Preface / Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling
Introduction: fantasy, magic, and fairyland in nineteenth-century England / Terri Windling
Queen Victoria's book of spells / Delia Sherman
The fairy enterprise / Jeffrey Ford
From the catalogue of the Pavilion of the Uucanny and Marvelous, scheduled for premiere at the Great Exhibition (before the fire) / Genevieve Valentine
The memory book / Maureen McHugh
La Reine D'Enfer / Kathe Koja
For the Briar Rose / Elizabeth Wein
The governess / Elizabeth Bear
Smithfield / James P. Blaylock
The unwanted women of Surrey / Kaaron Warren
Charged / Leanna Renee Hieber
Mr. Splitfoot / Dale Bailey
Phosphorus / Veronica Schanoes
We without us were shadows / Catherynne M. Valente
The vital importance of the superficial / Ellen Kushner and Caroline Stevermer
The jewel in the Toad Queen's crown / Jane Yolen
A few twigs he left behind / Gregory Maguire
Their monstrous minds / Tanith Lee
Estella saves the village / Theodora Goss