CONTENTS

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I[HOW THE MATTER AROSE]13
II[THE FIRST PUBLISHED ACCOUNT, STRAND CHRISTMAS NUMBER 1920]39
III[RECEPTION OF THE FIRST PHOTOGRAPHS]59
IV[THE SECOND SERIES]93
V[OBSERVATIONS OF A CLAIRVOYANT IN THE COTTINGLEY GLEN, AUGUST 1921]108
VI[INDEPENDENT EVIDENCE FOR FAIRIES]123
VII[SOME SUBSEQUENT CASES]152
VIII[THE THEOSOPHIC VIEW OF FAIRIES]171

ILLUSTRATIONS

[MR. E. L. GARDNER]Frontispiece
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[ELSIE AND THE GNOME]32
[ELSIE AND FRANCES]33
[COTTINGLEY BECK AND GLEN]33
[ELSIE IN 1920, STANDING NEAR WHERE THE GNOME WAS TAKEN IN 1917]48
[FRANCES IN 1920]48
[FRANCES AND THE FAIRIES]49
[ELSIE SEATED ON THE BANK ON WHICH THE FAIRIES WERE DANCING IN 1917 (PHOTO 1920)]64
[THE FALL OF WATER JUST ABOVE THE SITE OF LAST PHOTOGRAPH]64
[FRANCES AND THE LEAPING FAIRY]65
[FAIRY OFFERING POSY OF HARE-BELLS TO ELSIE]80
[FAIRIES AND THEIR SUN-BATH]81
[A VIEW OF THE BECK IN 1921]128
[THE TWO GIRLS NEAR THE SPOT WHERE THE LEAPING FAIRY WAS TAKEN IN 1920]129
[THE PHOTOGRAPH FROM CANADA]144

THE COMING OF THE FAIRIES