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.
