Customer Reviews

Mermaids (Magical Beings)

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This slim, beautiful little volume is very satisfying if you are looking to enjoy the beauty of mermaids. It does not have a lot of "facts" but why would you be searching for facts about mermaids when they inhabit the nebulous realm of magic? This book contains 49 full color illustrations of mermaids, some of the more famous ones like Waterhouse's and Pyle's are included, but so are many that you probably will not have seen before. Ratisseau is a brilliant compiler and she has outdone herself here with super research and a flair for the subject. The text consists of many wonderful quotes, again, some famous and some obscure. The page lay-outs are tasty and most of the illustrations have a luminous sea-blue border around them, all printed on quality paper and perfect for gift-giving or for treating yourself.

This has to be one the most drop-dead-gorgeous books I've seen. The pages have a luxuriant blue luster, and the illustrations--many of which I had not seen before--have been remarkably chosen. The literary excerpts, including words of Shakespeare, Wilde, Yeats, are the sort that you would underline while reading those works, for their sheer beauty. Note that this is not a scholarly work and teaches nothing of the history of mermaids. However, it gives an impression, overall, of the sadness and beauty of the mermaid experience.

I was so pleased when I looked inside this book. This book includes beautiful pictures of mermaids as well as interesting sayings, information, and poems about mermaids. The pictures weren't just cute drawings but paintings, excerpts from magazines, pictures from storybooks, and medieval drawings of mermaids. I am a mermaid lover and only like the best of mermaid books. This is book is one of the best. I recommend this book to anyone who loves mermaids.

This book is not that great in information, but the pictures and drawings are great! The detailing and description on this short and simple book, is incredible. I wouldn't recommend this to people who are looking for facts on mermaids or anything remotely like so, but it makes a great book to sit in front of a fire and look through while listening to calm music.

And in this book I found a pretty good assortment. I'm very fond of Laughing Elephant Books, which seems to specialize in illustrations from old children's books. I was pretty pleased with the group of pictures in this book and can only complain that I wanted MORE!

If you love Mermaids you must own a copy of this book! This book is so sweetly put together. The images were carefully chosen; so beautiful and elegant. Ratisseau did an exquisite job. Her Fairies book is just as lovely too. One will also like Lori Eisenkraft-Palazzola's books too if they like this one.

I had my eye on this book for quite some time when I ordered it a couple months ago. I was looking for a book with mostly pictures and not too much text on mermaids. This is perfect. I only wish it was longer. This book has page after page of beautiful pictures. There are also poems and quotes from books, journals, etc about merfolk.
If you're interested in learning more about all the different types of merfolk and other mythical water creatures, I recommend Magickal Mermaids and Water Creatures Invoke the Magick of the Waters, by D.J. Conway.

I think her "Mermaids" book is the best out of all of them, although I haven't yet bought her "Guardian Angel" book. Great pictures with observations and other poems make this book a keeper. I highly suggest it!

I bought this book to help me with my M.F.A. thesis about femme fatale, mermaids and beauty.
I thought it was a lovely book for what it is, simple with little stories and poems, but it is not really scholarly. There is not much information, but a lot of legends and texts. Obviously the research to make that book was really good. The images are BEAUTIFUL. Don't expect information though, cause there is none.

beautiful book, it had great pictures and nice poetry (though not heavy on the info it was very well composed) I strongly recomend it to those looking for a coffie house style book with good pics