A great varied collection of Mermaid type tales.  From poetry to 1 page stories, to full-length stories of 30+ pages.  It was great to see tales from all over the globe from Japan to India to Europe.  It was fascinating to see similar tales from dozens of different cultures.  But like all anthologies, not all stories are created equal with some notable standouts being Ti Jeanne from the Caribbean. The Litao and Serena from the Philippines, The Mermaid's Tears from Japan, and obviously the most well-known the Little Mermaid from Hans Christian Andersen.   I loved the different tones, from seduction to love, from sacrifice to horror.  It was amazing to see what was similar from culture to culture and what was different.  Overall it is a great condensed history of Mermaids in literature, and you could really use it as a starting point to further research.  This anthology is definitely a book that is better as a whole than the sum of its parts.