Books by Frances Jenkins Olcott
PUBLISHED BY
HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY
THE BOOK OF ELVES AND FAIRIES. Illustratedin color by Milo Winter.
TALES OF THE PERSIAN GENII. Illustratedin color by Willy Pogany.
THE RED INDIAN FAIRY BOOK. Illustratedin color by Frederick Richardson.
BIBLE STORIES TO READ AND TELL. Illustratedin color by Willy Pogany.
GOOD STORIES FOR GREAT HOLIDAYS.Illustrated.
STORY-TELLING POEMS.
THE CHILDREN’S READING.
With Amena Pendleton
THE JOLLY BOOK FOR BOYS AND GIRLS.
THE BOOK OF ELVES
AND FAIRIES
“THIS IS MAB, THE MISTRESS FAIRY” (page 209)
THE BOOK OF
ELVES AND FAIRIES
FOR STORY-TELLING AND READING ALOUD
AND FOR THE CHILDREN’S OWN READING
BY
FRANCES JENKINS OLCOTT

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY MILO WINTER
BOSTON AND NEW YORK
HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY
The Riverside Press Cambridge
1918
COPYRIGHT, 1918, BY FRANCES JENKINS OLCOTT

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED


Published October 1918
TO
THEODORE OLCOTT PHILLIPS
“Good luck befriend thee, son; for, at thy birth,
The FAIRY LADIES danced upon the hearth;
The drowsy nurse hath sworn she did them spy
Come tripping to the room, where thou didst lie,
And sweetly singing round about thy bed
Strew all their blessings on thy sleeping head!”
MILTON
[Pg vii]
FOREWORD
Let a child open the covers of this book, andstraightway he is in that land of all delights—FairyRealm. Here Fairy Godmothers rewardgood children, and punish bad ones; here red-cappedLittle Men yield up their treasures of goldand magic gifts, while Pixies drop silver penniesin water-pails, and merry Spriggans and Fayshold nightly revels in the moonlight. Here, too,a child may dance in Fairy Rings, or hie awayto Elfinland for a year and a day to play withwonder-children, pick Fairy flowers, listen toFairy birds, and be fed on magic goodies.
Old favourites like “Cinderella,” “Toads andDiamonds,” and “Robin Goodfellow,” maycharm the little reader, or other                        
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