. Eye spy : afield with nature among flowers and animate things . Natural history; Insects; Natural history. TWO FAIRY SPONGES 35 little fairy whose works abound in meadow, wood, and copse, and which any of us may discover if we can once be brought to realize that our imp is visible. Then we must not forget that ideal type of the true " fairy" — a paragon of beauty and goodness, with golden hair and dazzling crown of brilliants, with her airy costume of gossamer be- gemmed and spangled, her dainty, twinkling feet and gorgeously painted butterfly wings. And we all remember that wonder
. Eye spy : afield with nature among flowers and animate things . Natural history; Insects; Natural history. TWO FAIRY SPONGES 35 little fairy whose works abound in meadow, wood, and copse, and which any of us may discover if we can once be brought to realize that our imp is visible. Then we must not forget that ideal type of the true " fairy" — a paragon of beauty and goodness, with golden hair and dazzling crown of brilliants, with her airy costume of gossamer be- gemmed and spangled, her dainty, twinkling feet and gorgeously painted butterfly wings. And we all remember that wonderful wand which she carried so gracefully, and whose simple touch could evoke such a train of surprising conse- quences. And who shall say that our pretty fay is a myth, or her magic wand a wild creation of the fancy ? May we not see the wonder - workings of that potent wand on every hand, even though our fairy has eluded us while she cast the There are a host of these wee fairies continually flitting about among the trees plotting all sorts of mischief and leaving an astonishing witness of their visitation in their trail as they pass from leaf to leaf or twig to twig. But these fairies, like those of Grimm and Laboulaye, are agile little atoms, and are not to be caught in their pranks if they know it, and even though our eye chanced. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Gibson, W. Hamilton (William Hamilton), 1850-1896. New York : Harper & Brothers
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