25 Mermaid Tales Collection: The Little Mermaid, Mermaids, The Sea Fairies, The Story of Peter Pan Retold from the fairy play by Sir James Barrie, The Sea Lady

In folklore, a mermaid is an aquatic creature with the head and upper body of a female human and the tail of a fish. Mermaids appear in the folklore of many cultures worldwide, including the Near East, Europe, Asia, and Africa.

Mermaids have been a popular subject of art and literature in recent centuries, such as in Hans Christian Andersen's literary fairy tale "The Little Mermaid".

In this great book collected works of Hans Christian Andersen, James Barrie, Andrew Lang, L. Frank Baum, H. G. Wells, Bret Harte, Louise M. Alcott et al.

Hans Christian Andersen. The Little Mermaid

Jonathan Ceredig Davies. Fairies and Mermaids

Andrew Lang. The Golden Mermaid.

Andrew Lang. Hans, the Mermaid’s Son

Mabel Quiller-Couch. Lutey and the Mermaid

Mrs. Molesworth. The Unselfish Mermaid

Anonymous. The Fisherman and The Merman

Abbie Phillips Walker. Hilda's Mermaid

Charles Weathers Bump. The Mermaid of Druid Lake

Louisa M. Alcott. Mermaids

Louise Imogen Guiney. Water-Folk

Abbie Farwell Brown. The Mermaid

L. Frank Baum. The Sea Fairies

Clara F. Guernsey. The Merman and The Figure-Head

William Elliot Griffis. The Entangled Mermaid

H. G. Wells. The Sea Lady

Daniel O'Сonnor. The Story of Peter Pan Retold from the fairy play by Sir James Barrie

E. Nesbit. Wet Magic

Kirk Munroe. A Fighting Mermaid

Lily Dougal. The Mermaid

Bret Harte. The Mermaid Of Lighthouse Point

Grant M. Overton. Mermaid

G. Basil Barham. The Mermaid of Zennor

John Timbs. Stories of Mermaids

Philip Henry Gosse. Mermaids