Books by Frances Jenkins Olcott
PUBLISHED BY
HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY
THE BOOK OF ELVES AND FAIRIES. Illustrated in color by Milo Winter.
TALES OF THE PERSIAN GENII. Illustrated in color by Willy Pogany.
THE RED INDIAN FAIRY BOOK. Illustrated in color by Frederick Richardson.
BIBLE STORIES TO READ AND TELL. Illustrated in 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