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A collection of short fairy tales and vignettes that transport readers into enchanted forests, shadowlands, and courts of faery, where elves, goblins, water-spirits, and other fantastic beings enact episodes of mischief, wonder, loss, and redemption. The pieces range from playful adventures to melancholic fancies, linked by lyrical description and moral undertones, and often framed as fireside storytelling. Chapters vary in mood and length, presenting imaginative scenes and folkloric motifs rather than a single continuous plot, with color illustrations accenting the work's atmospheric, child-oriented charm.

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Title: The chronicles of Fairy land

Author: Fergus Hume

Illustrator: M. Dunlop

Maria Louise Kirk

Release date: September 21, 2023 [eBook #71700]

Language: English

Original publication: Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1911

Credits: Carlos Colon, Gísli Valgeirsson, The Library of Congress and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

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THE CHRONICLES OF FAIRY LAND


HOLIDAY EDITIONS OF
JUVENILE CLASSICS

By GEORGE MACDONALD

THE PRINCESS AND THE
GOBLIN
THE PRINCESS AND CURDIE
AT THE BACK OF THE
NORTH WIND
Illustrated in color by Maria L. Kirk. Decorated
chapter-headings and lining papers. Octavo.
Ornamental cloth, gilt top, $1.50 per volume.

OUIDA’S CLASSIC JUVENILES

A DOG OF FLANDERS
Containing also her most famous stories, “The
Nürnberg Stove,” “The Little Earl,” and
“In the Apple Country.”
BIMBI: STORIES FOR
CHILDREN
Each illustrated in color by Maria L. Kirk. Decorated
lining papers. Octavo. Ornamental cloth,
gilt top, $1.50 per volume.

Edited by G. E. MITTON

THE SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON
Twelve full-page illustrations in color by Harry
Rountree. Octavo. Ornamental cloth, $1.50.

By JEAN INGELOW

MOPSA, THE FAIRY
Illustrated in color by Maria L. Kirk. Decorated
lining papers. Octavo. Ornamental cloth, $1.50.

By JOHN KENDRICK BANGS

MOLLIE AND
THE UNWISEMAN ABROAD
Ten full-page illustrations in color by Grace G.
Weiderseim. Octavo. Cloth, pictorial cover, $1.50.

By FERGUS HUME

CHRONICLES OF FAIRYLAND
Illustrated in color by Maria L. Kirk. Decorated
lining papers. Octavo. Ornamental cloth, $1.50.

HANS ANDERSEN’S
FAIRY TALES
Profusely illustrated in color by Maria L. Kirk.
Decorated lining papers. Octavo. Cloth, $1.50.

J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY
Publishers Philadelphia