The Water of the Wondrous Isles

The Orchard, Merton Abbey tapestry, 1890

Introduction by Florence S. Boos

Text of The Water of the Wondrous Isles

Other Editions:

• The Water of the Wondrous Isles, Kelmscott Press Edition 1897 images (to turn pages, click on lower right)
  
• The Water of the Wondrous Isles, First trade edition, London, New York and Bombay: Longmans, Green and Co., 1897
• The Widow's House by the Great Water (early draft), edited by Helen A. Timo
• Manuscripts
  • British Library Additional Manuscript 45,322
  • British Library Additional Manuscript 45,323, printer's copy
  • British Library Additional Manuscript 45,325, ff. 1-17;
    • see "Later Poems," no. 27.

Supplementary Materials, Criticism

Morris's Notes on Plot of Tale