March Has Horse's Ears

"Ten fairy tales prompted by Welsh legends which include: Cooked for fifteen, The Lady of the Lake, and the Boy Who Taught the Fairies Tears." --summary, LC catalogue record of the 1st US ed. "10 stories, based on ancient Welsh tales, written by their author 'out of a desire to make all that complex and profound mythology immediately intelligible to my sons' [quoting Nye]." Stories with some appeal but not authentic, "they won't leave much of an impression of Welsh mythology" --review of the US ed. by Jerome Beatty Jr. NY Times 1967-05-21 pBR29