Retold for young readers, these tales honour early Greek heroes - brave men who conquered monstrous creatures and defeated villains.

When Tom, an ill-treated little chimney-sweep, jumps into a clear, cool stream to clean himself something magical happens; he is turned into a tiny water baby by the fairies. He enters a strange, magical underwater world, and travels beyond the world's end to the other end-of-nowhere. It is a voyage of discovery that Tom will never forget.

When Tom, an ill-treated little chimney-sweep, jumps into a clear, cool stream to clean himself something magical happens; he is turned into a tiny water baby by the fairies. He enters a strange, magical underwater world, and travels beyond the world's end to the other end-of-nowhere, getting into all sorts of scrapes and encountering creatures beautiful and frightening along the way. He also lear

A children's novel written in 1862-1863 as a serial for Macmillan's Magazine and published in its entirety in 1863.