[2] It was the first such anthology assembled by Carter for the series, issued simultaneously with the second, The Young Magicians.

[1] The book collects nineteen early fantasy tales and poems by various authors, with an overall introduction and notes by Carter.

The anthology is a companion volume to Carter's subsequent Golden Cities, Far (1970), which also collects early fantasies.

44, December 17, 1969, Paul Walker in Science Fiction Review, April 1970, Robert A. W. Lowndes in Bizarre Fantasy Tales no.

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