Phantastes: A Faerie Romance for Men and Women is a fantasy novel by Scottish writer George MacDonald published in London in 1858.
Frontispiece and title page, illustrated by John Bell
Fantasy is a genre of speculative fiction involving magical elements, typically set in a fantasy world and usually inspired by mythology or folklore. The term "fantasy" can also be used to describe a "work of this genre", usually literary.
The Fairy of the Dawn in The Violet Fairy Book (1906)
Skeleton Fantasy Show (骷髏幻戲圖) by Li Song (1190–1264)
Another illustration from The Violet Fairy Book (1906)
Illustration from 1920 edition of George MacDonald's novel The Princess and the Goblin