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A collection of classic and spell-binding tales, this is the perfect title for fans of the supernatural. Set in the English countryside, each offers an enduring sense of mystery.

Collected Stories for Children was first published in 1947 and is a collection of the best seventeen short stories written by Walter de la Mare. The stories cover a range of subjects, but are all dreamy and poetic, captivating both adults and children. The book was awarded the Carnegie Medal in 1947, the first time a collection of stories had won this award. It was unexpected, as none of the stories were new, spanning the previous two decades,...

Excerpt: ...wooden hook the sailor's great skin coat, his belt of Ephelanto-hide, his huge hair hat, all such 142 as in his wanderings he had captured from black Kings and men of magic. He filled the pockets, he stuffed them with bullets and copper rings and stones and lumps of ice-everything heavy that he could find. At the rattling of the stones Battle rolled over, muttering hoarsely in his sleep. Nod stopped instantly and listened. No words...

The definitive text for Walter de la Mare's poetry contains all the poems de la Mare published in book form during his lifetime, plus all the uncollected poems that have been found and a selection of unpublished poems.

Part of a quintet of books revolved around the four seasons, this is a beautifully atmospheric picture book based around de la Mare's eight-line poem in which readers join a farmer and his family as they enjoy a picnic dinner in the late summer sun. Full color.

Opens with an essay on the romance of islands and castaways in literature and life, and the associations that have arisen in the imagination of readers in every generation. This title includes notes, reflections and quotations from a lifetime's reading on wrecks, maroons, pirates, utopias, goats, hallucinations, exotic foods, and punishments.

A collection of verse and prose that presents a survey on love and sensibility.

Long -- long is Time, though books be brief: Adventures strange -- ay, past belief -- Await the Reader's drowsy eye, But, wearied out, he'd lay them by. "But, if so be he'd some day hear All that befell these brothers dear In Tishnar's lovely Valleys -- well, Poor pen, thou must that story tell! "But farewell, now, you Mulgars three! Farewell, your faithful company! Farewell, the heart that loved unbidden -- Nod's dark-eyed, beauteous Water-mi...

Walter John de la Mare (1873-1956) was an English poet, short story writer and novelist, probably best remembered for his works for children and the poem "The Listeners." He was born in Kent, descended from a family of French Huguenots, and was educated at St Paul's Cathedral School. "The Return" (first published in 1910) describes how Arthur Lawford, falling asleep by the grave of a Huguenot adventurer who has died by his own hand, wakes to f...

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<, div>, <, div>, With London in the grip of a heat wave, a man takes refuge from the scorching sun in a nearby tea shop, only to share his table with a stranger who seems determined to make conversation. Too polite to ignore him, he becomes his reluctant confidant, as harmless small talk gives way to dark memories. "Missing" is the first of three unsettling stories of guilty secrets, past hurts, and haunted lives from one of the forem...

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