914).

Tuesday, May 6, 2014

The Effigies of a Sea Devil (1649)

Ambroise Paré, Adriaan van den Spiegel, R. Cotes, and Willi Du-gard. The Workes of that Famous Chirurgion Ambrose Parey. (1649).

Monday, May 5, 2014

Old Eric Catches the Mermaid's Son (1904)

Andrew Lang, ed. "Hans , the Mermaid's Son." Andrew Lang's Pink Fairy Book. (New York: Longmans, Green, and Company, 1904).

Friday, May 2, 2014

Battle with the Devil-Fish (1888)

C.M. Newell. The Isle of Palms: Adventures While Wrecking for Gold, Encounter with a Mad Whale, Battle with a Devil-fish, and Capture of a Mermaid. (Boston: DeWolfe, Fiske, and Company, 1888.)

Thursday, May 1, 2014

The Molucca Siren (1885)

Fletcher S. Bassett. Legends and Superstitions of the Sea and of Sailors in All Lands and at All Times. (Chicago: Belford Clarke and Company, 1885).