![]() ![]() Selkies are more confronting, given their connection with seals, but fascinating none the less. ![]() Whenever I’m in a boat travelling across clear, shallow water and I see those glistening threads of sunlight in the water or foam on the edge of waves, I think of this picture. ![]() One was the Snow Queen, and the other was The Little Mermaid- the REAL Little Mermaid: no Disney-saccharine Ariel, Flounder and Scuttle the Seagull here- but the proper story, with its pain, yearning and sad, sad ending. I see through Trove that it cost 5/- with 1/- for postage, and was available through the Women’s Weekly. It has beautifully rendered coloured plates, black and white art-deco line drawings and it is indeed a treasury of stories and poems including Hans Christian Anderson, The Brothers Grimm and simplified retellings from the works of Charles Dickens, Victor Hugo, Shakespeare etc. As a child, it was a special treat for me to read a book that had belonged to my mother called “The Children’s Treasure House” by Alfred Noyes, copyright 1935. I’ve always loved stories about mermaids and selkies. Also published as ‘The Brides of Rollrock Island” ![]()
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